Astoria Palace Hotel - Palermo

Average rating:  5.6

Guest type: Mature couple

stayed in Nov 2007

They call themselves a 4 star hotel.but it's closer to 2 stars. The air conditioning had been turned off, and could not be used. Their solution to a stuffy room was to open the window!!. However the window faces a bust street that comes alive at 6am, so sleeping was impossible.I wouldnot recommend this hotel.

Guest name: Martin Hutner, USA

Average rating:  6.6

Guest type: Heterosexual Couple

stayed in Sep 2002

staffs of restrant is exellent!

Guest name: Shigetoo Okano, Japan

Average rating:  10.0

Guest type: Group of friends

stayed in Sep 2002

I am aware that the hotel is a brand new facility. Everything was outstanding. I think that there can be an improvement on the menu that is available in the restuarant. It is kind of short. There needs to be more variety. We were pleasantly surprised when arriving at the hotel as we did not expect anything as nice as it was. Also, the hotel is very centrally located to the main shopping streets of Cantania as well as some of it's sites such as the fish market, duomo. etc. I know Catania and this is a jewel of a hotel. the price makes it an even better value.

Guest name: Sam Perruccio, USA

Average rating:  5.5

Guest type: Single leisure traveller

stayed in Sep 2002

This is a truly difficult review to write because the first person to greet me at the desk was very helpful. He arranged a last minute tour to Agrigento and also did his best to make me feel welcome. Later,I found it difficult to believe I was in the same hotel. I asked for a beer at the bar and was rather coldly told by the bartender that they did not serve beer. I wondered if any one else was surprised as me that a full bar in Italy did not serve beer. My room was good sized, but appeared very little like the picture. The room was old and past the point of the cleanliness expected from a four star hotel. The table was sagging and the chairs not at all "elegant". I ordered room service dinner and breakfast(s) that were served on time and very good. The hotel seemed to be geared toward domestic business clientel. Each day their congress center and restaurants were full of people. However, I think I was their only foreign tourist. The neighborhood is vibrant, but many of the sidewalks are littered with dog feces and garbage. In addition, the hotel is far from everything to see (with no shuttle). Palermo is a very large city and this hotel is not centrally located for easy touring. The strongest impression I left with was that I had found a place in Italy where people were not friendly. There were very few smiles that made you feel welcome. I would not recommend the hotel to my friends, and I got the feeling that they could care less about serving a tourist clientel.

Guest name: Rob Guest, USA