Golden
Crown Haifa hotel is a business hotel suitable for a city break. With
excellent service: confortable room, great breakfast, and an especially
attentive staff, and a perfect location: just off the German Colony and near
main roads.
We arrived at Golden Crown Haifa hotel after a morning of Spa in the Western Galilee. The hotel has a formal, yet designed décor. It is modern but still cosy – grey-brown colors with a touch of color and a wink of Art Deco.
The Room
We
stayed at an Executive room. The décor, similar to the hotel’s design is
somewhat grey-brown with a touch of modern yellow. The room is spacious,
functional and not cluttered. A bed, sofa, desk, closet, flat tv and a lot of
space. There is everything one need here – a safe deposit box (inside the
closet) that my laptop fit into and a desk. There is also a minibar, and a
coffee machine.
A small
sofa is located by the window.
The bathroom
is huge. It has a double sink and plenty of space for toiletries. The bathroom
and shower are modernly equipped with pampering finish – such as rain shower
head.
The view
from the large room window is overlooking the port. There are rooms facing the
mountain overlooking at the beautiful Bahai Gardens! We enjoyed the sea and
port view, and watched the big ships at the docks.
Dining
The
Golden Crown Haifa hotel dining room is modern but with a middle-eastern touch
– high couches with rounded sides and yellow lined seats. On one side, a big
ship representing the Haifa port on the wall, and on the other side – a large
window to typical city street that has Jerusalem brick wall buildings and
trees. I like sitting and looking at the people passing by.
Breakfast
is served in buffet style. The buffet is located at the side of the dining
room, which maintains a calm atmosphere. It is quite small and surprisingly
rich. It is packed with plenty of salads, cheeses, breads, and warm food. There
are also Middle Eastern dishes such as Haloumi cheese Shakshouka, and creamed
sweet potato. The meal includes also the standard food such as cereals,
yoghurt, fruit and coffee.
The
variety of cheeses is worth mentioning, Brie, goat cheese, feta, local Labneh,
and many more types.
The
meals are dairy and Kosher, so no meat products are served. Only breakfast is
served at the hotel, but the hotel has a list of restaurants located nearby in
which the hotel guests have 15% discount at.
Hotel
Services
Golden
Crown Haifa hotel is relatively small with about 90 rooms, but it has an
especially large lounge (with a large covered balcony that hosts events). The
Lounge, located on the second floor, includes a seating area and a private room
for meetings, snacks (such as sandwiches, dips, and some sweet stuff), peanuts
and dried fruit, soft drinks, alcohol and beer, and coffee.
The
lounge is the place for businessmen who sometimes spend weeks away from home.
It is a place for them to alleviate loneliness and enjoy a good beer. The
lounge manager, William, is especially attentive to their needs and
assists them with everything they need, including finding and booking
restaurants or helping them to find their way around Haifa.
In
addition there is also a small gym.
The
hotel has free wifi everywhere.
Location
Golden
Crown Haifa is located off Ben Gurion, “the German Colony”, and on the same
building as “the city center”, a small shopping outlet. It is close to the
business district and industrial area, and is near the port, the train, and the
important road 22. It is an excellent location to access main roads and
business points of interests, as well as perfect for going out by foot at night
to the entertainment district.
The
German Colony was the settlement of the German Templers in the 19th century. The houses were mostly
preserved and are now a historical place to visit, walk and enjoy the
picturesque old preserved houses. Many of the buildings are housing
restaurants, coffee shops, galleries and little hotels. And if this is not
enough – if you look up south at the Carmel Mountain – you’ll be fascinated by
the view of the Bahai Gardens. Here’s the view from Ben Gurion street.
In
Summary
Golden
Crown Haifa is a good hotel. From the nice rooms and lounge, the good food, and
the great location – to to the welcoming staff, which is why I
highly recommend it!
Information:
Golden Crown Hotel, Haifa, 115 Yaffo St.
Haifa
Disclosure:
I was a guest of the hotel
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