Joy 5 Hotel & Spa

The room is very clean and comfortable. The front desk lady is super nice and helpful. The restaurant only provides breakfast. In the evening, you can only order drinks. The prices are very affordable. It would be better if there was dinner.

According to Google map, the hotel is at a small intersection. As soon as we arrived at the intersection, three dogs ran out and chased me and my friend. We were so scared that we dropped our boxes and ran away. In the end, the dogs kept barking near the boxes. A local uncle drove them away with a stick. Then we called the hotel to pick us up. The staff said that there was something wrong with the map, but they didn't do anything to comfort us. The guy who picked us up said that this had never happened to a guest before and he felt sorry. When we checked in, the front desk didn't say anything. It was really scary in the middle of the night.

This hotel is very contradictory. Located in the park, right by the Danube River, the service is very good, and it is very convenient for running and exercising in the morning. But I highly do not recommend it. The reason is that, first of all, it is not in the old town. It is difficult to park in the old town and requires APP payment, which is very inconvenient for foreigners like us (as long as you think about Europeans and Americans coming to China, there is no WeChat and Alipay. How to pay the unattended parking fee), so we had to take a taxi to and from the old town. And due to the sudden rain the next night, we couldn't get a taxi in the old town, so we ran 4 kilometers in the rain at 8 p.m. Return to hotel. Secondly, although the hotel is in a park and you can park for free, the section in front of the hotel is a section that prohibits external vehicles, and you can only park in an area 500 meters away (the hotel indicates 150 meters, but the actual distance through walking navigation is 500 meters). It's quite inconvenient to get in and out every time. If it is your first time to Belgrade, the main purpose of your trip is to see the attractions in the old town, rather than to go for a morning run. It is very important to be able to walk and shop without driving. Therefore, although the service of this hotel is good, the girl at the front desk is very beautiful, and the guy in the dining area is very handsome, due to the geographical location, it is inconvenient for our first trip. If you are traveling to Belgrade and don't care about the old town, it's still okay here. Note that the room must choose a river view. It feels better to face the Danube directly than facing the park. It is very close to the town of Zemun and you can walk along the park. The embassy ruins are only 1.5 km away.

The sanitation is good and relatively clean. The room is usually cleaned in the afternoon. There is a bath + steam room, which needs to be booked in advance. It is very relaxing and recommended. For tourists who like river views, this place is still good. The windows of the rooms on the first floor have screens. I open the windows during the day. It is very bright and I have never encountered mosquitoes. The breakfast is European style. The chicken nuggets are fresh and juicy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Good reviews. Coffee is provided. Let's talk about the disadvantages: 1. Don't cook dinner, you have to go out to eat. There is a shopping mall 1.3 kilometers to the southeast, and there are shopping malls/Little Chili Peppers/Long Dingsheng/Hot Pot, etc. about 1.5-1.8 kilometers to the southwest. In short, you have to walk. 2. The bathroom is very lacking a small table for temporary placement of shampoo/shower gel/soap when taking a bath, otherwise you have to go in and out to get it back and forth. 3. The sound insulation is not very good, and the footsteps upstairs are very heavy.