Hotel SB Express Madrid Norte

After checking in, I found that the room had a strong musty smell. I turned on the air conditioner and found that there was no response. When I went to the counter to report that there was no air conditioner, I was told that I had to set strong wind + minimum temperature to have air conditioning. I went back to the room and followed the instructions of the counter staff, but there was still no air conditioner (machine) Not working at all). After waiting for an hour, there was still no air conditioning, so I reported it to the counter again; the counter staff still said that the air conditioning was running, and that the air conditioning must be set to strong wind + minimum temperature. According to the counter staff, reset the strong wind + minimum temperature again. , after waiting for an hour, there was still no air conditioning. The third time I reported to the front desk that the air conditioner was not working, the front desk said that the hotel had no available rooms and suggested opening the windows to lower the room temperature.

I agonized up to the last week before my convention pondering whether I book this hotel or my previous hotel in Barajas which is a short Metro ride to the Ifema Convention Center, or the lively and vibrant Sol located hotel. I decided to give this a try and I really was happy with my decision. The staff were great and very accommodating despite my limited Spanish (they speak English though). The place is quaint but very tidy. My room was above average the typical European size with a chiller. I would have given it an excellent rating had there been a coffee maker in my room. Breakfast was filling with good variety of choices. Outside the hotel there were 2 large supermarkets, lots of restaurants including a ramen shop, and a large outlet shopping center all within 5-20 minutes' walk radius. The commute to the Convention Center was tricky but I got the hang of it after 1 day of travel. Remember this hotel is outside the zone A so you need to get the special T ticket from the Metro, which incidentally is just a 5-minute walk away. It's an hour's trip but I just left my hotel earlier and never came late for the sessions. Overall, I was very satisfied with my 6 days stay. More than satisfied I may say!