Hotel Asturias

My 3rd. visit to this hotel was very disappointing. Previously I had spacious, though dated, rooms in keeping with the elegance of the building. This time, however I was faced with dark, narrow, badly lit corridors to the room. The room was not very large and furnished with MDF furniture that was of the Ibis type (2Star) with no drawers and minimal wardrobe space covered by only one door. The bathroom had a jacuzzi bath but the sealant was discoloured and incomplete with a shower screen that did not seal, so water escaped to the floor. The water pressure was not very high for the shower and the hand basin was cracked. The A/C was controlled from reception and not the room. It was eventually set at 23 and could not be turned off. The hotel had a discounted car park some distance away beyond the yachting harbour which I didn't use. I used the one on the Prom. that had deals with other hotels but not the Asturias. The maximum non-discounted rate was €24 for 24 hours which was worth it for the convenience. An extra chair was provided in the room but there was not enough room for it. My previous stays were booked directly with the hotel by phone, I don't know if that made any difference to the case, but I would not recommend this hotel for anyone but the desperate.

Location is fantastic and the room is clean. We were assigned a “modern room” because of the pet as opposed of the one we booked - no issue with that. I had issue with the rotten chair. The upholstery was all damaged and the night stand was broken. I mentioned to the receptionist at check out and clearly it’s something they don’t care about. I was on a road trip and booked several hotels from 3 to 5 stars… and assumed this was a 3… but they declare themselves as 4… and it’s just not the standard. We stayed in 3 stars hotel much better than Austrias. I was not expecting fancy. I was expecting clean and nice… but I can’t get over the damaged chair and broken night stand.

The good part was the very helpful bilingual receptionists who were happy to help us sort out a ) a covid test and b) a difficult taxi journey. The other good thing is the location which is hard to beat. The rest was a disappointment - It is very dated. the building is noisy at night (flushing toilets, banging doors and shutters etc), plus parquet flooring and dark wood furniture made it feel very old fashioned, the bathroom had been retiled and redecorated but with old style fittings (bath with shower over, bidet etc) I have since heard that there is a more modern part of the hotel but well, we were not offered a room there, perhaps it was more expensive? The aircon is not noisy but was inefficient. the balcony was TINY, you could barely get your feet on it and it felt like standing on a ledge, wouldnt suit anyone not liking heights/drops plus there was no way you could have got a chair or anything on it. The tv remote was in a plastic bag, presumably for easy cleaning but it didnt look new or cleaned! There was no kettle or tea/coffee making in the room and the cafe wasnt open 'apart from at weekends' she said so no way to get a coffee or tea, there wasnt a bar either and if there was a lounge we never found it. the 'minibar' was just an empty fridge and anyway went off as soon as you took your key out so no good for keeping the bottle of wine we bought in desperation cold. The towels were threadbare and none of it felt luxury or 4 star at all, I cannot believe this hotel is 4 star. Breakfast was awful, and it turned out you had to pay for it on top. We only went in for it as it was the only way to get a cup of coffee in the morning. It was a buffet (thought those were not covid safe??) and everything was out of a packet like ham, cheese and orange juice. It was all laid out and anyone could wander around touching the lids, tongs or any of it. There was hand gel out but i didnt see anyone use it. The first day there were a couple of guests wandering around with their masks not on, touching all the breakfast stuff and so we left.I know this is not the hotels fault, i did see the staff ask the people in question to sit down or put their masks on but they didnt do it and nobody made them. The dining room itself was a large charmless room like a school hall with folding screens blanking off the unused parts. There is no parking but you get a discount at the paid parking nearby but we had to drag the cases through the streets in the pouring rain.

Hotel situado en la plaza mayor de Gijon, es un hotel con encanto aunque las 4 estrellas quizás son un poco justas, no tiene parking por lo que hay que aparcar en los parkings públicos que hay en los alrededores, a unos 5 minutos andando desde el hotel, eso sí, en un lateral del hotel se puede dejar el coche 15 minutos para cargar y descargar maletas. Colo curiosidad en ese hotel se grabō parte de la oscarizada 'volver a empezar'.

Hotel antiguo pero acogedor. Muy buena atencion por parte del personal y servicios de comidas y desayuno bastante buenos, . Muy centrico al estar en pleno centro de la ciudad. Habitaciones sencillas pero en general se está bien. Fui en viaje de negocios

Bien situado en la Plaza Mayor de Gijón. Limpieza correcta. Desayuno amplio de productos de no mucha calidad. Mejorable la atención en recepción, parece que les cuesta empatizar con el cliente. Parking muy lejano al Hotel.

Genial la ubicación, la comodidad de la cama, la amplitud de la habitación, las vistas...el personal también muy amable y la habitación muy limpia. Esta cerca de locales de fiesta, restaurantes, sitios de interés... es un hotel emblemático de la ciudad.

Acudimos a su magnífico restaurante, ubicado en la planta baja del edificio. Comedor tranquilo y muy cómodo, así como con una ubicación excelente. Los platos buenos y abundantes, de una calidad magnífica. El precio muy contenido y la atención del personal muy correcta.