Simple rooms in a low-key guesthouse offering complimentary homemade breakfast.
Address: Calçada do Correio Velho 3SL, Lisboa
Phone: 21 886 1393
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The long story short is this: I would come back here again (but perhaps w/ a private bathroom) because the location is in my Portuguese Lisboner opinion; perfect, it's the sweet spot. Let me start by addressing the two elephants in the room: 1) Yes, the walls are paper thin, you can hear other rooms, the tram, the nightly bin workers, ert. But by reading the reviews I managed to prepare. Take earplugs, buy some wax ones as they're non-expensive and adjust to your individual ear canals better than the foam ones. I could not hear a peep and slept like a rock. 2) Thieves... Daniel (one of the hosts receptionists) evaded my question when I confronted him about it, honestly I didn't like him, felt fake. Cátia (the other receptionist) however was an absolute joy to be around. I didn't want people in my room, especially thieving staff, so I took a £20-£30 Amazon baby/pet monitor camera and set it up with the accommodation Wifi and had it on at all times whislt I was out, with . I also set my "do not disturb" sign the entire time, even when out. I did not want the bed made or towels replaced unless I personally requested it while there. I did not warn the staff of the camera, and I can say with 100% certainty that no one ever came into my room, so they respected the "do not disturb" sign. I took all valuables with me, they do not have a vault, so take your wallet, take your cash, and take your passport. Nothing went missing from my room. As for outside, store valuables deep into your bags. The usual anti-theft advice applies: take backpacks, not shoulder bags, do not store valuables on outer pockets. And do NOT hold phones or cameras out without it being strapped to your wrist/neck. I resent people calling us Portuguese all thieves. No, we are not, thieves exist everywhere, but if you look like a tourist and you take zero precautions, you will be robbed, especially during high season in May-Sep. Victim blaming? Yes. Dumb tourists? Also yes. So don't be one. Now, the room. I went for the 'superior room' (it faces the church, better view), it has a shared bathroom, which was fine and seemed well kept. I did not shower whilst there because I took bo flip-flops and don't want to catch Athlete's Foot. The place is a halfway between hotel and hostel essentially. You do have your own lockable room, but share bathrooms apart from 2 rooms that do have their own bathroom (but no nice view to the Sé church). I've already spoke about the noise, other than that this place is the perfect HQ for walking lovers like me, you are one stone throw's away from Alfama and it's Miradouros/Vistas, the Castle of São Jorge, and the Praça do Comércio (commerce square). As well as Rossio and all the transport links you can wish for, such as the 28 (you literally have a stop 5 seconds away), the Metro (Rossio or Praça), as well as buses and modern/1930's trams. This area is also quieter than the centre such as Rossio, Restauradores, Chiado, or any of the downtown streets with its bars and restaurants, so in my view this is the perfect sweetspot. The pricing is more than fair, and very affordable for what it is. If you find a deal on Hotels.com or Booking.com, just call the HOrigem Sé Guest House instead and they can offer you a better deal as they can avoid the commissions charged by agencies. The sheets could do with being replaced, and they have been yellowed out over time, but they are washed and bacteria free, so I don't care, I'm not precious. If you are, you can request fresh sheets, but these might be yellowed out too, so perhaps avoid it if you're nitpicky. The sheets always smelled clean, but I really think the owners need to look at sheets as a consumable to be replaced, not a permanent fixture. I don't think anyone cares if the sheets are umbranded with the HOrigem logo, people just want pristine white sheets, so to the owners making a ton of money from this constantly fully booked place; just get on with it, get new sheets because it's leaving a bad impression and it's the bear minimum expected of the hotel industry. Andreia
Budget stay in an amazing location close to everything you want to walk to in Lisbon. The rooms have street noise and a very close trolley. The bed itself was a little wobbly. Not a lot of plugs in the room due to the age of the building. There is a shared kitchen and shared bathrooms. The location itself due to the complexity of the streets was difficult for taxi to get close to the front door so be prepared to carry your luggage over steps for about a block depending on traffic. The staff were kind and polite welcoming me after a late arrival. I felt safe yet close to all of the excitement of visiting Lisbon.
Diego is very kind and helpful. Rooms might not be the best considering how thin the walls and doors are, but experience was really good!!
Never stay at this hotel! The fact that the tram doesn't let you sleep, stains on the bed linen, cardboard walls, is somehow tolerable for tourists. But suddenly it turned out that the staff steals money from the guests! And even if they were lying somewhere on the table or windowsill, they didn't. They climbed into the suitcase, pulled out the wallet, took money from it, and even joked, left little. So, if for some reason you still stay here, never leave money and valuables in the room, because the staff steals!
If you want to sleep DONT stay here. We’ve travelled the world and stayed next to nightclubs and the first time in my life I could not sleep for 3 nights in a row. The walls were thin, the outside noise already a bother. But nothing we didn’t expect, the problem is the other guests that were selfishly loud and the property implements nothing to keep the noise down. We have suggested they put up a sign for quiet time, but if you have rude neighbours who like to drink and scream all night, good luck. The best part is- they were so drunk they mistook their room and attempted to get into ours at midnight. What a scary experience. The property itself is fine, the biggest issue being the air conditioning not working in the rooms. But the receptionists are lovely. It feels wrong providing a negative review as the property itself was fine, but they also implement no measures to encourage guests to be respectful.
