A great way to enjoy Tel Aviv
Dec 13, 2024 David K Ra'anana, Israel
When you go to a hotel, the physical aspects are the starting point, but the people take it from there. High quality personnel either upgrade the experience from what the building itself offers or, all too often, degrades it.
At this establishment, it is the former. The people who checked us in and out were efficient and helpful, friendly and…
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When you go to a hotel, the physical aspects are the starting point, but the people take it from there. High quality personnel either upgrade the experience from what the building itself offers or, all too often, degrades it.
At this establishment, it is the former. The people who checked us in and out were efficient and helpful, friendly and chatty. The housekeeper we passed in the hall smiled and warmly asked us if we were enjoying our stay. The people staffing the breakfast room wanted you to be enjoying the meal they clearly took pride in preparing. Even the lifeguard was affable. We were cosseted by real hospitality.
The hotel’s location can’t be improved on: directly on the beach in Tel Aviv. In my opinion, there is a qualitative difference between those hotels – like the Crowne Plaza Tel Aviv Beach – where you can walk out of the hotel’s back door onto the beach, and those hotels that are very close to the beach but where you have to cross a street to get to the beach. We made good use of the easy ability to stroll along the beach.
The breakfast was typically extensive and of uniformly high quality. Yummy and filling. We skipped the lunch we had planned because after that breakfast, who had room?
The amenities and the linens were of high quality and the bathrobes (from Arad Textiles) beefy. The rooms we were in had recently been re-done and were aesthetic.
The only nit I would note is that the building dates from an earlier era. Management is clearly doing what it can with the physical envelope they’ve got – re-doing the rooms, refreshing the public spaces, etc., but at the CP, you aren’t going to get a palatially sized room that will wow your friends on Insta. If that’s your requirement, you need to go elsewhere. If instead you’ll be happy with a hotel that welcomes you warmly, surrounds you with comfort and attends well to your needs, you'll be happy at the Crowne Plaza Tel Aviv Beach. We certainly were.
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