This was a really great place to stay in Madrid. Really close to the Plaza Mayor, and tons of nice…read morerestaurants, churches, museums, etc. Walking distance to pretty much everywhere in Madrid, and in a beautiful part of the city. The rooms are small, but very clean. The people are very friendly. We left Madrid for a few days, and came back to La Perla Asturiana once we returned to Madrid and they gave us the same rate we'd booked before. The people there are very friendly, and the wi-fi signal is strong. Really great pricing. Highly recommended.

Based on the location alone, this place should probably cost double per night. We could literally…read moresee one of the alcoves leading into Plaza Mayor from our window. Front desk staff was very friendly and welcoming upon arrival. Rooms are spartan but clean. But for the price and location, one could do much, much worse. Would definitely stay here again.

Was not impressed. Starting with the booking which was a nightmare, had to go through my travel…read moreagent. Service was generally sub par, not sure if that applies to all NH Hotels. Probably the last time I stayed in one, most of the amenities look ok on a first look. For Breakfast better check out Pain Quotidien and the other places around the hotel. On the positive the room was nice and pool was a good refreshment after a hot day in the city. The location is perfect and easy for transportation and shopping in the Salamanca area.

Nice Hotel, typical NH standard. Expansive breakfast 15-19EUR - better to check out Coffee & Te…read morearound the corner on the Main Street

Front desk clerk was very rude. She was dismissive…read more She was extremely unwelcoming. She obviously didn't know what was going on in the hotel. Will not return.

Room Mate Óscar Hotel is in a great central location within walking distance of many sights. Plus…read moreit's a block or two from the major Gran Via shopping area and Metro station. It's in the middle of the Cheuca gayborhood with tons of restaurants and gay bars. The hotel is contemporary and rooms are a uniquely designed. My reserved Double room was small with window view of nothing, so I took their recommended upgrade for a Deluxe Double room facing Plaza Pedro Zerolo. What a difference a few square meters make! Front desk staff were very helpful and always greeted me as I entered. The bed is super comfortable. The glass shower is nice except for the hard to control single faucet. WiFi was strong. Starbucks is downstairs. The rooftop pool and bar is the best feature, with 360 degrees view of central Madrid. I totally recommend this chic gay-friendly hotel. Or straight-friendly.

While the hotel is in the best location in town, bar none and it was once a gorgeous renovated…read morepalace, today it is very tired and in dire needs of freshening up. Compared to other NH hotels, it is subpar: rooms are lacking spare blankets (available upon request), valet, bathrobes. We had to request sheets to be changed as they were stained. Service is adequate, nothing more. No recognition of frequent/repeat guests. All of this will make me find alternative accommodations next time I am in the area. I cannot recommend it.

Clean hotel Delicious breakfast with hot and cold options…read moreDelicious potato tortilla and eggs No additional amenities such as pool or gym Close to leganes train station which can take you to city centre atocha train station

Cheap and great service. Low key, nothing fancy, the people at the front desk were superb! They…read morewere so nice to us. I loved them. The only bad thing is it is not in Madrid. Leganes is about 20 miles or so away from the city and a virtual ghost town at night. ( think Queens to NYC commute) You have to take the train into Madrid.The train station is not super close to the hotel but not a bad walk. That is totally okay and there is nothing wrong with this. ( traveler tip-The train stations can be confusing even with Spanish knowledge so this might be hard for those who are not pretty fluent in the language.) The weather was wonderful and I enjoyed the walk. I felt like a commuting New Yorker again. lol We saved a ton of money even with train fare staying here. I just think next time I would rather stay in Madrid. Staying in Leganes took some planning and altered our early morning and nighttime events. Eating can be a challenge in Spain if you have never been here before and are not willing to overcome American beliefs associated with dining. This is good to know before getting here and staying far from the city. We could never find a place open early morning on our walk to the train station, they do not believe in to go food, ( except for Chocolate Churros food truck at train station-lol) coffee in Styrofoam, and we never ate dinner nor show a Flamenco show the entire time we were there. Tradition in Spain is very late dinner, no early morning, and sit down and relax you crazy Americans, please. I also never got the ordering in a restaurant thing exactly right either. By the time we would be done eating dinner the connecting trains would be over to where we needed to go. So for dinner we ate Tapas the entire time we were there, at American dinner time, and called it a wash. This might challenge a non pork or fish lover like myself. (dinnertime starts at 11pmish in Spain and Tapas are made with the restaurant's leftovers which are usually fish and pork related) I really wanted to check out the oldest restaurant in the world and see a Flamenco show so I left a little bit disappointed. Not enough though to ruin a fantastic trip! The money we saved probably added up to tons more tours for us to enjoy so life was good! We finally did find the American Restaurants in Madrid and the Leganes grocery store which funny enough, was right down the street from the hotel. We asked for gifts to bring home, like wine, and were directed across the street. We laughed when we saw all the fresh produce we could have horded and carried in our purses. Wahhhh! By then it was our last day in Spain- lol! Of course now we know for next time but I just think I am too lazy to go to all that trouble again. However, the hotels in Madrid cost a small fortune so I will have to shop around to find something that was as cheap and nice as this place.

A great base I operations if you want to visit MadrId. El Carrascal metro is only a 5 min walk and…read morean easy trip to central Madrid. The hotel is in a shopping plaza so plenty of shopping and a Super Carrefour is two stops away on the Metro. Dedicated parking is great if you have a rental car. I was there for 3 weeks doing a seminar and Javier and all the staff from desk to chamber staff to Restraunt were very accommodating. I would stay here again. Rates were in line for the place. We even had a sleeper sofa which accommodated three adults.

A comfortable and modern hotel located on Grand Via…read more Our room was spacious and nicely designed. We even had a small balcony overlooking a side street. Although the bed was good, it tended to roll away from the head board a bit. The free wifi in the room was a plus - and actually worked quite well. Noise from the busy Grand Via was minimal. The central location is close to most of the major sites - easy walks to the Prado and Royal Palace - and close to lots of shopping and restaurants. Overall, an enjoyable stay at a decent price.

Las Letras had the most unusual effect upon us, and we agreed in retrospect - the way it is…read moredesigned and managed results in minimal interaction with staff. Everything gets done, everything is offered and in place, and they are available at any time - but they are not constantly hovering at your back like, for example, staying in Tokyo. It was far more sophisticated than than. We really enjoyed the place. Poor wireless Internet but bring your own cable, or ask for one, and you can run on a wired connection (far superior in all instances than wireless ever is). Wireless is weak in every room I tried including actual room, bar or restaurant. But is it there and free so I am not complaining. Large room, effective climate control, decent bathroom, very clean and very quiet. Great location for exploring Madrid. You are easy walking distance to the Prado, several major squares, the palace and numerous pedestrian-only shopping areas. Highly recommended, modern and upscale. Great bar, great buffet breakfast. Extremely helpful front desk staff.

So in Spain, 'hostal' does not actually mean what 'hostel' means in the rest of the world…read more Instead, think of a 'hostal' as a small, independently-owned and usually affordable hotel. (Wikipedia explains further - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostal) Conveniently located near to a couple of Metro stations (we arrived via the Santa Domingo stop, but I think Callao is much easier if you have suitcases since there are elevators at that station), Hostal Gala had some of the friendliest employees of any place we stayed in Europe. (Of course, I don't the employees were actually Spanish. The first one was definitely Bulgarian, which continued a theme on this past trip of running into friendly Bulgarians. I have nothing but good impressions of Bulgarians now!) We were very kindly upgraded from a standard hostal room into one of the larger apartment-size rooms that Hostal Gala offers. Fantastic! It was wonderful to have some space, a large table for eating/writing, and even a refrigerator and other kitchen appliances. Even though we looked over a busy plaza, the noise level really was not bad. We did have trouble figuring out how to use the window shutters. In fact, we didn't even realize there *were* window shutters until our last night there. I just thought that Spaniards were heavy sleepers who didn't mind only having gauzy curtains to (slightly) darken the room. Well, I guess this would be basic information for most Europeans, but perhaps Gala could explain shutter operation to clueless Americans. I appreciated the free wi-fi. Other issues? The shower drained poorly and the bathroom itself was tiny. But those are manageable problems when you are only paying 70 Euro a night for an apartment-size room. So overall, I'd have to recommend Gala. We only stayed two nights, then visited Toledo and changed to a different hotel when we came back to Madrid, but I wish we had stayed at Gala the entire time.

My husband and I stayed at Hostal Gala for our 5th anniversary trip to Spain this July and loved…read moreit. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful to us. We asked them so many questions and really talked their ears off and they never seemed impatient or hesitated to help. The bilingual staff would quickly switch between Spanish and English to accommodate both my husband (who speaks fluent Spanish) and me (who speaks about 20 words of Spanish). They gave us restaurant recommendations and were extremely dedicated to fixing the TV in our room when we mentioned it was having problems, eventually moving us to a larger room when the technician was unable to fix it right away. They brought us a bottle of cava on our first night there, which was a nice touch. I was told that they could wash laundry for us and they also allowed us to put a few things in the fridge they have in the back. Everything was clean, although extremely small according to our American standards, but we didn't mind. We got a great rate and the location was convenient for exploring the city. It was incredibly noisy at night because of its location, but if that's a problem for you, you probably just should not go to Madrid. During the day there was construction nearby. I brought earplugs and I was fine. We were quite pleased that there was an elevator in the building for those days when we had spent far too many hours wandering the Prado. We wished they had stronger air conditioning, but hey, it's Spain. Usually we opened up the windows in the evening and let the breeze cool the room. We felt like they made our stay special and will return next time we're in the country.