Myself and my boyfriend stayed here in February for Valentines, the first thing that struck us was the staff; they were very helpful and friendly. Breakfast is ample and is not the usual "dry croissant watery hot chocolate" continental affair that you can get in Mediterranean countries. The hill outside is very steep!!! However it's very clean, and exactly what you would expect.

I stayed in this hotel with a friend of mine. It was April 2006 and we were in the last leg of our european exploration. This hotel has a pleasant location, over-looking a slope (but we were young and many a times we actually used taxi as it is very cheap in Lisbon) and quite close to Bairro Alto (Famous for its night long informal parties, musics and cheap food) We always walked up to Bairro Alto from this hotel, but you gotta be careful with the cross road near the hotel, there can be cars speeding towards Bairro Alto.

We paid about EUR 59 for a double room and EUR 5 for each break fast (Which was hearty). Pombal is a busy commercial district not far from here. I plan to stay here during my next trip to Lisbon.

The rooms are small sea cruise cabin almost; however the staff friendly and helpful attitude sure makes up for it. The rooms were clean. The breakfast was more than I could possibly want. Must of the time we took the metro to Rota and walked down, on the occasions that we came from the Liberdade side, it wasn't as difficult to come up the street as we were prepared to face.

We had my mother's green card stolen in the Lagos Hotel we stayed in, and had to return to Lisbon to arrange paper work for her at the American Embassy and stayed here a second time.

Like all Ibis Hotels we stayed at on our journey to Spain & Portugal, the Ibis chain of hotels provided good, clean accommodations with helpful staff. We got a King bed, shower, TV with CNN or BBC (with video audio jacks in the front). Rooms are smaller than a North American standard, but normal for Europe. Staff were excellent and friendly, and like all Ibis employees, they all seem to speak excellent English. Don't expect the Ritz, but a good Motel 6 type level of furnishings. It's worth noting that soap, shampoo and towels (replaced daily if you want) are supplied by the hotel. If you've stayed at one Ibis you've probably seen the furniture layout and quality for all of them in Spain and Portugal, all were carbon copies of the same for us. As your would expect of major chains, all credit cards are accepted. Rates are posted on the Ibis website and are exactly what's charged by the front desk.

The Ibis Lisbon Liberdade was in a great location, well withing walking distance to the Praca Dom Pedro and Praca do Comercio and all the shops in between! Be sure to check out the theatre vicinity around Restauradores for a restaurant (go figure) - an area of restaurants that inexplicably isn't mentioned in guide books. The hotel is conveniently located on the metro line - Avenida is your closest stop and from here you have easy access to the rest of the city and outlying areas (we connected to a train to Sintra in less than a 1/2 hour). A Mini Mercado is up the 5 minutes hill and right (ask the front desk for directions) were you can get fresh fruit and groceries. The much mentioned hill is certainly steep but it's not like you're climbing Everest here people. Lisbon is built on hills so you'd best get used to it if you're going to go. The hill is about 2 blocks long and the 1st part of the hill is fairly tame - it's not until the block that the hotel is on that it gets really steep, and I had a 45lb backpack on! Santa Apolonia train station is probably the closest one, I would recommend a taxi to get there you have luggage - it's a fairly long hike. The beautifully designed Oriente station is on the metro line though and can be ridden to the hotel no problem.

Overall, great value, and a great stay.