A good location, five minute walk to most locations. Stayed in the main tower (20th floor) which has around 30 rooms per floor which makes it quiet as few others walking around the corridors. Room was compact, but all the required features - shower rather than bath. The hotel is covered by free Wi-Fi with good coverage in the room and restaurant. Nice buffet breakfast, but poor evening buffet with only one lukewarm main course on offer. NOTE, I was "ripped off" by the airport taxi on arrival ... the price should around 10 Lats and no more !!!

It was a business trip, so some distance from Old Town wasn't an issue. In fact it's a pleasant 10-15 minutes stroll in a nice weather or there is a bus round the corner. The hotel is a normal modern upmarket business hotel IMHO. I don't have any special memories, but no complaints either. What caught my attention though: a post mentioning that "our travel agent probably didn't pay for the hotel and we had to pay". In our case I was told at check-in that they didn't need the prepaid voucher, but then at check-out we were informed that the hotel didn't have a contract with this travel agency and we were forced to pay the rack price, twice as much. I'm still slugging it out with my bank, but this is a different story.
One case could be an exception, more than one is already a tendency. I would recommend to contact a hotel in advance and confirm a prepaid reservation - just in case.

I stayed for one night at this hotel, as part of a conference. It s nice enough, but I found it a bit too 'big' for my taste. There were crowds everywhere in the lobby and on the conference floors. The hotelrooms (Reval class) were ok, but a bit "basic", box-like and impersonal. Nowhere to hang your towel in the bathroom, except for the very(!) high towelrack above the bathtub. Dispensers for soap and shampoo (which is ok and more hygienic than some other alternatives). The security is a plus, with acces to the hotelrooom corridors by key-card only.
Good breakfast buffet, but also very crowded during my stay.
Location is nice, with great views over green areas and the city and walking distance to the old city.
If I came to Riga again for a personal visit I would probably try to find another alternative, but for a business trip it's good enough.

I've just come back from a week-long trip to Latvia and stayed 2 nights in this hotel, but came back a number of times during the week for dinner and to visit the Skyline bar.

The rooms are basic accomoboxes: large twin beds, no trouser-press or tea-and-coffee making facilities. However they do have a number of different room types from the basic to the seriously swanky. -But they're very clean; the carpet looks well hoovered which was reassuring. The beds were relatively comfortable.

The bathroom was an ok size - the wetroom design would be good for the elderly I would say, although they would probably have to request a shower-chair. I don't mind not having a bath as quite often they're not properly cleaned anyway. I also didn't mind the dispenser soap and shower-gel; I tend to use them mainly for cleaning glasses and cups in the room anyway (no, I don't regard wiping cups and glasses - or the bath for that matter - with the towels you've just used as being "clean", which happens in a lot of places)

The security in the hotel is good - you need your keycard to access your floor and room. At night the paronamic lifts go to the bar and gym only. The wifi is wholly complimentary and there are even powerpoints in the bar for private laptops. This is a great service.

The buffet breakfasts were excellent, even cooking eggs to order with a fantastic selection. Best buffet breakfast of anywhere I've stayed.
The buffet dinner (12.5 lats ex. drinks) is also good value - but it's better at the weekends than during the week. Still filling and nice. The food and drink in the lobby bar is reasonable for the location. The Gastronome gourmet fish restaurant onsite is also excellent and good value by Irish standards. But food seems generally good in the places I visited - CiliPica is particularly reliable.

The Skyline Bar MUST be visited - it's brilliant for people-spotting if nothing else; I was there during the week and on Friday night. It was full but not heaving - with super-comfy sofas and really nice cocktails. The public areas of the hotel are nicely, but comfortably decorated.

This is a very very big and popular hotel, we witness lots of large tour groups, but once they moved through the lobby you'd barely know. Stag party shenanigans are firmly dealt with thankfully.

The staff were nice and polite in all areas. Any attempt at speaking Latvian was appreciated, which was nice.

The upshot - I'd like to visit Riga again, and will be staying here. If I get to visit other Balkan countries I will definately be staying at their sister hotels there.