This hotel is an ideal place to stay, whether on business or pleasure. It's in a very convenient secure spot next to the local Police Station, but maybe difficult to find if you are driving without satnav.
The old medieval part of town starts just up the road within a few hundred yards so this hotel is ideally located to walk into the centre of town for restaurants and bars. I have never had dinner in the hotel, but the prices on their menu appear very reasonable even if I cannot comment on the food..
Except for breakfast, which offer a good selection as a basic buffet of hot and cold selection. The local sausages are very different from those in the UK and delicious.
The staff are all very friendly and obliging, and I have never had any real communication problems for not speaking any Czech. A little patience and speaking slowly has never given me any complaint here.
The rooms are comfortable, very clean and the only real gripe for me is lack of storage space - a big wardrobe but very little drawers. There is free hardwired broadband with the cat5 cable provided but no WiFi anywhere. There are business facilities listed but I have never used them.
A sauna and hydrocentre including massage is located on the fourth floor but unfortunately I have never managed to find enough time to use them, so cannot make any comments.
Olomouc is a quiet oasis of calm in comparison with Prague, with lots of history to take in but without the noise from drunk revellers. Hotel Alley is a gem of a hotel in an ideal location for one of the finest cities in Czech republic with its World Heritage sites.

Driving between Krakow and Prague, Olomouc is half-way between the two cities and our reason for stopping (three hours driving is our preferred limit). Although, admittedly, when we looked at the hotel from the outside and wondered whether to go inside or not, we didn't have much option and ventured inside.

The hotel, which I think was built from the Soviet era, had very friendly staff and the rooms were clean and adequate in size. Although English was a little struggle, we all managed to communicate well. I don't think there is too many other hotel options in the older section, which is really the best place to stay (the newer section of town is very commercial).

Olomouc is the most medieval of all of the places we visited on this trip! Because it is not a tourist location, there is a feeling of what it was like to live here in the past. Having arrived on a Sunday, the square was almost deserted, except for the few restaurants and many ice cream stands surrounding the square. Although I regrettably lost the town brochure, I believe it was inhabited in 500 BC! Whereas in all of the other places we visited, you can see parts of the walls that were erected to protect the village, here in Olomouc, the entire wall is intact! The center square, which is currently being upgraded, is filled with archeology finds and flags. We explored the area carefully, seeing where even prior civilizations existed.

Dinner recommendations were fabulous and a full meal, with beer was $20. A great surprise of a medieval village that we didn't expect and truly enjoyed!