InterContinental Prague

The Intercontinental is an ideal location in Prague for visitors. Just 15 – 20 minutes in holiday lite traffic from the main train station, it’s walking distance to everything else you might want to see.
The room had a lovely view of the river and was on a high floor away from the lifts as we prefer. It was European small and very very warm. The décor was average, a bit dated, but clean and functional.
What was good:
The staff: were very nice and mainly knowledgeable. Fantastic English-​speaking! (If you haven’t been to Prague, you won’t know that while people often do speak English — not all like to, or do it well– particularly some service
/​industry people… which you’d think would be a ‘given” but, if it’s not your first language, «well, why bother» can be a problem.)
Hotel car: To avoid taxi scams, ask for their car to come get you. It might cost a little bit more, but you can tack this cost onto your room if you like and you will be in a very clean car with a very nice driver to get you from point A to point I (Intercontinental) with no fuss.
The room was decent, though the heat was blasting — we had to open the windows and turn the system off completely (although it was only 0−3c outside — we were roasting!)
The Internet worked and was relatively fast.
Location Location Location.
What was «Eh»:
Sound carries: we could hear every noise everywhere — and so could our neighbors. When we got locked out of our room (the battery on our key card entry device died) our whispering in the hall alerted a neighbor who popped out to ensure all was well.
Though I was promised a newspaper, I never got one, so I had to tell the desk.
The television list boasts some well-​known and popular channels from around Europe– but the TV doesn’t actually have them apparently. The engineer came up to check our connection– only to confirm, «yeah we don’t carry those channels anymore» which was sort of strange. :(
Speaking of engineers — as mentioned, our door keycard reader (not the card itself) failed. we ran up and down the elevator not once, but THREE TIMES before we could get an engineer up there to get us sorted. Tack on 40 minutes sleep loss at 23:00. :(
The bathroom was small and the metal tub needed a refinish. The shower splashed water all over the floor with a whimpy curtain there — so needless to say, that was a bit of a hazard.
In-​room continental breakfast was bad. No dry or liquid creamers for the coffee (we didn’t order milk, sadly). Coffee was just more Nescafe anyway (same as already provided in room). Bread stale, no fruit. Best part: Bön Maman honey pots and jelly– but what do I put it on?
But all in all, the hotel is a 3.5 out of 5 for an Intercontinental. The big size, spacious and modern lobby areas scream Intercontinental, but it’s more like a fancier holiday inn express room-​wise.
Bar area seemed cool. We didn’t’ drink there. Didn’t try the restaurant, they the offer a savings deal for IHG members.
When we were there (Jan 2016), they had cleared out three gift shops (literally) overnight and we learned it was the start of a large renovation project. So we were glad to have missed all that potential noise and look forward to our next visit to a nice newly revamped shiny hotel.
p. s. I am reading other’s memories of an amazing breakfast buffet. Didn’t even know that was an option (?) and we’re IHG priority members, so something was amiss about that during our stay. Shame they couldn’t bring these amazing pastries on the plate to our room when we ordered continental breakfast upstairs. Odd.

Great hotel!
Great service and great location. It’s very close from the Old Time Square where there was a Christmas Market with local food and krafts and the very famous clock.
It’s also close from a shopping street with all the international high-​end brands. It’s a very nice part of town to be in.
The hotel has a very good restaurant on the 9^th floor and a small one + bar on the ground floor.
We arrived before check-​in time and the hotel was able to place us in our rooms right away, which is great! We all hate to wait hours for checking-​in.

We came across the Intercontinental Hotel, Prague on Gilt’s Jetsetter. Compared to the other hotels on the site, it appeared to be less luxurious but the price was better. Additionally, from the photos, it appeared to be outside of the city as it appeared to have a big parking lot in front of it. We were skeptical about the hotel and location but we booked based on the price and we trusted intercontinental hotels over local or European brands. We were extremely pleased with our choice to stay here.
1) the location is perfect– the hotel is on the river & our room had views of river and castle in the distance. The hotel is located behind a square, from photos it appears to be less in old town, but the photos were misleading. The hotel is 3 minute walk to old town square and on the best shopping street in Prague. I prefer this location as you are super centrally located, but when you step outside your hotel, you aren’t walking into a busy tourist circus.
2) price– compared to other hotels in Old Town, this hotel was priced significantly better when we booked.
3) quality /​appearance– the hotel lobby is very pretty & the rooms are nice, large, super clean & have views (city or river).
4) amenities– the hotel has several shops, restaurants and a full service spa with indoor pool. The restaurant on the top floor has a terrace and 360 views of the city.
I highly recommend this hotel & will definitely stay here again.

Von aussen haesslich — von innen schoen!!!
Das Intercontinental in Prag ist wie immer bei den Intercontis eine sichere Wette: zentral gelegen und mit Frist-​Class Service und Komfort.
Vielleicht noch haesslicher als das Wiener Interconti liegt das Prager Interconti direkt an der Moldau und am noerdlichen Rand der Altstadt.
Als Ausgangsort fuer touristische Aktivaeten gut gegeignet als auch als Business-​Hotel zentral im Stadtinneren gelegen.
Die Zimmer sind sehr gediegen eingerichtet mit grossen, schoenen Baedern. Das Fruehstucks-​Buffet ist vielfaelltig und die Bar/​Lobby sehr stylisch.
Gute Nacht!!!

This is probably the best hotel I have ever stayed in. The biggest complaint I have is too many delicious pastries available in free breakfast buffet.
I was here for a conference that took place in this hotel. So most of my time was spent here. Some awesomeness:
1) I was able to check in at 9 AM.
2) Elevators were quick. I never had to wait more than about 15 seconds for an elevator except for one time when everyone in the whole conference was going to the same place at the same time (which was expected). This is a major major major thing that I never take for granted.
3) Front desk staff were very accommodating, examples of which include serving room service to us at the bar after it closed, and answering questions knowledgeably and affirmatively helpfully.
4) Room requests were resolved QUICKLY! I requested conditioner and it was there within a few minutes — I requested to have someone teach dumb me to use the shower — again, just a few minutes. I had a pumping emergency — my pump batteries ran out so I tried to use the converter and blew a fuse! The maintenance man came within 3 minutes. Then I didn’t have enough batteries and they sent him back again within a few minutes, magically with the right kind even though I didn’t tell him which they were!
5) Location amazing — beautiful, within a few blocks of Jewish quarter.
6) Mentioned the breakfast buffet above… it’s really quite good though.
7) stored my ice packs to keep my pumped breastmilk cold, and brought them right back up to me when requested. They probably would have stored the milk itself in the freezer but I didn’t ask that.
I didn’t like the Czech TV but don’t think that can be blamed on the hotel — and there could be more plugs in the room but that is a minor point as well.

supposedly updated, good location, fair service, clean. Much nicer places in Praha

great location for a quick walk to the Charles bridge and old town square.
i really liked the service and professionalism of the staff here.
+ concierge and reception booked a car to the airport (only about 30 euros which isn’t bad). provided coffee in the morning while we waited
+ great breakfast buffet with a lot of options. They even had organic options (the organic apple juice was the best i’ve ever had ever) with honey coming from a real honey comb
+spacious rooms, indoor pool and free wifi

Great soviet-​era hotel!