The Editory Artist Baixa Porto Hotel

Fantastic hotel, good location. About a 10 min walk to the main touristy area. We like to stay outside of the busy areas because they can be noisy and this hotel was located in a very quiet area. We had a beautiful room overlooking the garden. The rooms are huge with lots of space for everything. Bathrooms are also very large. Beds are comfortable and the TV has lots of options. Good wifi. Staff is very pleasant and accommodating. It was nice to always be greeted kindly and asked if there was anything we needed. The lobby also has sparkling water and port wine for guests. The coffee in the room is very nice and other little amenities are replenished daily, which is a nice touch. Loved staying here, highly recommend!

PROS 1) lovely location close to all the main attractions, can walk all the way to Ribeira in 15 mins, and to the Mercado in 5 mins 2) connected to the Artist Garden hotel so has some dining options too 3) It is a training hotel (internships from the college next door) also work here so its realy wonderful to give students an opportunity 4) knowledgeable front desk for recommendations etc 5) Uber is very inexpensive in Porto, you can travel easily 6) special mention to housekeeping staff who always were keeping the room well stiocked and clean CONS 1) there is no concierge service - so although the hotel claims to be 5* it is not; you will have to move your luggage around yourself if your bags are heavy or you are not very physically mobile All other things were EXCELLENT

We stayed for 3 nights at the hotel and booked a Gallery Double Room (no 201). We arrived early and was warmly greeted and immediately offered glass of port & pastel de nata ..... well why not ! Our room wasn't ready but we were able to get the paperwork done and leave our bags which was great (and they popped them in the room whilst we were out). The room isn't large but for a city break was fine - nice comfy bed, one comfy chair, TV and mini bar. The hotel provide complimentary water in the rooms. The bathroom was good and nice shower which was over the bath. One small gripe (and sadly this hotel isn't alone in this) but they need to provide more hangers in the wardrobe. Yes, most people will only be staying for a few nights but even so couples need more than 4 hangers ! .... even if they are nice ones. Breakfast wasn't extensive but all the usual fare was available - cereals, yogurt, fruit, bread, as well as a toaster :-), and a selection of pastries (including mini pastel de nata's). Tea & Coffee are ordered fresh. They only seem to have small amounts on offer at the buffet so by the time two of you have had some fruit juice, or cereals the juice or milk need filling again ...... same with the bread. The buffet was regularly stocked but just seems like an opportunity to make more available at the outset. The hotel is located in a quiet street a little away from the main centre (which is one of the reasons we chose it) but its still only a 10min walk to the main shopping street or about 25mins to the Luis I bridge. The hotel has a comfy bar area but this was pretty quiet when we stayed (empty on two of the evenings) and offers free WiFi's which was very good.

Amazingly comfortable and friendly hotel. Has the feeling of a high-end opulent hotel, without the faceless treatment you tend to receive from 4&5 star hotels. From the time we arrived we were pampered with welcome drinks, pasteis de nata and a warm welcome. The rooms were clean, spacious and had further treats awaiting us - brownies, port and chocolates! There was a bath as well as a shower, complementary smellies, bathrobes and slippers The breakfast was all you could ask for, and more, with food ranging from fresh fruit to bacon, sausages, pastries, pancakes, eggs and a lot more, all freshly prepared. The walls are all covered with interesting pieces of art, which also adds to the stay If you’re in Porto and want something just a bit different this is definitely the place to stay

This was a disappointment/ the welcome exceded the reality. Vânia was engaging and welcomed genuinely welcomed us. We had experienced a taxi driver from hell who topped 140 km/h. That aside the room and some food at 2130 was all we needed. Ali the waiter managed to give us two courses! Nothing else seemed available. The vegetable soup was bland powder based stock and accompanied the hamburger! This five star hotel had already made its mark. We could have had 5 “courses” but this was not required. Nothing more was to be offered for “dinner” in Portugal at this hotel than a stock powder based bland soup and a very lacking hamburger. The coffee machine as located in 205 on the bench was next to the fridge. When I called on awaking as I could not get it to work I was told “move it to another power” source in the room. This proved my problem was mine! The fridge took the power source and was not compatible with the excellent coffee machine plug. But the coffee was excellent when I found an outlet. The laundry service was not accessible! The flier in the room instructed me to call “7 “which I did. Diverted to reception I was told to “bring our laundry to reception. I did so. Only to be told then by the receptionist who that there is no laundry service at the hotel. The weekend excluded laundry service.

We are a retired couple and travel often. Our experience here left a lot to be desired. The hotel is a cool older hotel with a cool 50s vibe and a convenient location. The staff were all hospitality students using the hotel as a learning environment. They were typically young and friendly, but lacked the experience needed to be working some areas by themselves. The rooms were quite nice and clean. Bathrooms were on the large side and had good water pressure with double sinks. We travel often and I found the the beds were unusually hard and the pillows were very tired. Breakfast was fine, but was served at the hotel next door requiring a walk through a garden area. This proved awkward when it was raining, but umbrellas were available. I don’t know how to say this politely, but coffee is incredibly important and coffee here was dispensed instantly from a machine and was awful. Lots of hotels we stay in have machines that work quite well, but the coffee and milk this machine dispensed were just terrible. The need to chuck this machine and get something that makes proper coffee!!! The breakfast area also served dinner, with a very limited menu. The night we were there they seemed to be short-staffed and the poor student was having trouble keeping up. The kitchen is in another building requiring long trips for the solitary server making it even harder for him to manage. There were several missteps service (including serving a table that came in after us the last available soup), again I think this was owing to his inexperience and trying to run the entire place on his own. There were other issues as we found our room key would unlock other rooms, sadly for us and the Asian couple I surprised when I got off on the wrong floor and opened their door by mistake! The bar wasn’t regularly staffed, and while they were happy to accommodate us, there were delays it required someone to come from the adjacent hotel to pour our drinks. I would not stay here again.