Double Room (Interior) | Desk, free cribs/infant beds, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews of BYPILLOW The Citadel

3 out of 5
BYPILLOW The Citadel
Calle Espejo 2, piso 2, Madrid, Madrid

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 157 out of 288 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 95 out of 288 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 19 out of 288 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 288 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 288 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Miles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent Location, Friendly staff. Easy check in. Perfect for a budget room.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

CARLOS

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A very convenient place in the heart of Madrid city centre, very close to metro stations and main attractions. It’s an old building, and it needs refurbishment, but this hotel is good value for money. WiFi works well, and I like very much that they try to be sustainable with water resources.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Leopoldo

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great central place to stay. Too bad the elevator was not working; not good for us seniors.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dennis

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mintrue

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location with walking to everything you need. Enjoyed my time here. Will definitely be back. Gabby was very friendly and resourceful. Worth the money.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place for what it was. Exactly as advertised. Read check in carefully. No staff until 2 pm. The water from the toilet smelled very badly and after a few days the room smelled badly.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent little boutique hotel!
Girls trip to Madrid. We were instantly pleased with the hotel when we arrived. Room was perfect for the three of us. Clean and roomy. Gabby checked us in, we unloaded and we’re off to explore the city. Location was perfect. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to be in the thick of the action.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Both my friend and I had a wonderful stay at the hotel. The area around it was very nice, and the staff was super nice and was very patient with our limited spanish and was willing to speak in English when needed. The room was great, clean, and comfortable. Thank you!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Grace

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is close to most of attractions, in walkable distance. Cross the street, Mercedo de San Miguel there, a lot of choices for delicious food, you can find whatever you like there.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Walking distance to many tourist destinations. Very thin walls between rooms, so bring ear plugs.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Agnes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location!! Just across mercado san miguel ! Great location
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean property and rooms were spacious and clean. Drinking bar at reasonable prices. I would definitely be back at this hotel when I visit again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Julie the receptionist was extremely helpful and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Juan Gabriel

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lee, Jacksonville

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Susan

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Recepción Citadel by Pillow on Jan 6, 2023
Dear Susan,Thank you very much for such a wonderful review.Comments like yours motivate us to improve in order to offer the best service possible.We hope to welcome you back soon.Receive best regards from all The Citadel by Pillow Team

10/10 Excellent

Erika

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
El cuarto es amplio y muy limpio y tiene lo más importante para visitar en Madrid súper cerca. 👍🙂

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was great.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from Recepción Citadel by Pillow on Oct 2, 2022
Dear Maria,Thank you very much for such a wonderful review. Comments like yours motivate us to improve in order to offer the best service possible.We hope to welcome you back soon.Receive best regards from all The Citadel by Pillow Team.

10/10 Excellent

Glen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth Oconnell, Fairhaven

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I am an Elite gold member of Expedia (they need a higher tier). I stayed at Citadel by Pillow for two night as I was with another larger group at a hostel, and became dreadfully sick. I was able to rest and sleep here without any bother or issue and it was super quiet. I did get a bit better by the time I checked out, but the place is immaculately clean, quiet, tons of channels on the tv, spacious and easily accessible. Top shelf!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Central location
Great place to stay. Once you find it. We had some difficulties. Apparently I was sent an old welcome email that had the wrong information in it. I could not access the entry before hand or call the MK within the correct times. Bit outside of the small lip it was wonderful. Clean. Nice neighborhood and nice room!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

ISABEL

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

ISABEL

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Very clean and thoughtful touches. Great breakfast.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2021
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Apr 22, 2021
Dear Guest, thank you very much for your stay and your lovely review. Hope to welcome you back soon!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 30, 2020
Dear guest, Thank you very much for taking the time to value us; we are glad that you enjoyed your stay overall and hope to welcome you back soon. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 22, 2020
Dear Nicholas, thank you very much for taking the time to value us and, especially, for doing it so highly. We are glad that you enjoyed so much your stay and hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back soon. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
1/5 Not a good place! The building is quite run down, musty smell and the elevator is tiny. The stairs looks a bit unfinished/run down too. The room looked OK and was clean but smelled musty/mouldy, especially the bathroom. I slept with the window open most of the night. The receptionist was the best and only highlight of this place. Very enthusiastic and ready to share her knowledge about Madrid! I really appreciated that part. I give this place 1 star rating instead of zero, because of her good customer service. This is not a hotel nor a Airbnb. They have 10 rooms on 1 floor and reception staff is only there from 2pm to 10pm. In the morning, at check-out at 11, no one was there. Reception services starts at 2pm! There is a phone number to call but noone told me the reception would not be there in the morning. The cleaning personnel do not speak English. Thank goodness, I was able to get a taxi right outside at the end of the street, as it is also a difficult location to reach. Some taxi do not drop off right in front of the door. That is normal for the city center but this is a small alley that is hard to reach.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

nancy

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quick overnight before going to Morocco, much nicer than a 10 hour layover at the airport. Trendy area, walkable, nice rooms, hot shower.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Oct 5, 2020
Dear Nancy, thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with us and, especially, for valuing us so well. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay so much and could rest comfortably and enjoy at least a bit of our neighbourhood. We hope to welcome you back soon and be able to recommend you lots of lovely places you can find in the nearby. Ours is the oldest and one of the best areas os Madrid ;) Best regards from all The Citadel by Pillow Team.

10/10 Excellent

Malvika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little hotel, very good central location
Very good area, close to sol, room was clean and spacious
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Oct 5, 2020
Dear Malvika, thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with us and, especially, for valuing us so well. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay so much and found so convenient both our location and our rooms. Hope to welcome you back soon :) Receive best regards form The Citadel by Pillow Team.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
the staff waa friendly ans hwlpful but didnt speak any English the room wss very small ans thrtr waa no facility to make tea or coffre
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Oct 5, 2020
Dear guest, thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with us. We are sorry that you were not able to communicate with our staff, we supose you refer our cleaning staff who are the ones that only understand the most basic and usual phrases. From reception staff, we will try to teach them some more so they are able to speak a little more. We are not sure what do you meant when you wrote about the coffee/tea facility, since all our rooms have a tray with a water heater, coffee, tea and biscuits for free, they are on the table of each room. We hope you to give us a second chance and we recommend you to book one of our superior rooms, which are bigger than the double std ones and we are sure they will suit your preferences better. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

8/10 Good

Deborah

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Oct 1, 2020
Dear Deborah, thank you very much for taking the time to value us. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay and hope to welcome you back soon. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice and spacious room in a great location and very friendly and accommodating staff .
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 30, 2020
Dear guest, Thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with us and, especially, for valuing us so well. We are glad that you enjoyed your stay so much and liked our location and rooms. We hope to welcome you back soon :) Receive best regards form The Citadel by Pillow Team.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disapointing
When I booked the double room through Hotek.com I made sure I chose TWO SEPARATE BEDS, but when I arrived at destination for my surprise it was one bed only. I complained as I paid for a differente type of room but did not get it. I was told that this is an error of tge agency I booked with, as they (the hotel) never confirm the number of beds, they just decide for you. The hotel appears on the web as a e star hotel, but there are 2 srar hotels better than this and cheaper. I woukd recomend to sear other hotels better located, nicers, where you get what you oay for, and if any errors thet may di something to resolve, and I'm sure i'll cost much less in low season as winter when I booked.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 28, 2020
Dear guest, we are sorry about all the misunderstandings but, as we told you during your stay, we are not sure what was told to you when booking or what you thought you were booking but we will be very pleased to speak to your agency so this kind of things does not happen again: First of all, we are not a hotel and never pretending to be one; we are a hostal which is a spanish category in between a hotel and a hostel. We opened on 2015 and, since then, we have never confirmed if our guests will have a double bed or two separate ones when they reserve a double std room (we have just 3 double std rooms: 2 of them have double bed and just 1 has 2 separate beds and, although we always try to satisfy everyone, sometimes is just impossible because everybody asks for the same). Nevertheless, we always notify it at the moment a reservation is made, when we send an e-mail asking for the time of arrival so, in case your agency did not inform you, and, of course, if they informed us about your preference, you should have known that we did not confirm any kind of bed preference right when you made your booking. Our location is right in between Plaza Mayor, Plaza de San Miguel, Plaza de Oriente and Plaza de Opera so, of course there are other places as well located as ours, but it seems a bit mean to insult precisely an enviable location that allowed you to visit the most touristic spots on foot. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team

4/10 Poor

Marcin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location, friendly staff but...
Really friendly and helpful staff, great location...unfortunately that's about it when it comes to positives. It's advertised as a 3* hotel where in fact it's a hostel! We didn't have hot water for 3 days as we got one of the 2 rooms where the water is supplied by a hot water tank (enough for a 5min shower for 1 person). Definitely not a great value for the money we paid...
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 23, 2020
Dear Marcin, thank you very much for taking the time to share your opinions with us. We are glad that you enjoyed our location and valued our staff's work, since they are both the soul of our place. We are sorry about the misunderstanding of our category: we are not a hotel and never pretended to be one, neither are we a hostel, translated in spanish as "albergue"; we are a hostal which is a spanish category in between hotel and hostel: all our rooms are private with bathroom included, tv, wifi, amenities and coffee/tea corner inside the rooms but we are located just in the second floor of a building and we do not have 24 hours reception (and that's why we cannot be a hotel). We do not know through which page or agency you made your reservation but we will check the information of all those with whom we work so that none of them offer wrong information to our guests. In relation with the hot water tanks, all our rooms have them and we have 100L per room so usually it is more than enough. Nevertheless, of course, if you had just 5 minutes of hot water means that something went wrong and we are sorry for that. We hope you to offer us a second chance and visit us again so you can check that running out of hot water is not, at all, commonplace. Best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

8/10 Good

Marcos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff (Elena) were extremely attentive to us and very nice. The hotel is located in a perfect spot to venture out to some of Madrid's top destination. Would definitely stay here again
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from The Citadel By Pillow Team on Nov 9, 2019
Dear Marcos, Thank you so much for sharing this great feedback! We are delighted to know that you enjoyed your time with us. Thank you for mentioning our staff, it is always a great reward for them! Looking forward to your next visit. Kind regards,

6/10 Okay

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
ine for the price, good location to the center.
Hard to find by taxi. No real reception or place to relax other than the quite small room. Shower had nice water pressure but would not have worked for overweight people.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 28, 2020
Dear Lauren, thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with us. We are sorry that the taxi driver you picked up found it difficult to reach our place; we hope it was helpful for both of you the document we sent you the day prior to your arrival with indications about how to arrive. We have taken note of your impressions about the shower for future renovations. Hope to welcome you back soon, we recommend you to try our superior rooms which are bigger than the double standard ones and we are sure they will suit much better your preferences. Receive best regards form The Citadel by Pillow Team.

8/10 Good

Gene g

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 23, 2020
Dear Gene, thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with us. We re glad that you enjoyed your stay overall and hope to welcome you back soon. We will make sure this time your stay is a 10/10 one. Best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 22, 2020
Dear guest, thank you very much for taking the time to value us and, especially, for doing it so highly. We are glad that you enjoyed so much your stay and hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back soon. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 22, 2020
Estimado David, En primer lugar agradecerle que haya dedicado unos minutos a valorarnos y, especialmente, que lo haya hecho de manera tan positiva. Nos alegra mucho que haya disfrutado tanto de su estancia y confiamos en poderle recibir de nuevo muy pronto. Reciba un cordial saludo de parte del equipo de The Citadel by Pillow.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
it was wonderful. would definitely stay here again
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from The Citadel By Pillow team. on Oct 5, 2019
Dear guest, thank you very much for having written a review about The Citadel By Pillow. We are glad that you had a good time with us and we celebrate that your requirements were satisfied. We would like to see you soon again. Receive best regards.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 21, 2020
Dear guest, thank you very much for having written a review about The Citadel By Pillow. We are glad that you had a good time with us. We would like to see you soon again. Receive best regards from The Citadel By Pillow team.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 22, 2020
Dear guest, thank you very much for taking the time to value us and, especially, for doing it so highly. We are glad that you enjoyed so much your stay and hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back soon. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 21, 2020
Dear guest, thank you very much for having written a review about The Citadel By Pillow. We are glad that you had a good time with us. We would like to see you soon again. Receive best regards from The Citadel By Pillow team.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location! The only comment is the hotel has no fill time front desk.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Reception team on Oct 3, 2019
Dear guest, thank you very much for having valued our establishment. We are glad that your requirements have been satisfied and you had a good time with us. Receive best regards from The Citadel By Pillow team.

8/10 Good

Guillermo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Great
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 21, 2020
Dear Guillermo, Thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with us. Wea re glad that you enjoyed your stay overall and hope to welcome you back soon so this time we will make sure your stay is a 10/10 one. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 18, 2020
Estimado Daniel, muchas gracias por tomarse unos minutos para valorar su estancia con nosotros. Nos hubiera gustado saber qué detalles perjudicaron sus percepciones sobre nosotros y nuestro hostal, para poder mejorarlos, no obstante, le animamos a visitarnos de nuevo y esta vez nos esforzaremos más si cabe para hacer de su estancia, una estancia de 10. Un saludo de parte del equipo de The Citadel by Pillow

2/10 Terrible

Ana I.

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not a good hotel for the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019
Response from The Citadel by Pillow Team on Sep 18, 2020
Dear Ana I., thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with us. We are sorry that you did not have a good experience in our place. It would have been great knowing the reasons you did not enjoy your stay. Nevertheless, we encourage you to visit us again so you can check that your previous experience was not the common one with us, since we work everyday to provide the best experiences possible for our guests. Receive best regards from The Citadel by Pillow Team.