Check in process could not be worse. Trip.com never contacted me or sent a message that I had to arrange the checkin with citypop on my own, it was just a one liner in the app. So I arrive on the day itself and lo and behold, I see the line asking me to contact citypop the DAY PRIOR. Now its partially my fault for not double checking , but if they're going to be so unceremonial about this, id suggest just booking directly with citypop instead of wasting money on their middleman fee.
As a result I spent nearly an hour (including bad data reception and all) trying to check in. I was stuck at the roadside throughout. No comfortable reception area. Citypop demanded a booking number which, to no surprise at all, trip.com didnt provide. The one provided in the app did not correspond to the number citypop requested, which further complicated the checkin process.
I requested for 1 person 2 nights stay, somehow that didnt flow to citypop either so they made me pay city tax for 2. Thankfully citypop realised that and refunded me
Lastly, although facilities were very new and overall relatively comfortable stay, three main issues
1. Room was very warm. Prague was 27 deg when I was there. Despite adjusting air-conditioning to 16 degrees, room was always stuffy and warm.
2. Bed was dirty. There was hair all over my pillow case and bedsheet and bedcover. I reflected this to the citypop team and requested for room service for a change of sheets. To be fair, I only realised this late at 12.30midnight and they kindly directed me to the amenities room to help myself to a set of fresh sheets. I.e. make my bed myself. However in the amenities room, there was only 1 clean pillow and this whole mountain of sheets that I couldn't touch without collapsing it. Room service never came the next day either.
3. Body soap provided was more water than soap. It barely lathered. I had to use hand soap as replacement.
In all fairness the location was decently situated from the metro and malls. If the room had been cleaner and checkin process more smooth, I wouldn't be so upset with my stay. But unfortunately, it is was it is. Stay in another place. Theres lots of decent lodging in prague with better service at the same cost point.