Spa Hotel Elbrus ★★★

"I booked the hotel online based on the reviews I saw in ***********, trip advisor and hotel website. Hotel website and booking has promoted their best room being 23m2, no other rooms, and same was confirmed over phone that all rooms are as per the web site. Once we arrived we were stroked to see awkward hotel room. Room- small about 13-14 m2. Food- very little variety. The vegetables were most untasted vegetables I ever tasted, which were claimed to be from home farm. The SPA is far from modern facilities, situated in the basement, in small multiple rooms. All is very dated. There is No lobby where you can have a coffee. The only decent thing I could mention is the swimming pool. Regardless it was nothing special to elevate the hotel value to the price levels of a very good 4star hotel in Velingrad. Following was add in internet as available in the rooms, it was not available, or in very poor condition: - TV- very poor signal, it was freezing, very annoying, - internet- very poor, upload/download 4.46/0.84mbps, measured with ookland. - safe- no safe - mini bar- nil, damaged fridge, unplugged, when I plugged, it was smelling on burnt insulation. - mattress was smaller (1.4m) on large bed base. - laminated floor- in extremely poor condition. - room had 2 pillows, and you will get 2nd pillow if you ask for it and you will receive a pillow case if you ask additionally. The hotel generally looks very-very dated. High price for cheap value."

Hotel Arte Spa & Park ★★★★★

"Everything is worth it here. The architecture of the hotel in alpine style, the stylish interior made of natural materials, mineral water, excellent food and service. You will forget everyday busyness in no time – SPA zone gives you the feeling of luxury. You can relax in the aroma sauna or steam bath, or immerse yourself in one of the 3 hot mineral water pools, while enjoying the beautiful Rodopa Mountain nature and fresh air. Nice and elegant apartments, bringing the air of luxury and comfort. Everything is created with attention to detail. Comfortable beds and wonderful large balconies. Very clean. Big part of that comfort comes from the very professional staff – they know what you need even before you need it and are always ready to help. Chefs are taking care of the buffet. You can try excellent local goat cheese and vast selection of French ones. Enormous variety of main courses and deserts. Best place for your vacation in Velingrad."

Santé Spa Hotel ★★★★★

"I am very happy to recommend this hotel.Excelent services,and friendly staff ."

Two Room Apartment With Thermal Zone ★★★★

Balneo Complex & Spa Aquatonik ★★★★

"Good hotel with a good and clean spa. It's a pity that the guy who opens and close thespa is quite rude and want to close before time (one area of the spa works fron 10h to 19h and the big swimming pool from 9h to 20h). The rest of the staff is just polite, don't wait special help or smiles, but correct. The people visiting this hotel is quite old (mostly 70 and more, keep this in mind if you look for something else). Far from the city but very convenient free parking if you get there by car. If the room faces the swimming pool, it also faces the railway wich passes in front of the hotel, but there are very few trains passing by. The breakfast is quite good, with many options."

Maxi Park Hotel & Spa ★★★★★

"An incredible hotel with nature view, cozy, spacious, the design is simply top notch, a great spa center with incredible treatments, the food is fresh and wonderfully cooked, the desserts are unique, the lobby bar is superb and the staff are more than friendly, I recommend everyone to visit this hotel to experience all of this in person!"

Grand Hotel Velingrad ★★★★★

"We have come back for a second year and unfortunately there’s been an overwhelming deterioration in the service this hotel offers. It boasts 5 stars but actually corresponds more to 3. Below is just a short explanation of the significant issues, which a 5 star hotel should not have. Before I start, I’m just going to mention how wonderful their spa service and facilities are - they made our stay worth it despite all the below issues. - [ ] Staff members at reception are just not present at their desk - they all sit in a room just behind reception and peek through if you happen to be around and shout “Hello”. Not a good first impression. Check in was quick but we were not offered to be taken to our room or asked if we need help with our luggage. Not a smile in sight when we were checking out. - housekeeping is inconsistent - room cleaning is just basic sheets being fixed and towels changed, the bathroom is not wiped, sink not cleaned, no replenishment of body wash throughout our 4 day stay. We were not offered complimentary bottles of water as we should have been. - issues in the room e.g soap dispenser not working (and cleaners warning us that it doesn’t work rather than asking somebody to fix it), no tissues (when we asked for some they told us they’re only reserved for guests on floor 4?), tv remote does not work and no one came to fix it until we wrote an email to management (more on this later). - Staff members by the pool (including lifeguard) are very much preoccupied with their phones rather than paying attention to customers - us and another family had to wave for 10mins+ at them to come and take our orders; when ordering drinks they just seem totally uninterested and partially annoyed at having to serve drinks. To a point where I felt like apologising for having ordered a coffee. Drinks are overpriced. - The buffet for dinner doesn’t have enough labels on foods - especially the dessert section. It just says “desserts” with about 7 options to eat. When we asked a waiter for more information on the food he said he doesn’t know and “even if I wanted I can’t learn them because they’re so many”. Ridiculous answer. He seemed inclined to argue with us rather than apologise for the lack of appropriate labelling. If you happen to have an intolerance or worse, a severe allergy - forget about informed food choices at this hotel. - The lobby bar has a very limited selection of drinks (which is fine) but when we asked for Ouzo we were told only the restaurant serves it, and they can make an exception only on this occasion for us to go and get it ourselves from the restaurant - totally unacceptable for a 5 star hotel. After sending an email with our comments to the management during our stay, management was helpful, met with us, and responded to most of our comments. Nevertheless we are really not going to go back - it’s a shocking service. This is unfortunate as the hotel really does offer wonderful facilities (even though they are slightly unkept)."