Hotels Near Central Military Club in Beirut

*Expect the worse experience of your life and to be in shock at this experience* Disgusting experience and a very stressful stay. You are not allowed to use any of the facilities in this hotel, so I am unsure what you are paying for. They take advantage of guests and treat them like they are stupid and slow. The staff are the most abusive people I have ever met. You have to apologize for being there. They will treat garbage better than you. The staff give you dirty looks. Everything you touch is broken which adds a lot of stress to your stay. Unless you want to be ripped off don't go there. You have been warned. We will never go again and would not recommend this hotel to anyone.

The hotel is very close to the Rocks of Beirut which it makes it perfect place and close to all destination, and I recommend this to everyone.

I chose this hotel as a Diamond member of Wyndham for my very first trip to Beirut, and I must admit it was the perfect decision. The staff truly know how to look after their guests. Thanks to Stephanie from the reservation team, I was upgraded to a junior suite with a spectacular view of the Beirut Corniche. The room service and housekeeping teams attended to my every request with genuine care and enthusiasm. The breakfast was superb, with a special mention for the Lebanese omelet. I only wish I could have stayed a bit longer.

It's okay, it's very close to the downtown area, and it's quite convenient to travel. Breakfast is also good, but it's recommended to add some other hot food, such as fried rice, fried noodles, etc.

We spent here two nights. You can easily notice that once it had been a great hotel. Now some furniture is a little bit worn out and the glory has faded. Still, I believe it is a nice place to stay as it is situated in lively Hamra district, close to the city centre. The prices are good, I think you cannot really expect a super modern hotel in this location for 30 dollars, just be realistic. We had here breakfast - all tasty, friendly staff members but to be fair there was rather narrow choice of food. Probably it is wiser to go for breakfast somewhere else.

Terrible experience. I made the same booking by mistake for a day from 2 different bookings pages. Even if my bookings were showing in their system as same booking, same person, same hotel, staff refused to help me. They asked me to contact *********** because they can’t do anything about it. After i was in touch with *********** i was told that hotel is the only one who can help me change the stay(i didn’t ask for refund i asked for change of dates!!!!!!). Staff extremly useless, it was very difficult for me to even have a conversation with them because i went trough a surgery a day before and i was there to recover. After 2 days of me trying to talk and explain my situation they told me there’s nothing they can do about it even if my reservation appeared in their system booked twice !!!!! They refused. The duty manager Mazen was even super rude and laughed in my face telling me it’s not his duty of solving such issues. I decided to check out and booked another hotel because there was no point to extend in a hotel that my money was stolen. At check out they told me it s okay i can extend another day for free. I m just speechless of such customer service, after having to go through many arguments with 3 of the staff and to be told it s nothing they can help with. I came there to recover after a surgery not to have useless arguments with the reception staff! Terrible experience. Terrible managment. They could have helped me from day one, they didn t want!!!! I definetly don’t recommend just because the rudeness of the staff. Rooms are ok but they smell very bad. If you’re non smoker you will feel it.

The Caramel is well-situated, in a quiet street just of the bustling Hamrq street, one of the most vibrant areas in Beirut. It is an older hotel, and would certainly benefit from a general renovation. But the hotel has an informal, quirky character, which may justify the ”Boutique” description in its title. My bed was comfortable and the room had adequate furnishings and bathroom facilities. I did not use the restaurant. Front desk staff were helpful. This is an inexpensive option in a good neighborhood. I would stay again.

Overall a very nice hotel but Breakfast service was not on par with expectations

It's not even a 1 star hotel. The service is too bad. I booked for my wedd (april) in january and they did the maintenance in the entrance the same week and we asked them for a guarantee that it will be done before the wedding day they said yes without writing this in the contract and it wasn't true and all the reception area was dark and in a very bad conditions. Every meeting with the manager or supplier there I paid for my coffee, knowing that my wedding is there and I was paying a lot and going there to meet the suppliers! The event manager don't collaborate with you, late reply or share previous pictures until there's a relative connection talking to her so everything changed and we got a lot of pictures. 1 bathroom was open during the event! And the waiters didn't serve the dinner for everyone, the one who's not seated didn't get the food. My parents didn't have dinner (2 courses ) and when they asked for it they said it's done and one of my parents went to the kitchen and saw many plates not served and eaten there. Many people asked for drinks many times and they didn't get it. we asked the chef for a dessert tasting a month before the event and he didn't do any of them! I called the event manager a day before my wedding to fix issues she didn't answer and they didn't gave me another contact person, until her manager called her. We should have a junior suite with the package and it's really small and not nice a honeymooner so we asked for an upgrade for one night and we keep the suite for daily use. We paid the executive suite and the day use room as well which should be already for us. None went through the room to clean it during our photo session. They did a long conversation to make the check out at 1 instead of 12 pm and we had out wedding a night before! The second day we tried the buffet in their restaurant and we were poisoned! Talking about the photosession we told them that we want to do it there. During the wedding day they didn't accept to take a picture in the lobby just for few minutes and it tooks more than one hour to get the approval so we didn't had time to take pictures before the sunset or with the family. And we went to the rooftop it was closed for maintenance without telling us knowing that they said the outside maintenance isn't under their control, it's about the municipality and what about the inside maintenance ??!!? If I had one month extra to prepare my wedding I wouldn't choose eden bay. So I ask you for this to keep a nice memories for your special day!

This definitely is not a 5-star hotel, and well below the standards one would expect of a luxury hotel. The hotel is in need of refurbishment - the lifts are tiny (and shudder), and the rooms - whilst reasonably sized - are worn, with stains on the carpet and the upholstery. The bathrooms are small and poky, with dated fixtures. About the only thing that made it upscale were the Lanvin toiletries. There's not even a coffee machine in the room - only instant coffee is available. During the four nights I stayed, I was offered a turndown service only once (the other 3 nights I was out, so I don't know why they didn't just come in and do the turndown?). So the rooms are very much of a low grade. The pool and gym are in the basement. The gym is small, with very dated machines - neither the treadmill nor the elliptical machine worked at all. The cleaning staff were friendly. I never saw the front desk staff except upon arrival and departure, as they are hidden by a big pillar and work behind a plastic screen - it's not friendly or inviting. The security guard was mostly hunched over his mobile phone. So you feel quite ignored as you come and go. The location, however, is great - so close to lots of lovely bars and restaurants, and in a really lovely part of town. All in all, a disappointing Sofitel experience - far more in line with staying in a Ibis. Very expensive for what I got. I wouldn't stay again. And as for all of the other 5 star reviews...you will note that they're all by one- or two-time contributors, so I really question the authenticity. When you find a reviewer who has more than two reviews to their name, you'll see they also gave the Sofitel a low grade.