We enjoyed our stay at Hotel Sopot.
Location
Hotel Sopot is a ten-minute walk from the beach and about a mile from the pier and the start of Monte Cassino. It is a pleasant 20-minute stroll along the paved path which runs alongside the beach. A park area runs along the other side of the path.
The hotel is also ten-minute walk from Sopot Kamienny Potok train station from where you can get a train to Gdansk which takes about 20 minutes. This is convenient as the train gets busy, but this station is the one before Sopot main train station, so it is not as crowded.
Room
Quiet - and our room was on the 1st floor at the front of the hotel. Nicely apportioned with a coffee table and 2 armchairs along with a desk area and chair. There is a small flat screen tv which offers only Polish channels. There is a decent sized safe which should be large enough to accommodate a laptop.
Very comfortable bed, good bed linen.
Storage space is lacking with one small wardrobe and nowhere to store luggage out of sight. Some of the shelves are so high that there is no way you could use them without standing on a ladder. There are 4 or 6 coat hooks and a full-length mirror.
Tea/coffee making facilities are provided and there is a small fridge (not mini bar). A complimentary bottle of water is provided daily.
Bathroom
Nice and clean, more than enough good towels for 2 people. There is ample room for toiletries. A hairdryer is provided. There is a towel rail which is heated during the evening so is convenient for drying swimming costumes. Shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and hand soap are provided, albeit on a somewhat random basis. For the first 3 days I didn’t think hand soap was provided so I washed my hands using the shower gel inside the shower compartment but then the next day some soap appeared.
Breakfast
If you book room-only and have breakfast in the hotel the additional charge is 70 zloty per person. As much as there was a large selection of food and drinks on offer, I felt this represented poor value for money plus the breakfast room felt very frenetic, crowded and not at all relaxing.
I always book room-only, have breakfast in the hotel on the first morning then find a nearby café or bakery to eat breakfast for the rest of my stay. There aren’t any cafes or bakeries close enough to be practical for breakfasting. However, there is a branch of Lidl next to the Sopot Kamienny Potok train station so we bought breakfast items there which we kept in the fridge in the room.
Lounge Area/Bar (indoors)
Comfortable and secluded seating area with many books and magazines. 2 televisions were on showing sporting events. A limited number of food options are available in the bar. We had club sandwiches there one evening and were very happy with them although the barman could have told us that they came with a side serving of chips when I ordered chips as well. They never appear to have any change at the bar so use a card or charge to your room rather than paying with cash.
Seating Area (outdoors)
There are two outdoor seating areas: one at the front of the hotel basically in the car park but on a wooden decked area with tables and seating for about 30 people. There is another area at the back of the hotel which is also the outdoor part of the restaurant.
Pool/Spa
There is an outdoor pool. It is not a lap pool but more of a plunge pool. What is nice is that you can use the sauna and steam room then walk straight outside to the pool. There are limited sun loungers but quite a few deckchairs available. The seating/lounging area is in a grassed area which at first seemed a bit strange, but it is better for the children to play on rather than the more conventional hard surfaces which can get slippery or too hot. This whole area was extremely well kept and very clean. I did have to ask tor the steam room to be turned on two of the three days we used it and to ask for towels and bathrobes which had run out.
There are several treatment rooms, but I did not book any of these. Normally I would have a massage, but I felt the prices were on the high side.
Children's Play Room
There is an unsupervised playroom on the lower ground floor.
Lift/Elevator
Have fun with this! The lift is horrible to call. It has weird touch panels for the up/down call and I could never get it to work. I wasn’t the only one, either. After going up to the 4th floor and down to the indoor car park (not by choice) I just used the lift in the spa because that had a normal panel with real buttons.
Housekeeping
Could do slightly better. As well as having no hand soap for the first three days, on two days we had to call them to ask that the used cups and saucers were replaced (this is after the room had been cleaned), that the bottled water hadn’t been replenished another day and I could clearly see that either the room had not been vacuumed or it was just carried out poorly as there were crumbs on the same area of the carpet two days running.
Miscellaneous
1. There's a quite unique bench at reception!
2. Interesting wallpaper in the hallways where the bedrooms are
Top Tip
Buy your breakfast in the nearby Lidl and keep it in the fridge on your room unless you want to fork out 70 zloty per person per day in the hotel dining room. We saw several parties enjoying their own drinks as well.
