Property amenity

Reviews of Hotel Black Tulip - Porto Gaia

4 out of 5
Hotel Black Tulip - Porto Gaia
Avenida da Republica, 2038, Vila Nova de Gaia

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 74 out of 182 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 68 out of 182 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 32 out of 182 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 182 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 182 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Eugenio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a real value for money hotel. I was on the sixth floor and the room and bathroom were spotless, with the rooms serviced daily. The bed was really comfortable and there was no disturbance from traffic noise at night even though the metro line runs directly outside the hotel. Although admittedly I was at the back of the hotel which would be quiter in any case. The staff were welcoming, professional and extremely helpful with check-in and check-out being effortless. I had an issue with the room safe on arrival (my own fault) and a staff member was dispatched immediately to sort it out for me. My diet has to be gluten and dairy free and the hotel insured that there was gluten free bread for breakfast each morning. I dined in the restaurant on the first night and one of the waiting staff went to great lengths to advise me of what I could and could not eat from the buffet selection and failing there being sufficient choice for me there was always the a la carte menu. The standout feature for me however, is the location of this hotel. It's one minute walk from a metro stop and several bus stops - with connections to trains and the city centre itself only a couple of metro stops away. I wouldn't hesitate to book this hotel again; should I ever go back to Porto.
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jeffrey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good hotel , located near the train provided what I needed
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

MAURICIO

Travelled with family
Stayed 8 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Hotel
The hotel was spotless. The staff bent over backwards to assist. The breakfast was excellent with a wide variety of choices. The servers that put the buffet out were wearing masks. Tables were cleared and cleaned quickly. The hotel is in an excellent position a minutes walk to train D. Joao II. The stop is also easy access by public transport to the main Sao Bento Station.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Neil, Althorne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Business trip. Near to site & easy access to tourist sites by Metro
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Rosemary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great property. 1 star for cleanliness, 1 star for location, 1 star for customer service. Air conditioner was not working.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Fatima

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel
Excellent stay. Hotel staff are super kind and attentive. Room was lovely and very clean. This hotel is very well located for us and there are many eating establishments of all types very near. We stay here often and are never disapointed. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super friendly hotel
Excellent stay in this well situated hotel. Staff are always super friendly and efficient. We have stayed many times in this hotel and the service is always great. Thank you to all the staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Stay.
Excellent stay and super friendly staff. The hotel is ideally situated for our needs. Thank you to all. Julia and Martin
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Hayley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice
Clean, friendly and comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Two days in Porto
Great location for touring Porto. Two minute walk to the Metro and 10 minutes to the old city.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location. In walking distance from the river.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The size of the room was excellent and the bed was comfortable. Breakfast was OK but hot food could have been kept a little warmer. Negative was in the bathroom where it was a little awkward to have a shower in the bath and the water temperature kept fluctuating between hot and cold
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

Barbara, UK

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disappointed
My boyfriend and I stayed at the hotel for 5 nights just before Easter and we left the hotel very disappointed. The staff in the reception does not greet you when you come to or leave the hotel. They only talk to you if you talk to them. They sometimes have more people in the reception but only one will be serving guest which is unacceptable. They also did not help with anything relating to tourism, currency exchange and the city. Cleaning left our door open after cleaning our room so when we returned to the hotel after a long day we found our door open. I went to the reception and told them, was offered an apology but nothing else. Almost seemed like they didn’t care. We only got a very short call form a technician at noon the day after who had been told our lock was broken. Not true. Breakfast is on the tenth floor but not up to the standard of a four star hotel. Scrambled eggs dry and slightly brown. Oily fried eggs. Barely cooked bacon. Baked beans with hard beans. Hot milk container with almost cold milk. Overall really bad. We were also not asked for our room number at breakfast so basically anyone could eat breakfast for free. Not nice when you have actually paid extra to have breakfast included. The bed’s okay but the pillows were very high and uncomfortable. I came home with a sore neck. The location is was okay for us. It is a 40-50 min walk to the city center but very quick with public transport. There is a metro station right next to the hotel.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Lynn, Cuenca, Ecuador

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
The hotel is a $15 taxi from the train station and you could get there by metro for about $3, but we had a lot of luggage. It is right on the metro, so some may find it a little noisy. I thought it was a real convenience. No complaints.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good value for money. We stayed here so that we could use the free parking. The tram stop is very near the hotel and takes you very quickly into the old town. You don't want to try and drive in the old town so staying outside and getting the tram or very cheap taxi in was fabulous. This hotel is across the river from the old town and is located up the hill from the lovely wineries and restaurants. The hotel itself is Very clean, has a restaurant on the top floor with great views, very good buffet breakfast and large rooms. We also had some cocktails in the little bar which were only 5 euro each. Staff were very polite, cheery and helpful. Wish we had stayed longer.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent quality!
We would like to thank the stuff for the upgrade , for the metro cards, for the great breakfast and for their help with parking and information! YOU WERE EXTRAORDINARY!

6/10 Okay

Juliet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location not great
Hotel staff were very accommodating - assisted in making reservations for a wine tour the next day, room was OK - clean, but the location was disappointing. We were hoping to be close to the city and ended up having to take a train in - or take a 30 minute walk to get anywhere. There was also some work being done on the sidewalk/entranceway which was noisy in the day but we were usually out so that was not a major issue.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

John Mark, Lancashire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Not a four star hotel
The room does not have a kettle. This would have been greatly appreciated. There was a problem with the lift, causing much inconvenience. The problem was later fixed. Breakfast was terrible, with very few choices. Not really a 4 star hotel. We liked the location as there is a metro station very close and it is a safe area. There is also a Continente supermarket just 5 minutes away, in the other side of the street.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Good decent hotel with very bad room acoustics
I stayed there for four nights. + Metro is right next door + Close to El corte ingles the big store for shopping + Good wifi + Calm neighbourhood + Front desk is very friendly + Breakfast is good, with very good cakes -ve I have only one and a big one at that. The room acoustics was very bad. Everytime the person in the room one floor above me moved a chair, I could hear it. It was really bad for a relatively new hotel. I kept waking up when the person was moving late in the evening.I have stayed in big hotels, where the plumbing noise reaches you but this was at another level. Honestly it is unacceptable. Other than that it is a good hotel with value for money.

10/10 Excellent

Joao

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel
Very good hotel, have choose this hotel a few times already, food is price but the service is very good and people very nice too.

10/10 Excellent

Aneeta, Aveiro, Portugal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing breakfast! Value for money!
Great room, very comfortable with great views of the Douro. Breakfast was great, lots of Portuguese goodies.

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel. Close to transport. Easy city to get around. Metro easy to use.

10/10 Excellent

SUCHIT, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good clean hotel
went here for a few days to attend a friends wedding the hotel was functional and clean

6/10 Okay

Not Provided

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

8/10 Good

Trevor, Bodmin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice hotel in Gaia outside of Porto
A spacious room and bathroom. Pleasant decor and restaurant has great view over Porto. Hotel lacked any more than the basic amenities but offered good value. Approx 1.5 mile walk into town but next to metro station which takes 10mins to Porto city. Hotel well sound proofed.

8/10 Good

Antonio Carlos, Brazil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice hotel
I pretty much enjoyed my stay at Black Tulip. Absolutely no complaints about the hotel, which fulfilled the 4-star expectation. The only point is that it is not in the old town, so you should be aware that you are gonna need to take a transport to go to most part of the touristic places. Anyway, it is not far. Overall, I think it was good value for my money.

10/10 Excellent

Jerry, Orlando, Florida traveling with Paulette.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our Port just before having Port.
All the staff spoke English and very helpful. Parked in free car on street level. Ice available was a plus. Ice machine on 5th floor behind exit door in front of room 501. Dinning on the top floor with a view of the city was wonderful. The Port Lodges are close by. Taylor's was our favorite with a great view of the river.

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas, High Peak

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great find
Great hotel, convenient for metro into Porto. Bed was a bit hard for our taste. Restaurant on top floor overlooking city.

10/10 Excellent

Kim, Lindon, UT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Black Tulip
The staff at The Black Tulip went above and beyond the expected. The room was clean and nice. The breakfast was fantastic. We loved this place!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

José

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alexandre

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

jose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Bruna

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quarto muito confortável, e limpeza excelente. Contudo, staff despreocupado, em nada focado em garantir que o cliente se sinta bem recebido. No check in, faltava um documento de identificação e disseram, na receção, que teria obrigatoriamente de o mostrar na próxima oportunidade. Ao mostrar o documento posteriormente, outro funcionário disse que não valia a pena, que não devia ter me incomodado e nao tirou os dados. No dia seguinte, ao ser pedido um ferro de engomar, responderam com zero simpatia e contrariados ofereceram o ferro implicando um limite de utilização e dizendo, de forma autoritária, que teria de o entregar imediatamente no mesmo sítio onde o fui buscar. No check out verificou se a mesma indiferença, ao entregar o cartão, recebi a despedida de 'é tudo, pode ir'. Pequeno almoço é só médio, muita opção mas a qualidade deixa a desejar. Ótima opção para estadias curtas, mas só se a tarifa estiver muito reduzida.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sabine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent.
Nous descendons à l’hôtel black tulip quand nous allons à Porto et jamais déçus… Nous recommandons vivement..
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sabine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

JOOHYEON

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

ANA P N

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Sandra

Disliked: Staff & service
Passagem pelo Porto
O hotel necessita manutenção / modernização em vários aspectos: pinturas gastas, móveis muito usados, travesseiros desconfortáveis, banheiro antigo, cofre do quarto não funcionou, etc.. Além disso, o pior é que houve uma falha gravíssima no sistema de controle / designação de quarto. Depois de já estarmos instalados em nosso quarto, foi gerada nova chave eletrônica do mesmo quarto para outro hóspede. Ele chegou a entrar no nosso quarto sem saber que estávamos lá.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bom hotel
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Raúl

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

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel, great staff
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adriana

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023