I don't have high expectations of cheap places to stay. In fact, I don't even mind a little dirt if a place is dirt cheap. But one must draw the line somewhere -- and perhaps it might be drawn at meeting the same feces smeared around the plumbing fixtures on the third day of one's stay? Or at beds so filthy that one didn't feel safe in one's sleeping bag?
What we found truly bizarre is that the Farah seems to get rave reviews from some -- we went there on a personal recommendation we were given in Damascus.
We never saw anyone doing any cleaning on our floor, and we stayed two nights. We found the staff unconscionably rude -- we had two serious arguments while there, one about what we thought was a rip-off on a tour they offered (they wanted us to pay the same amount even though we found more people), and another with a crazy woman who seemed to live in the lobby.
This is the only hotel from which we've ever actually fled, finding some very gloomy digs nearby (broken windows, no heat) -- and we were far happier at the ostensibly gloomier place. The Farah ruined Amman for us, and was the worst place we stayed on a four-month trip from Istanbul to Cairo. I've never written such a negative review of anything -- this place deserves it.
Unique Qualities: They show movies in the crowded, smoke-filled lobby every evening. There are loud, malodorous refrigerators on every floor. The television set in our room didn't work and the Internet in the lobby was out of order for the length of our stay.
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Theme: Hostel
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$20
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Phone: (+962) 6 46 51 443
Address: Behind Cinema Al-Hussein.
Directions: In the grotty downtown area.
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on Nov 15, 2004
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