Olive the White House

We stayed here on 7th of April 2023. 6 guys. We loved almost everything: - we received all the rooms as soon as we arrived, quite early before the regular checkin time - the position of the hotel is very good, around 800m to the beach, 2 km to the Old Town and 2 km to the closest train station. - the price was also good for Tel Aviv in this period of time - around 130 USD/night - the rooms are clean and big enough. Some weak points but they were not big problems for us: - many rooms does not have balconies - the hotel does not offer breakfast - I understood that the hotel offers only double bed, not twin beds. - the furniture is nice but it is not anymore so shiny as in the pictures.

Front desk work only until 7pm so they leave the key in a safety box, unfortunately when we got the keys to our room, Open the door and found that there are peop6in the room!!!! Already staying in the same room, but it was Friday evening, no one in front desk. It took almost an hour before we got different rooms.

Terrible and rude reception, she messed up our room and was rude, this is not fit for families and not a proper hotel for children, please avoid.

Nothing like the online photos, no amenities to speak of at all. Would not stay here again. 2 days to get batteries changed in the remote control is totally unacceptable

Got this really cheap on Agoda..$170 for 2 nights including tax. For $85 in one of the most expensive cities in the world, I cannot complain that much as it was my own room with my own bathroom (I will stay in hostels from time to time though). My room was right on DIzengoff which worried me due to the noise but the windows really drowned out any of the street noise and people are out there at all hours. It looked like the hotel tried to look modern but didn't fully do it. You could see mismatched furniture which looked like they were from a garage sale or something. The AC worked but wasn't that great as it clearly was old. I saw reviews mentioning mold. While I didn't see any, honestly I"d imagine nearly all hotels in humidity have it. No real front desk. I had to wait a few minutes when I arrived as the check in person wasn't there. Checking out was even more informal where you just leave your key at the hotel and hope they find it lol. All that being said, the room was clean, had a mini fridge, you were walking distance to restaurants and stores of all budgets, walking distance to the beach, and bus 445 (the airport bus) was right in front. Tip though for the airport....It doesn't leave all that frequently unless it's during normal hours. When my flight arrived it was after 11PM and service was I believe once an hour from the airport so I ended up paying for a taxi which was super expensive especially for 1 person but I didn't want to wait an hour in pure humidity after a 13 hour flight! When I left Israel for a 6 AM flight, I was able to take the 2:40 AM bus. At those really bad hours, it was every 2 hours but I was able to work around it for that time. I'm a female traveling alone and even at those hours there were still plenty of people on the street so I never felt unsafe. Honestly if you are on a budget and can get it cheap, it's fine.

It was so easy to check in and out. It has a beautiful little courtyard in the back.

Good location but poor service, cleaning service every three days, booked for 3 pax, the room only prepared for 2… It’s a shame, the location is excellent.