We went to riga for the beginning of spanish holy week and we stayed at grand palace hotel. The rooms are confortable, the service is perfect and you cannot find a better place to visit the center of riga. I think i would go again if i travel to riga even for business or pleasure. just only one thing we didn´t understand. we asked for a toothpaste set they gave it to us but they charged us.

So as my title suggests, the grand palace hotel INSISTED on called us Mr & Mrs for the weekend. We had checked in under our real names, we had showed them our passports, we had even requested that they stop doing it but when we checked out we were still "married"! So this is definitely not the place for a first weekend away as a couple then! Luckily myself and my "Mr" have been together for a long while and felt we were having an illicit affair for the weekend!.
Other than the old fashioned attidude we thought the hotel was wonderful.
Great location, right in the old town. Check in was painless, followed by a refreshing welcome drink in the bar.
Our "business class" room was lovely. We had a flat screen tv, fully stocked mini bar, nice little bottles in the bathroom, and a hairdryer that could actually dry my hair. However, the bathroom, although lovely looking was much smaller than you would expect from this type of room, there was also no tea/coffee making facilities in the room, which was cushioned by the fact the room service is 24hours.
The food here is fantastic, both in room and in the Seasons restaurant.
The service (besides the bar) is flawless. the staff were so lovely and helpful but i would say that the receptionists should be a little bit more knowledgable about the city. But they were just so nice and friendly, I couldn't even hold the above mentioned old fashioned attidude against them. They are not snoppy or pompous in the least.
The Bar Service, as people have mentioned, can be slow. There didn't seem to always be a staff member behind the Bar.
Breakfast was nice. I thought the choice of food was fine for me. I agree with another poster than the toaster was slow and the birds were annoying but everything was tasty, the choice was good and surroundings lovely.
the health club is very nice with the same pleasant service.

All in all the staff at the Grand Palace made me feel like a princess for the weekend - Even with the "Mrs" title!

One of the best hotels we have stayed in. Very comfortable with friendly and professional staff in all areas. Make sure you order from the hot breakfast menu which is included in your price. Some waiters offered it, but on other days it wasn't mentioned. Fresh orange juice offered as well, which was delicious. Bar warm and comforting after a walk in the old town. The Museum of Occupation is worth a visit and is interesting - it gives an insight into their sad history until their recent indepenance.

I can really recommend this hotel for anyone visiting Riga, but would like to warn you of two things;

We had a Superior room, which had really nice furniture and plenty of space. The hotel staff was really friendly all the time, and room service as well as the restaurants and bars were great.

But! The paper-thin walls allowed us to hear every movement and every sound from the adjacent rooms. And there were a lot of sounds... I woke up several times each night and felt like I was staying in a cheap motel instead of the 5-star luxurious hotel I really stayed at.

Another negative thing was the room heating, there are no possibilities to manage the heating/AC from inside the room, which forced us to open the windows during a couple of nights. The traffic and voices outside would then also keep us awake during peak night hours...

Overall, we had a great stay with great food and great service, and I would recomment this experience to anyone visiting Rige and looking for a hotel in the Old Town.