I was quite impressed with this hotel despite questionable reviews on Trip Advisor. The location at the top of Mt. Carmel is great, the views are spectacular and the hotel is clean, nicely decorated if slightly outdated. Hotel staff are accomodating but a bit rough - it's the Israeli culture, nothing personal. Overall, would go back again and recommend to others.

We had been told it was the nicest hotel in Haifa, but my family and I were very surprised at how very worn out the whole hotel was. chipped paint, stained carpets, faded everything, and very very dated design. A bench seat in the bar had lost all it's padding and I sat down directly on the edge of a two-by-four!

posters in the halls show a couple enjoying the amenities in the hotel... circa 1985 (she's wearing a bustier to dinner, he's in a Miami Vice style jacket at breakfast)

My sister compared the place, unfavorably, to a best western she'd recently stayed at. We had just come from the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem (which was AMAZING) and later continued on to the Dan Tel Aviv (lovely). In our rooms at the Dan Tel Aviv, we found copies of a special edition of Ha'Aretz for guests of the Dan hotels. The first "article" in the magazine was a 2-page spread talking about how the Dan Carmel had just finished being renovated and how it was now a 5-star hotel and one of the best in the middle east - HA!!!

Bottom line: not a horrible hotel, but not even close to worth the price.

surprized for the better - very well kept hotel, 4-5 star quality even though its an older building, very nice new and clean rooms and facilities, amazing view to the bay of Haifa + view of Acre and Lebanon.
Good food, good staff, very nice stay!

I probably last stayed at the Dan Carmel when I was a young kid, perhaps 30 years ago. I don't think the decor can have changed much, but it was perfectly clean, comfortable and the views were amazing.

A short walk takes you to some food and other local shoping. The hotel gift shop was good too.

Staff were efficient.