I have not even yet stayed at the hotel... Called today Oct 1 to book for 3 nights starting Oct 14. The clerk could not garantuee we'll get a room with a sea view. He could also not promise me parking place although their website says they have their own parking. When I argued about it, he said, this is hotel policy, I am not responsible for it. I hate this kind of reply. He represents the hotel policy for me. Obviously I did not book a room in this hotel.

My wife and I stayed at the Melody for a week in November 2005 and were very satisfied. It's nothing fancy -- a 3-star hotel in all respects -- but it was very clean, efficiently run, has a very helpful staff and is an excellent value for the price. A strong point was the delicious and generous breakfast included in the price; also, free parking under the hotel and free wireless internet access in the rooms are plusses. The rooms are a bit small (and the "double bed" is smaller than a North American queen), as are the tiny "towel-letts" in the shower, but for that price, at that location, you really can't do better. Strongly recommended; we will stay there again during future visits (but we'll bring our own towels!)

The Melody Hotel was once the Canadian embassy, and is now a lovely little boutique hotel right on Ha-Yarkon Street. It only has 34 rooms, but is recently renovated, very sleek and well designed, and very well run. It also has free parking underneath, a major asset in this very car-crowded area of Tel Aviv. The location is tough to beat -- right across from the far more expensive Hilton and its beach, and a 10 minute walk from Dizengoff Square.

Only caution -- don't stay in one of the two rooms on the ground floor. They're too close to reception and the breakfast area and can be noisy.

I loved this hotel, and it will be my place to stay in Tel Aviv. I highly recommend it.

Douglas Duckett
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Stayed here for fivve nights in Decmber and Jan. 05. Nice boutique style hotel, good location across from the Hilton, very friendly staff, reasonable quiet. Only complaint is that when I returned after travelling around the country they would not honor the $89 rate advertised on the Atlas Hotels website.