Antica Locanda Solferino

Great rustic hotel in a good part of Milan, close to public transport, bars and restaurants, at a very reasonable price. Would recommend if you are looking for a nice, authentic Italian hotel.

The hotel is a modest and adorable place. That said, it has deteriorated a bit, and it was beyond noisy all night just below my window. Unfortunately there were no maps at rhebdesk, which was quite annoying. The receptionist was very nice and polite. Overall, the lack of elevator with baggage and moodiness ruined this property for me. That said staying in Brera is lovely in terms of location.

For the most part it was an excellent place to stay except for its slow and repeatedly disconnecting wifi internet. It did get rather cold at night and had to use all the blankets in the room. Breakfast was decided upon the prior night and then it comes to your room in the morning. The food variety for breakfast is rather limited to mainly fruits, bread, cheese, coffee/hot chocolate, and several other small things. Staff are very friendly and accommodating (we forgot to select breakfast on the 2nd night but that wasn't a problem once we spoke with them in the morning). The TV channels were grouped together by type rather than by numbers (eg. music video channels are channels 63-66 or something like that). Despite the numerous of channels you have access to, there are only a few channels that are in English. The water heater (located in the bathroom) gets a bit noisy when starts heating the water so close the bathroom door before going to sleep). There are some neat things (a string that you can pull in the bathtub which will send an alarm in case you have slipped and need help). The neighborhood is very quiet and clean. I did notice a little bit of dust bunnies stuck behind the bed but it didn't bother me since the majority of the room was rather clean.