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Breakfast:
Paying guests get breakfast for free. If you are staying on points you need to be gold or diamond to get free breakfast. (source)

Parking:
Complimentary (No longer, is now 60sh for self park - Drago)

Shuls Nearby:
Great Synagogue - Approx. 7 minute walk
Kotel around 15min walk thru the mall & arab Shuk (Only suggested when soldiers are present like friday night on the way home)
Hotel has a Shul in the basement
Shul across the street

Hechsher: Plain Rabbanut Yerushayim (not mehadrin)
hechsherim in isreal
whatever your rabbi says you can eat, someone else's rabbi says is treif

If anyone is planing on staying at Waldorf and not eating the free breakfast (Hechsher, Early flight, etc') please PM shimino1

If you get free drinks vouchers and don't use them, I'll buy it off you for 10 shek per voucher.
PM shimino1

If anyone is planing on staying at Waldorf and not eating the free breakfast please PM dragoddfer, and he may be able to pay for the breakfast.

« Last edited by Mimo on October 25, 2022, 01:41:54 AM »

Author Topic: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem  (Read 1369019 times)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5860 on: June 23, 2024, 12:07:32 AM »
Data point : the hotel is cracking down on 2nd guest bookings on points/fnc
One broker was doing lots of bookings and advertising in many places cheap rates (based off points ) for specific dates almost half of what hotel was showing.
The hotel and many travel agents got upset and are now putting a stop to this.
Also the Ritz is involved as their gm is the old Waldorf gm and still have contact with each other. so from what I heard they also may or have already stopped doing 2nd guest bookings.
Last week I know of people who got rejected from both places
As if there is so much points availability....

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5861 on: June 23, 2024, 01:04:42 AM »
All of may and June was open except for lag baomer and  shavous and most of July is currently open as well as a lot  in Aug

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5862 on: June 23, 2024, 05:20:23 PM »
Data point : the hotel is cracking down on 2nd guest bookings on points/fnc
One broker was doing lots of bookings and advertising in many places cheap rates (based off points ) for specific dates almost half of what hotel was showing.
The hotel and many travel agents got upset and are now putting a stop to this.
Also the Ritz is involved as their gm is the old Waldorf gm and still have contact with each other. so from what I heard they also may or have already stopped doing 2nd guest bookings.
Last week I know of people who got rejected from both places

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5863 on: June 24, 2024, 07:07:54 AM »
There's a lot going on right now and hotel is trying to see what next step would be.
They may do what Hilton tlv does and if ah doesn't come they will strip person of the benefits (free breakfast, upgrade , late checkout)
 for now they are checking all 2nd bookings especially if same account is doing it for multiple stays for others and collecting names for a possible investigation on account activity.

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5864 on: July 02, 2024, 01:49:21 PM »
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5865 on: July 23, 2024, 03:05:22 PM »
Anyone there recently for Shabbos? How is the food?
Do I just pay for the Fri night meal and the Shabbos day is included as free "breakfast"?
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5866 on: July 23, 2024, 03:09:30 PM »
Breakfast is a modified regular breakfast
The meal is later on and you have to pay seperate for that

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5867 on: July 23, 2024, 03:10:36 PM »
Anyone there recently for Shabbos? How is the food?
Do I just pay for the Fri night meal and the Shabbos day is included as free "breakfast"?
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I went with a friend in March and he said the food is much better now, including a full dinner buffet in addition to served food.

Depends if you want fleishigs or not. The Shabbos breakfast is fairly weak, but there is wine and challah.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5868 on: July 23, 2024, 03:13:40 PM »
The Shabbos breakfast is fairly weak
I was there 2 weeks ago midweek and breakfast was weak

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5869 on: July 23, 2024, 03:22:32 PM »
Trying to figure out if the Shabbos day breakfast is a reg "Seudah"?

(Was in diffrent hotel years ago and shabbos day breakfast was the "seudah" and not a reg breakfast meal)
IINM you have both. First breakfast until 11 or so. Its basically breakfast, with wine and challot available. You can make a seuda out of it.

From 12 or so you also have a fleishig meal available for a fee, IINM

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5870 on: July 23, 2024, 03:23:56 PM »
IINM you have both. First breakfast until 11 or so. Its basically breakfast, with wine and challot available. You can make a seuda out of it.

From 12 or so you also have a fleishig meal available for a fee, IINM
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(some hotels dont have breakfast rather its a seuda)

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5871 on: July 23, 2024, 03:26:50 PM »
I was there 2 weeks ago midweek and breakfast was weak
Yes, noticeably weaker breakfasts at both WAJ and Ritzaliya when I was there in March.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5872 on: July 23, 2024, 03:31:56 PM »
Yes, noticeably weaker breakfasts at both WAJ and Ritzaliya when I was there in March.
So then what other hotels have good shabbos meals?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5873 on: July 23, 2024, 03:37:24 PM »
So then what other hotels have good shabbos meals?
Ramada?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5874 on: August 01, 2024, 02:14:48 PM »
Booked 5 night standard night reward stay which booked into King Superior Room with Balcony. Will they provide a crib if requested or rather i sneak the baby in?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5875 on: August 01, 2024, 02:39:02 PM »
Booked 5 night standard night reward stay which booked into King Superior Room with Balcony. Will they provide a crib if requested or rather i sneak the baby in?
They will give a crib.
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5876 on: August 01, 2024, 07:29:56 PM »
They will give a crib.
Thanks!
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5877 on: August 01, 2024, 08:29:18 PM »
Thanks!
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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5878 on: August 02, 2024, 08:30:38 AM »
The onsite shul for shabbos davening is that “heimish” or more mizrachi/ sefardi?

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Re: Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
« Reply #5879 on: August 02, 2024, 09:50:31 AM »
The onsite shul for shabbos davening is that “heimish” or more mizrachi/ sefardi?
More heimish, sometimes they have 2 minyanim
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