Lisbon hotels · head to head
Northern Lisbon either/or — five-star spa on Avenida 5 de Outubro against three-star Roma Metro practicality with a much stronger guest headline.
By Kaiser Khan · last reviewed
Rates for both move constantly, so nothing here quotes a price. Each full review carries the rate comparison for that property.
A genuine spend-more / spend-less decision on the northern map. One sells spa, pool and a luxury badge; the other sells Roma Metro at 0.2 km and an 8.8 score from 11,501 reviews.
We publish a handful of comparisons per city, chosen by an editor. We do not generate a page for every possible pairing: at thirty hotels that would be 435 near-identical pages per city, and at five hundred it would be 124,750 for one city alone — which is a doorway-page pattern, not a service to anybody trying to pick a hotel.
Should you book this hotel?
VIP Grand if spa and outdoor pool are the point and you accept a 7.9 headline with room-maintenance risk; Hotel Roma if metro access and service scores matter more than five-star kit.
Position splits northern practicality. Hotel Roma has POI rows — Roma Metro 0.2 km, airport 3 km, Liberdade 2.8 km. VIP Grand has no POI rows in this seed, so we do not invent a kilometre table for Avenida 5 de Outubro; location still scores 8.49 against 9.04 at Roma.
Headline scores favour Roma hard: 8.8 from 11,501 reviews as of 8 January 2026 against 7.9 from 6,088 as of 12 December 2025. Service is strong at both (8.75 against 9); cleanliness and room quality favour Roma on the numbers (8.73 / 8.69 against 7.48 / 7.44), with bathroom concerns still named at Roma and room maintenance named at VIP Grand.
Facilities favour VIP Grand: spa, sauna, outdoor pool and fitness are listed. Hotel Roma lists restaurant, bar and family rooms without pool or spa in the cited facts.
Verdict last reviewed . Rates, refurbishments and management change — re-check anything time-sensitive before booking.
5-star hotelAvenidas Novas & 5 de OutubroVIP Hotels
A five-star VIP Hotels spa stay on Avenida 5 de Outubro — outdoor pool, sauna and fitness listed — with the softest supplier headline in this Lisbon sample and room-maintenance complaints named.
Third-party guest reviews: 7.9/10 from 6,088 reviews — as of
3-star hotelAlvalade & Avenida de RomaIndependent
A three-star independent on Avenida de Roma — Roma Metro 0.2 km, airport 3 km — with service at 9 out of 10 and noise plus bathroom-cleanliness concerns in the cons.
Third-party guest reviews: 8.8/10 from 11,501 reviews — as of
Every row is checkable against the supplier data on the two property pages. “Level” is a real answer and is used — a comparison where one side wins every row is usually a comparison somebody wrote backwards from the conclusion.
| What is being compared | VIP Grand Lisboa Hotel & Spa | Hotel Roma | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official classification | 5-star | 3-star | VIP Grand Lisboa Hotel & Spa |
| Position | Av. 5 de Outubro. No POI kilometre rows in seed; location score 8.49/10. | Av. de Roma. Roma Metro 0.2 km, airport 3 km, Liberdade 2.8 km. | Hotel Roma |
| Supplier rating (our hotel data provider, /10 — display only) | 7.9 from 6,088 reviews, as of 12 December 2025 | 8.8 from 11,501 reviews, as of 8 January 2026 | Hotel Roma |
| Service (third-party guest score, /10 — display only) | 8.75 — friendly staff named | 9 — friendly and efficient staff named | Hotel Roma |
| Cleanliness (third-party guest score, /10 — display only) | 7.48 — mixed; issues in some rooms | 8.73 — bathroom cleanliness concerns still named | Hotel Roma |
| Room quality (third-party guest score, /10 — display only) | 7.44 — bathroom functionality / comfort issues | 8.69 — noise and renovation needs noted | Hotel Roma |
| Spa / pool / fitness | Spa, sauna, outdoor pool and fitness centre listed | Not listed in cited amenity facts | VIP Grand Lisboa Hotel & Spa |
| What guests complain about | Room maintenance; inconsistent amenities | Noise; bathroom cleanliness; inconsistent breakfast; missing amenities | Level |
| Family rooms | Not listed in cited amenity facts | Family rooms listed | Hotel Roma |
| Review sample size | 6,088 reviews | 11,501 reviews | Hotel Roma |
Rows taken: VIP Grand Lisboa Hotel & Spa 2, Hotel Roma 7, level 1. Counting rows is not how you pick a hotel — one row usually decides it, and the verdict above says which.
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