In Podgorica for a night, the travel company booked us here; we left satisfied. Read on for details.

Located on a busy street, the entry way to the hotel lobby takes you through a cafe/dining area that was continually populated by smoking men. The lobby staff was friendly and fluent in English (and probably a bunch of other languages, too.)

The rooms are modern, comfortably sized with modern furniture. The desk was very usuable with an electric outlet well-located. There were no USB ports. The bathroom was also modern and just a little too small with the bathroom door limited by the position of the toilet.

The bed and pillow were on the firm side and, for me, comfortable. The night was quiet.

Coffee was not available until 6am. The breakfast menu was limited and is really focused on eggs and meat while offering a vegeterian omelette, which I ordered. It was WAY SALTY. Hey...I can salt my own eggs if I want. The orange and apple juice came from a nearby machine. Actually, not juice but probably an "orange drink" with a tiny percent of juice; mostly sugar water.

As the night was comfortable and quiet, I'd stay here again, but I'd make sure the kitchen didn't pre-salt my food.

We had been on the road a long time, with difficulty. Hotel staff greeted us with perfect English and efficiency. At first glance, because of the road we took to get there, it looked like the hotel was in the middle of nowhere. Not so: out the door, turn left, and everything's nearby.

This will be a short review because really everyone went out of their way to answer our many questions and make us feel welcome. The room had the smallest hotel safe we had ever seen, and anyway, it was broken and useless. (Staff immediately offered use of the hotel's main safe.) Each room apparently has its own Wi-Fi server, which was new to us, and when Wi-Fi briefly caused a problem, we were offered the server from the room next door. Well done!

Would we stay here again? Yes, unquestionably. New Star had everything we really needed.

Friendly and efficient staff with solid English knowledge. Suitcases was carried from the bus to the reception. Clean everywhere. Breakfast with some nice surprises as for instance pan cakes. Bar at the top floow. Room had the right size, mini bar in the room, although it did not contain much. After several days the wi-fi functioned flawlessly.