Starting with the ups, Alale (a Spanish-Iranian girl, the owner's daughter) is a phenomenal person. She knows what tourists like and she knows how to make them feel home. The house is beautiful and calm, some of the common rooms are incrdibly beautiful, although there is no common court-yard like in most of the other typical Iranian houses. The breakfast is the best I have ever had in Iran (in fact the standard quality elsewhere was usually poor). Last but not least, in the room I found an incredibly beautiful and comfortable armchair. As for the downs, the position of the Dibai house was not exactly easy to locate (no sign on the back-main door, and some taxi drivers don't know it at all). Additionally some works on the main road were obstructing access to the alley and it became even more difficult to reach it on feet. No staff member is in the hotel for most of the day. Once we came back and the door was locked, we had to knock for over 15 minutes before another guest came to open it. Finally the price of 60 EUR for a double bedroom (bathroom ensuite) per night was one of the highest price we paid in our 3 weeks stay. A/C was working with very limited power, in August this is not a minor issue. All in all, I remember the DIbai house (and Isfahan) as one of the most pleasent places I visited and I can highly recommend it to everyone.

A beautiful traditional house, running by a charming and very helpful lady. It’s very quite (no children permitted in the house) and the location is convenient (near the bazaar and the Imam square). Highly recommended!

We stayed at Dibai House for two nights in early March. We knew Dibai House was difficult to locate, but even with a local taxi driver, a small map and the driver making two calls it took some 15 minutes to locate. Only a kind local showing the driver/us the way got us there! We were immediately shown to our room and offered tea and dates.

Room 8 fortunately had an ensuite bathroom. The bathroom is one of the eccentric ones we have had elsewhere in Iran: first comes the sink, the shower is in the middle (with a shower curtain that goes to within about 20 centimetres of the floor) and then there is the toilet. There are plastic slippers to avoid getting feet wet after someone has showered. There were a few issues with the bathroom – the door squeaked very loudly (as did the door of the communal toilet (shower??) just outside our room) and there were an awful lot of ants streaming through. The second nights the ants were also in the bedroom and in the beds but that was largely because we had left a banana peel in a plastic bag on the night stand (rather than remembering to take it out of the room) and our room had not been serviced. It is very quiet in the house, the only noise at night was from other guests and the squeaking of the bathroom door outside our room.

Due likely to the nature of the House, there is no TV, clock, hair dryer, or bathroom amenities (other than liquid soap) – not an issue when you know in advance. However, our room was not serviced during the day, which was a surprise to us - had we known, we would have been more careful about rubbish.

When we asked about laundry, we were given a bag. It turned out that it was done in house and there was no charge for that!

Breakfast was a highlight – although choice was obviously limited due to the size of Dibai House, the quality of the offering was not. Superb yoghurt, fresh fruit, bread, spread, hard boiled eggs plus coffee/tea. Breakfast the first day was at a communal table with three French people who obviously had never been to Club Med as they ignored us totally after we greeted them and spoke very loudly in French about a pearl purchase for the entire time we were there. Not an issue with the hotel, but we felt like intruders during that meal. The second day we were alone and enjoyed the wonderful breakfast much more. When Dibai House has more guests, the atmosphere would likely improve.

Tourism is well down in Iran which is a real shame and the country is interesting to explore and the people an absolute delight. Despite all the issues in Libya and Kuwait, we were not affected by any unrest while in Iran and were very glad to have visited. During our stay, for one night there were the three French people (checked out after 1 day) and on the second night just one other couple - Dibai House deserves more than that.

just like any thing else in iran, a dash of beauty and so many impracticality.
the house was very cute and in a cool neighborhood,
break fast was nice and simple.
but beds not so comfortable and the bathrooms were not very practical,
overall was a nice stay but they can improve it a lot more....