The breakfast was great. There were fruits, cereal, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, bean, bread, coffee and even pasteis de nata (though for these you had to come in rather early).
I could hear the traffic down the street, and that was rather noisy during the festive period.
The common room has a huge TV, but it does not work (it was rather disappointing, as there was no sign on it, but reception confirmed it was not working).