Jerusalem · Historic Name · Now the Inbal
The Laromme is today’s Inbal Jerusalem.
If you stayed at "the Laromme," danced at a wedding there, or found it on an old itinerary — that hotel still stands, thriving, under a different name: the Inbal Jerusalem. Same low-rise Jerusalem-stone building by Liberty Bell Park in Talbieh, opened in 1982, designed by architect Yaakov Rechter, renamed sometime after the late 1980s and renovated extensively since.
The honest fit
What stayed the same: the location (3 Jabotinsky Street, beside Liberty Bell Park), the distinctive terraced stone architecture, and the hotel’s standing as one of Jerusalem’s leading properties — today rated 5-star-plus by the Ministry of Tourism.
What changed: everything operational — ownership, standards, dining, and decades of renovation. For today’s kashrus, Shabbos logistics, pool schedule, and honest walk times, read our full current guide to the Inbal; facts from the Laromme era are memories, not booking information.
A note for completists: Laromme was a small chain in its day — there was also a Laromme Hotel in Eilat, whose later identity is genuinely murky even in travel forums. If you are trying to trace the Eilat property, we could not verify its fate and won’t guess.
Facts at a glance
- Identity: Laromme Jerusalem (opened 1982) = today’s Inbal Jerusalem — same building, Liberty Bell Park, Talbieh
- Architect: Yaakov Rechter — the low-rise design famously replaced a planned 20-story tower after neighborhood opposition
- Renamed: Sometime after the late 1980s (no source gives an exact year — we won’t invent one)
- Today: 5-star-plus, 330 rooms, Rabbanut Yerushalayim kashrus — full details on our Inbal page
JRM paths from this search
- The Inbal today — full honest guide →
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Common questions
What happened to the Laromme Hotel in Jerusalem? +
Nothing dramatic — it was renamed. The hotel that opened in 1982 as the Laromme, beside Liberty Bell Park in Talbieh, operates today as the Inbal Jerusalem, one of the city’s top-rated hotels. Google itself now treats the two names as one entity. Our full, current guide to the hotel — kashrus, Shabbos, pool policy, walk times — lives on the Inbal page.
Was there a Laromme Hotel in Eilat too? +
Yes — vintage photos and postcards confirm a 1970s-era Laromme Eilat. Its later identity is genuinely unresolved: even crowdsourced travel-forum answers contradict each other, and we could not verify what the building became. We say so rather than guess.
At a glance
See the Inbal page (Rabbanut Yerushalayim) Location
- Neighborhood
- Talbieh — Liberty Bell Park (as the Inbal)
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