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January 8, 2025
IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR YOU, DO NOT STAY AT THIS PLACE. SPEND YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE. I CHECKED IN ON 26TH/12/24 - 09/01/24, AND I MUST SAY I WILL NEVER COME BACK HERE AGAIN—THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I DID NOT WANT TO STAY HERE INITIALLY, BUT I WAS PERSUADED BY OTHERS DUE TO THE GOOD EXPERIENCE WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO. I AM WRITING IN CAPS BECAUSE I AM ANNOYED BY THE TREATMENT WE RECEIVED. BTW WE BROUGHT ABOUT 11 PPL TO STAY HERE FROM THE LAST EXPERIENCE. 1 - THE ROOM WE WERE GIVEN HAD A NON-FUNCTIONING SHOWER—YOU EITHER GOT HOT OR COLD WATER, AND THE SHOWER PRESSURE WAS SHMABLES SO WE HAD TO BE MOVED. MY SISTER'S ROOM ALSO HAD A SHOWER THAT WAS ON AND OFF, PREVENTING THEM FROM SHOWERING SOME DAYS UNTIL IT WAS FIXED. THEY WERE MOVED HOWEVER THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN THEY WANTED TO MOVE THEM AGAIN. IMAGINE HAVING TO MOVE TWO/THREE TIMES FOR ACCOMODATION YOU PAID FOR. THEY REQUESTED COMPENSATION FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE AND WERE OFFERED ANOTHER ROOM MOVE, BUT NO COMPENSATION WAS PROVIDED. CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT WE PAID, SOME FORM OF COMPENSATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFFERED. 2 - ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, WE BOOKED A TABLE FOR ABOUT 15 PEOPLE. THEY SEATED US INDOORS WHERE WE COULDN'T SEE THE ENTERTAINMENT, DESPITE PAYING APPROXIMATELY £62 EACH. WE COMPLAINED, AND AN EMPLOYEE NAMED GREG ENQUIRED ABOUT OUR ORIGIN, WHICH IS IRRELEVANT SINCE WE PAID THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE. I AM NOT PAYING TO BE RACIALLY ABUSED IN MY OWN COUNTRY. ADDITIONALLY, THEY ADVERTISED A 10% DISCOUNT FOR TABLES OF 10 OR MORE PEOPLE. HOWEVER, WHEN WE REQUESTED THE DISCOUNT AFTER PAYING, THEY INFORMED US THAT IT HAD TO BE CHARGED TO A SINGLE CARD. THIS CONDITION WAS NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, OR WE WOULD HAVE PAID WITH ONE CARD. 3 - THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED A RULE THAT NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR WATER CAN BE BROUGHT IN, WHICH I COULD UNDERSTAND TO AN EXTENT. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO PROHIBIT YOU FROM BRINGING IN FOOD THAT YOU PLAN TO TAKE BACK HOME. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHEN WE BROUGHT IN FOOD BEFORE. WHY WOULD YOU STAY AT A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN'T HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BRING IN WHAT YOU WANT? I PAID FOR A HOTEL ROOM; I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO AS I PLEASE. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TREATMENT ELSEWHERE. I STAYED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE IN MESTIL AND WE DID NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE. THE FINAL STRAW WAS WHEN I TRIED TO BRING IN KABALAGALA TO TAKE HOME, AND THEY REFUSED ENTRY UNDER THE SAME RULES, YET I SAW IN THE LIBRARY A SHISHA BONG, WHICH IS NOT ON THE MENU. I WAS TOLD BY SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ARE. SO, WHY WOULD I STAY HERE? I HAVE ATTACHED A PHOTO OF THE SHISHA IN THE LIBRARY. THEY MENTIONED THAT VAPING AND SMOKING ARE ALLOWED, BUT HOW DID THE SHISHA BONG GET HERE IF IT'S NOT ON THE MENU? ALSO, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING IN PACKAGED COFFEE, BUT SHISHA CAN COME IN. I DON'T USUALLY COMPLAIN, BUT I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CHOOSE ANOTHER PLACE TO STAY. THIS HOTEL IS ADVERTISED AS FAMILY-FRIENDLY, YET HOW CAN THAT BE THE CASE WHEN A CHILD COULD EASILY FIND