I would rate this hotel as only average.
There are some positives, such as, the breakfast which was very tasty and hot, the comfort of the bed, the shower was powerful and hot and the TV, which allowed me to watch programmes that I wanted.
However, the negatives are not so good.
These include: -
1. When I booked, I saw nothing mentioned of how the elevator did not operate from lower ground (LG) to upper ground (UG). The only means of getting to the reception, which is on the UG level is by climbing 12 steps. This was totally unacceptable as two of my party are elderly, very frail and have extreme difficulties in ascending and descending stairs. Had we have been advised prior to booking, I am certain we wouldn't have booked.
2. The gentlemen's toilet in the reception has an awful odour as you enter it.
3. On to our designated rooms. We stayed in rooms 527 & 523 (second party).
With 527, the air conditioning does not operate and on entry to the room it was particularly stuffy and hot. Moreso, as a safety precaution, and because it is a high level floor, it is not possible to open the windows to allow airing of the room. This just accentuated the discomfort as the room was too warm.
The toilet flush pressure was poor and flushed too short. I should leave that to ones imagination.
In 523, the hairdryer does not work.
4. One annoying issue; which was not only experienced by us, but also by the patron of room 511; was after we had finished our breakfast and returned to our rooms, none of us could enter due to the key cards being disabled. This was at 1040, and we were prior advised that check out was at 1100.
This was corrected by Tracey, who was apologetic and very nice to deal with (which is another positive, of course).
All in all, my memory of this stay, which was only for 20 hours, will not be the best experience of a hotel stay that I've ever had, and unless they can correct the negatives very soon, I am sorry to say that I would not recommend to family or friends to stay here.
Very convenient location if u drive, just next to M4. Breakfast is not too bad, can request for vegetarian sausages.
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