8/10 Very good
17 Feb 2023
More gold plated than solid gold ?
After previous stay, booked the gold experience /Luxury room: separate 8th floor check-in was welcoming and professional, staff all well trained and friendly; room was not on our favorite side of the building but no alternate options were available.The lounge is well designed, well managed: staff -Ai, Ian , Hope, Finn etc… always great attitude, and social skills; food and drinks selection well thought out (albeit abusive price of alcoholic drinks even by global 5 stars standards) a real mixologist/bar tender at night would bring more vibe and justify premium.
2 only misses on the Gold experience are: enforcement of a dress code and social etiquette that –beyond a basic social skills for any well-raised affluent adult- is written on a flyer somewhere but not respected by some guests: despite pointing out specific examples (people in robes or talking loud in their cell in the middle of tables…) staff never seemed to enforce, hence leaving all rest of well mannered guests inconvenienced by a few slobs: not right nor fair.
Another wrong note is people checking in bringing their luggage to the front desk and cluttering reception / lounge entrance. not a great look.
Apart from Gold, hotel is ok although clearly catering to a more value crowd with junior staff and lotsa families or convention groups, noisy and ill mannered. Lastly, hotel GM never to be seen on the grounds which would help his Leadership and chance to receive direct experience feed back from valued guests...:)
Olivier
Olivier, 7-night trip
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