Rebecca Sheehy
Google
Trying so hard to be hip, it hurts. For a 4 star hotel this was a 2 star hostel experience. Room was awful, couldn't move between bed and chair, decorated like student accommodation, which would be fine if i was staying at a WMCA and was 19 years of age. They go on about a mini bar that's free. Great if you can drink three beers and two bottles of water, but conditioner for hair, shower cap, face cloth even, yes? No. One has to request the room to be made up, which we did, informing reception at 9.10am, returning after 4pm to an unserviced room. Breakfast is okay, but is brought down by a lack of staff, to top up things, off, no glasses, food stations that had run out etc. Apart from the proximity to the station at 1.2km, this hotel is in what can only be described as the bad lands. Drug addicts, homeless people, prostitues, et al, are in the streets surrounding, not the hotel's fault but doesn't make you feel safe when trying to catch public transport back to the fun side of the island. This hotel might be great for google staff (headquarters next door), but a bottom of the barrel choice for travellers that like their accommodation to resemble a hotel, and not a dorm fraternity room, that a student friend has lent you crash for the night.