Richard Wilson
Google
The first thing we noticed is that the building was under construction, surrounded by scaffold and meshed all around the perimeter, every floor, resulting in no windows to see out of, ignoring the lack of a view, which I expected in a large city. We simply could not see if it was raining out, so we had to take an elevator or stairs and judge, then return to dress accordingly.
The second black mark, was how VERY filthy the room was, I'm talking red/orange stains on pillows, wet garbage smears on the wall above the garbage can in our room, stains on the curtains, scuffs and smears on the walls in the room entryway leading all the way to the bed, water damage and possible mold on the ceiling above the bed, and finally more food streaks on the wall by the refrigerator.
When we finally mustered up the courage to say something, having never had to make a fuss about a room anywhere before this, also considering that is where we would be spending the next 4 days, and not wanting to seem like entitled foreigners, the staff were very courteous and seemingly understanding even with the language barrier, they offered us another room, to which we reviewed it with the concierge, it smelled of stale water and possible urine, making our guilt for fussing kick up to 11, we nearly just agreed, but couldn't do it, so we asked to just cancel and we would try to find a last minute switch or an AirB&B. The manager then suggested one of the renovated rooms instead, which was similar in size, and much cleaner, to which we accepted.
The only remaining issue was that the shower curtain was clearly not washed, the base was yellow, and it smelled awful, we decided to leave the bathroom fan on and let it be. As well as finding a bottle cap behind the bed when my phone charger fell back there. So, it's not a great impression of the cleanliness.
I rated the location low simply due to preference. We personally did not like waking up and immediately having to zipper ourselves into the gaggle of tourists on the sidewalk. Perhaps some guests would like not having to go to any lengths to get to the primary strip of tourist shops. But it wasn't for us, and that is no fault of the hotel. We were just unfamiliar with the area upon booking.