Mel M.
Yelp
What a horrible stay that only got worse as it went along. At the beginning of the stay I was thinking it was average but by the end it was quite appalling.
Hairball inside the kettle
Toilet not cleaned during the whole 5 night stay
No top sheet on the bed just the doona, which had blood stains on it and was not changed.
Breakfast buffet is toast, cereal, baked beans, scrambled eggs, apples and yoghurt. Too bad if you are lactose intolerant like me, the only milk provided is full cream so all I could have was toast and apples. What kind of breakfast buffet does not have bacon and boiled/poached eggs? Seems this one only serves things which come straight out of a packet and can be reheated. Very expensive toast and apples at $12 per person per day.
For some strange reason housekeeping seemed to alternative our linen, somedays we had a bathmat, other days we had a hand towel but never both??? Given the shower had no door on it and the floor can become wet easily it really is a hazard not to have a bath mat.
The only bin is the tiny bathroom one which is not enough.
The cold tap does not run cold water, only hot water the same as the hot tap.
Multiple power points were not working.
Our room cards we accidentally wiped on the first day meaning we couldn't get into our room.
Inadequate lighting, 2 led downlights for the whole living space, was very difficult to see except directly under the lights.
Room service menu is out of date. We decided what we wanted to order, went online and only 1 of the meals we wanted was still available, ended up going out for dinner instead.
We stayed in an executive queen room with a view, the street noise was incredible, it sounded like we may as well have been sleeping on the street, even though we were on the 8th floor.
At 2am on our second morning the fire alarms went off and the building evacuated. First of all the staff did not even know what the evac procedure was and did not folloe it at all, when a lady asked to speak to a manager she was told there are no managers on duty. One staff member announce the problem was just an overheated fridge which had been removed from the room and everything was ok now. A concerned guest with 2 young children asked when the fire brigade would arrive as she would like to get the ok from them rather than a hotel clerk before she put her children back to bed. The clerk said he didn't know if the fire brigade would come and was very rude to the lady saying of course it is fine cos he said so and how dare she question him. Eventually we all went back to bed, I heard sirens about half an hour later, it may have been the fire brigade I can't be sure. At no stage was an apology received for the inconvenience.
To top it all off our car was broken into whilst parked in the hotel car park which we had paid a whopping $75 for. When I told the receptionist our car had been broken into and multiple things stolen, she smiled, just smiled, that's it, I kid you not. I HAVE NO DOUBT A HOTEL STAFF MEMBER BROKE INTO AND ROBBED OUR CAR. And I get the feeling it is quite common.
Upon check out we were not asked how our stay was in fact the receptionist didn't even speak to us at all.
Overall a horrible stay, I will never ever be back.
Stayed March 2013