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What I liked |The hotel has a prime location, very near to the center and all the attractions, walk for 5 minutes to be in the Republic Square, 10 minutes to be in Northern Avenue, it faces the Vardanians park, and if you are lucky with the room view, you will be able to see a daily fountain show from the balcony. |Room has mini fridge, plenty of drawers, a wardrobe that has the safe, iron and a nice big mirror|They also provide two sets of slippers and two bathrobes, to be honest they are really high quality, and not worn out. I have some comments I'll share down. |The housekeeping did an amazing job to keep the room spotless, I want to thank a beautiful lady called Sada who was the queen of housekeeping for our room during the stay, she kept a nice smile on her face and did her best all the time, thank you Sada. |Breakfast is served in the lobby, it has some international choices, two coffee machines and many choices of fresh juice, section for fresh lovely bakery, dried fruit, sauces and jams, the selection is kinda good for international travellers. One of the best things you can see there is a beautiful lady called Mariana, she greets everyone with a smile on the face, tries to help as much as she can, and remembered us when we walk there again, thank you Mariana, amazing job, keep it up. I have some dislikes about the breakfast I'll mention down|Internet is reliable and very fast, it covers many areas even outside of the hotel.|Bathroom amenities were of a top brand, the bathroom didn't miss a thing and they offer more things than what a person would need.|Bed was very comfortable, choices of two types of pillow and provided a third option upon request.|There is a ATM right after you enter the hotel.|They care about wheelchair access and prepared a ramp for easier accessibility.|The swimming pool is super clean, it has a smaller part for kids, the depth for adults goes from 1.6 - 2.6m, when you reach there they will provide large towels, and sure seats are all over the place, depending on your choice if you like it fully covered, half covered, or fully exposed to get the tan, some seats have water sprinkles around to keep you cool if the heat is high. A bar is around to provide all types of cocktails and sandwiches, it is little over priced but worth the experience. The pool can be reached from the hotel but the path to reach it is a real maze, so I recommend go out and access it from the main street as there is a dedicated gate. From my room I can see them cleaning the swimming pool the whole night, good job guys.|The room where I stayed had a small balcony, they placed a table and two chairs on it, I liked sitting and enjoy the view of the park in front of me||What I didn't like|The room AC outlets are located on top of the bed facing the wall, the room has to be frozen for you to feel anything, most of the nights I woke up sweating even that the room is really cold but air is not reaching the headboard side. |Speaking of the headboard I don't know who thought it is a good idea to put a spotlight, switches and electricity outlet right in the headboard of the bed, many times I hit my head with the spotlight they placed there, or when I move I hit the light switch so the room gets bright while I sleep which wakes me up to turn off the lights. |One very important thing for international travellers is the bidet, the hotel doesn't have it even that I called to check if they have before I booked it, the reception confirmed they have it then later wrote a message to apologise for the misunderstanding and that they don't have it, I believe it would be a big plus point if they can provide it in the toilet as it is essential for many. |Breakfast as mentioned above is offering good choices, but the down side of it is that they use pork in everything, it might be heaven for people who eat it but hell for people who don't, many of items I was unable to eat because of the pork mixing, I wish they consider this for the future. One important thing is that they don't have a live station for omelette which can make a difference to create your own omelette the way you wish to have it. |Noise, one of the biggest problems that I faced, they could have used some strips to add soundproofing or any positive point in the field, but no, I could easily hear the room opposite mine with all the talks and anything they ever do. There is a gap under the door that lets the noises come to your room all the time, let alone the talks of the staff right out of your room regardless if you have the DND sign or not, I had to go out to ask them to keep it quite. |I didn't like how they placed the rooms, in less than two meters there are 4 doors, three of them are guest rooms and one is "staff room" where they keep the housekeeping material stored, so you can imagine the noise almost all the time. |Parking of the hotel is extremely small and basically is part of the main road, our tour guide was facing a serious problem to find a spot to pick us up.|The corridor between rooms is really dark, could use some brighter lights. |A smile would be greatly appreciated
