Review M.
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Dragonfly Hotel
Dragonfly Hotel looks like it wants to be more than it is. The entrance greets you with Buddha statues and patches of green, but the path to reception is laid with small stones, a design choice that makes something as simple as pulling your luggage feel like a struggle. The reception itself is narrow and crowded, and the welcome from the staff carried no warmth. For a place that dares to call itself four star, the opening act felt hollow.
The room told the same story. A large window wall promised light but only delivered a view of the road and buildings opposite. The designs tried for elegance, but the details betrayed them. The shower bottles, the coffee sachets, the chairs, all of it looked the part from afar but lacked the finish when you touched or used them. In the morning the façade collapsed completely. As I took my shower, the ceiling began to drip with water from the room above. What should have been refreshing became revolting, and it revealed not just a leak but a deeper flaw, a structural wound that will eat the hotel from within.
In the common spaces, rows of cheap statues and imitation paintings stood as if to convince guests of some artful soul. But they felt like props in a poorly staged play. The breakfast was much the same. Complimentary in name, disappointing in nature. A handful of oily dishes, an omelette that was just acceptable, and coffee that was merely decent. The room was cramped and crowded, leaving no sense of leisure in what should have been a gentle morning meal.
What soured the stay further was the insistence of the staff at check-out, pressing guests to give ratings before they had even set down their bags. It explained too much. The inflated score online was not earned by merit but forced by pressure.
Dragonfly Hotel is not the haven its name suggests. It wears the mask of a four star, but beneath it lie leaks, cheap imitations, poor food, and service that chases numbers rather than hospitality. One night was more than enough to see through the illusion.
3/10