Verner Costa Frias
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This hotel is centrally located and value for money with a few caveats. Pros:- great location, the staff from the security at the lobby, reception, bell boys housekeeping staff are polite and very hospitable. Size of the rooms was good,we were upgraded to an executive room 1315, but not much of a view. Bed was nice and comfortable, service at the Oriental blossom was good. Cons:- Rooms are a bit dates, specially the bathroom, the shower head looked like it hasn't been changed since the hotel opened for business. The bathtub also needs to be replaced, in my opinion the entire bathroom needs an overhaul. The Oriental blossom is a pale shadow of itself, the lighting used to be dim with a lovely table set up and nice oriental music playing in the background, this was in the early 2000 when i worked there as an IHM trainee. Now it looks a bit basic, with terrible live music ,not at all required. Food was okayish nothing to rave about. Quantities of food portions also extremely small compared to before. Overall I still enjoyed my stay here and would recommend this hotel. But as a said a lot of things need improvement. Will give it 5 stars for location and nostalgia sake as it's still an iconic hotel bang on marine drive.