Fiona S
Google
My partner booked this hotel and the NYE Terrace Party for my Christmas present ||On check in, we asked if we were to be issued NYE party tickets, the Receptionist said we just give our name to the host on the night. |(I will explain the fiasco later) ||On our first evening, we were told we couldn’t take a photograph in the bar by one of the waiting staff, there are no signs that we could see that said this. |How strange, you can’t take photos in a bar on a Christmas vacation. ||NYE day, we were rudely told we couldn’t sit at a table and have a drink, so we sat at the bar, no issue with that, then another couple had the same issue, they were told to leave the table, so they sat at the bar, then a waiter moved them again as the barman said they could, they just got up and left. ||On coming in to the hotel after a walk around the square, sits a young girl (The host for the Black Angle bar I believe) |She abruptly says” You can’t go upstairs” I replied “I can because I’ve paid to stay here and I’m on the 4th floor! |No manners, don’t even ask if we were guests, I understand the Terrace was closed in preparation for the party, but ASK me if I’m a guest of the hotel before making assumptions. ||NYE Terrace Party||We were greeted my a female host, we gave our name and were shown to a table for two on the Terrace. ||The table was not close to a heat lamp and was literally under a huge gap in the terrace roof which was blowing through cold air. |We partner politely asked the waiter if it would be possible to move to the table adjacent as it was out the way of the gap, he said he would ask someone else, another waiter came and advised “no” all tables are reserved” obviously as this was a ticketed event to which we also had paid a lot of money for. |We were not asking for a bigger table, extra heat, nothing other than to move a little further away from the draught. |My partner said this was unacceptable and asked to speak to someone else. |We don’t get moved thankfully, then all of a sudden this tall guy with a strange hair cut was loudly telling us that we had no reservation because we didn’t show a ticket! He said we had to go and sit downstairs at the bar! |Other guests were looking and I was so embarrassed. |My partner advised the tall man that we have a fully paid for reservation and proceeded to show him our email confirmation. |He then asked for my partners name, once given, he back tracked and said “ oh yes this is your actual table, this is booked for you. |I was so angry, this man assumed we were just trying our luck and had no reservation. |It was humiliating. ||One by one, the men that had been rude to us apologised, sorry isn’t good enough, it was a bad first impression and the damage was done. ||In to the early hours of NYD, we had to call reception repeatedly due to the noise from the staff on the terrace, we understood they have to clear up but they should know that guests are trying to sleep, the same on NYD evening, again we had to call reception.||We ordered room service|which was over an hour late, we called reception, they said the kitchen had lost the order! My partner had written on the receipt that he was not paying for the food. ||We would not stay in this hotel again even if it was for free. We are happy to be leaving today ||The majority of the staff are rude with the odd exception “Wendy” was by far the nicest member of staff here. She looked after us on NYE ||We are currently sat in the bar, if the manager wants a chat.||“Yes why?