poisonwhitetail
Google
Our holiday in Brussels was spoiled by our stay here. My partner has accessibility issues and chronic ill health. We had been promised a first floor room with walk-in shower. On arrival, the staff were completely unfriendly. They allocated a second floor room and when challenged, we were told that we'd have to stay in the second floor room, and then move the following day. A big inconvenience. The room was very uncomfortable, one of the mattresses was at an angle, and the pillows themselves were so dirty and stained that they smelled. The kettle stank of cheese and when we asked for this to be replaced it was washed out and handed back to us still smelling. We had to insist on a different kettle which they obtained from another room. After a poor night of sleep we spent until 2pm trying to sort out the room issues, only to be told that there was no such thing as a twin bedded room on the first floor! We were promised that our existing room would be cleaned and made good for our return from sightseeing. On our return it had not been touched - still in the same condition. We were told that we would have to wait in the lobby if we wanted the room made up! So, we decided to move to a different room, on the third floor! This room was more comfortable but still had dirty smelly pillows. We had lost the will to complain further as we felt that we were not being seen as significant customers. In addition, the air conditioning system sounded like a foundary! Each time we dealt with a different member of staff who did not communicate our issues to the next. It was hugely stressful, ate into our holiday experience, and we were treated as an inconvenience rather than our situation being an inconvenience. Solving the problem through a continuous loop of poor communication does not equate to a five star customer experience. A couple of days later, we asked why they had done nothing to appease us, and we had been told that they had deducted 30% from our first nights stay which was a paltry aplology which hadn't actually been communicated to us! On leaving they attempted to charge us for a breakfast that we hadn't taken, and riffled through piles of paperwork to make sure that we hadn't taken it! The whole experience was a complete fiasco from start to finish, and we wonder who is responsible for coordinating the customer experience at this hotel.