JCCanadian
Google
The Lumen is a truly fantastic property! ||Not only offering a rooftop pool, great restaurant, and fantastic bonus of the lightshow (more on this following), but as a hotel industry professional I cannot express enough how wonderful the staff all are and how impressive it was to experience such a perfect balance of professionalism and personalized engagement. In North America, especially since Covid, having highly engaged professional staff can be challenging; both from a training and experience perspective, and such is made more difficult by often not having sufficient staffing available to effectively have the time to deliver a great guest experience. Lumen Hotel delivers this on all counts and goes beyond as it does so in an authentic, comfortable and natural way versus an overly formalized technical delivery of service elements. Imagine a five star property such as Four Seasons or Fairmont, where not is service task delivery impeccable, but where the staff were able to be themselves and personal vs just technically efficient. ||The restaurant was excellent for dinner, and breakfasts were wonderful also highlighted by the fantastic staff that reinforce the comments above.||The rooftop pool is a great feature after a day of touring, and while some may expect the “Lightshow” to be a simplistic feature of not worth consideration, missing it would be a huge mistake. This isn’t a simple projection on a wall, but rather an immersive visual experience with significant technical features and individual segmented high definition images co-ordinated across many the many different structural components of the walls and pillars. We were really impressed, even having seen other high quality projection technology used for various types of large format displays in some large resorts. Not sure if TripAdvisor will allow me upload video but either way, I would encourage anyone to not miss the experience and it is definitely an additional benefit of choosing this property when staying in Lisbon . It offers a great bonus to staying at an already fantastic property which is run perfectly. The General Manager, Sergio has created an amazingly unique property experience, with the type of guest engagement that stands out dramatically and a property that I could not recommend more! ||(Sergio, should you ever wish to consider moving to Canada, please let me know as I can envision many I could connect you with, that would benefit from your skill in training, leadership and setting an environment which is a rare example or the highest bar these days of what a hotel experience can/should be!)||Thank you for a wonderful stay and I hope to return in the near future.