Madi
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We picked this hotel for our trip to Berlin after looking at the good reviews and location, however was disappointed when we found out it wasn’t what we were expecting. The hotel lobby was as described, very pretty and well layed out. We was told we had been upgraded for free, and as we were in a 5 star hotel we’d already got a nice room, so was underwhelmed when we went to said room and it was very basic. Everything was clean so no faults there. The bar service was extremely disappointing. We ordered drinks from the bar, was told to sit down, proceeded to wait around 20 mins for 2 soft drinks which we didn’t receive. the couple behind us also had the same issue and as a result left the bar. We went up again to double check, waited a further 10 minutes and eventually walked out without anybody saying anything. My partner is an avid gym goer and went on 2 occasions during our stay to the hotel gym downstairs which was absolutely tiny. For a 5 star hotel, you would expect a decent amount of equipment and for it to be of a high quality. There was 6 Sets of dumbbells. And a smith machine. All in a tiny room with zero air con, horrendous lighting and a shelf on the wall that was hanging off. Not very impressive for a 5 star hotel. More pride should be taken in this area. Finally, after we had checked out and was in the taxi to leave for the airport, i’d realised i had left a pair of £200 Airpods on the corner of the bed. I rang up as soon as we got to the airport, apparently nobody had seen or picked up anything, which i find highly unlikely as there was other things i didn’t need left that could’ve been handed in (a jumper.) I also sent in a report on a website that promised the staff will look and double check nothing had been picked up. I didn’t hear anything back for two weeks or so, followed up and again nothing had been handed in. As they aren’t the cheapest of items, I read some reviews that were rated more at 1/2 stars, and found a very similar situation with another pair of headphones! My airpods were located at the hotel when I check at the airport so knew for a fact there were there, as was the previously mentioned review. Very disappointed, will not be coming back again.