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This place got turned into an Ibis.
Unfortunately, I’ve been staying at this hotel for the past three years, even had a corporate agreement with them, but due to the systematic deterioration across all domains, was forced to cancel the affiliation and move to the Fours Seasons. In short, if you don’t want to read this post ’till the end, do not give yourself the hassle of dealing with Sofitel. For the same value, just go to the Four Seasons, sit back and relax.
In virtually every stay, there were always issues that a hotel from this so called category should never incur - from the front desk persistently not having the right dates of the stay and taking forever to get it together to being assigned a different room category…all the way to not getting cold water (yes, you read it right, only boiling hot) in the shower. Don’t get me started on the difficulty to receive invoices of every stay, always supposed to be issued “automatically” by email, only never did.
In several occasions, staff said the GM Mr. Nicolas Heftre would personally get in touch to show proof that mistakes have been addressed, but that never happened. I honestly think there isn’t such person by that name, never seen him circulating by the hotel not once.
It goes without saying that front desk has absolutely no training and Reservation Department lead by Ms. Angela Murillo is total chaos. The latest disappointment was when I emailed Angela with the specifics of a reservation within over 10 days in advance, putting her whole team in copy. But because Angela was on vacation (note, she was in for one week after getting back from a prior vacation, then out for vacation again!), nobody took note of the matter and a series of disasters began to take place. The staff of the restaurant is only concerned about the tip, no matter the quality of the service. It’s unfortunate cause the hotel has a great location, but it will take ages, or more practically, a through reformulation of staff, starting with the highest levels who don’t seem to exist, to justify a 5 star status. Meanwhile, don’t bother, just go to the Four Seasons.