2 /5 Ela Fiszer-Watson: Edit after venue responded to my review:
What a ridiculous response, showing furthermore the lack of any customer service by the manager.
I gave you two stars overall, 1 for service and your response to my complaint about food and maintenance man walking into my room when I was sleeping is - we hope to see you soon again. Wow, just wow....
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Good value for money, especially at that location.
There was plenty enough parking spaces when I arrived, you need to pay ÂŁ10 to pay overnight at reception which is pretty standard.
The receptionist was nice and helpful when I arrived, restaurant staff also very friendly and polite.
Room was tidy and clean and spacious, with plenty of tea / coffee /sugar. There is a hairdryer as well in the room.
I had a room booked for 2ppl (I only arrived on my own after all), however there was only one set of towels in the bathroom, might be worth making sure with cleaning staff they always have updated pax numbers for the next booking, so when there are more people in the room for the night, they dont have to call reception to ask for more towels.
Restaurant food is not best, had a pulled pork burger with chips and chips were still cold inside (as if they were frozen and didnt fully cook inside) and pulled pork had far too much chewy fat parts for my liking). Id recommend trying other dishes or dining out.
Sadly, at 9am I got woken up by a maintenance guy walking into my room! I locked my room for the night, he must have had a master key that opens it up anyway. It was a very scary experience. Receptionist /manager claimed it was a glitch in their IT system that showed my room vacant, but thats just not good enough. As a single woman travelling for work, this ruined my stay and unfortunately my good to start with opinion of the hotel. Id also say, that maybe a free breakfast as an apology would have been a good move to show the customer service and care, but manager only blamed it on the system and offered no further compensation / resolution.
Overall, an okay stay for good value in decent location with some hiccups.