A rather odd stay.
The building exterior is fabulous and it’s history is long and interesting.
The room was fine and had everything needed except air conditioning and a bathroom fan that didn’t sound like a jet engine.
What was troublesome was that we felt a little like second-class customers. There was a nice dining room with nice crisp tablecloths. We didn’t get in there. We dined in an adjacent room where we ate to the tune of a two year old playing video games on a mobile. No tablecloth, no style, no elan, no care. The food was however was competently executed & tasty. After, to avoid the child, we asked if there was a lounge where we could have after dinner drinks. We were shown to a room and our guide told us that someone would come to take our order. No one did. We went and found another staff member who told us someone would be with us directly. Still nobody came. My wife then went and found the first guy who said that he would get someone to come. Some time later someone did come but by then we had lost enthusiasm.
Next morning we again don’t get in the dining room with the crisp tablecloths for breakfast. Down in the under room we get directed to a table between two access points to the room. We have people & staff walking through on either side of us. We have tablecloths though, but they are unironed and not crisp. Breakfast is ok, tea is good and the waitress that delivered was helpful.
We left feeling poorly treated. At the price paid we expected much more.
