6/10 Good
Mar 20, 2025
Skin Deep
This place is swanky looking, but superficially immaculate and stylish. For example, it looks clean but horrors lie beneath - see the underside of the slippers provided, pictured below. A dirty floor. See also the napkin pictured: while eating breakfast in what appears to be a pleasant garden room, I noticed some dirt on a tomato. I rubbed it - see the picture of the napkin. The other tomatoes were the same. Dirty salad. That put me off breakfast. I pointed this out to the staff but their English wasn't great, or they weren't concerned (nobody took the bowl of tomatoes away to be washed). I thought I best stick to peelable things - a boiled egg, a banana. I tried some oats, but they were stale. There was less hot food on offer than other places I've stayed - no egg dishes, only borek and a tinned tomato stew. The only good things were the muffins, genuinely fresh, simple and homemade - perhaps because it's cheaper that way - do you see a theme? However you can't do the high end this place wants to be on a budget... The double glazed windows on my room were poorly fitting - street noise and drafts came through and around them. The light switches, in cheap grey plastic, are already having problems. The taps in the bathroom have been poorly fitted - the basin goes one way for hot, the shower the other. And, um, why is there masking tape on the inside bathroom door handle? Could it be no-one is paying attention? (oh, more and pics won't load - go to Google maps to see).
Russell
Russell, 1-night trip
