on arriving at the hotel we checked in and were shown where to go to our room. we had little time to get ready for an evening party we were attenting so were eager to get showered. tryed the lights switches, no lights, two of three lamps worked. went to the reception and someone came up and had a look, he said that he would sent someone up to fix them as there was no other rooms available, we politely told him we dont have time for this and that he will need to come back at 7.30 when we leave and fix them, which he told us he would do. 2 minutes later while i was in the shower someone knocked on the door and said he was there to fix the lights. my partner told him he would need to come back later. this man who was to fix the lights was actually drinking alchohol at the bar upon our arrival, and we were later told he was the 'handyman'.... excellent supervision and management letting the staff drink whilst on shift! Around the bathtub there was black slime, which wiped away easily with some toilet tissue, wouldnt of takken the cleaners long! 2 tiles on the bathroom floor were smashed, one of the bedsheets were ripped on the bed (just aswell the room had 2 double beds), the surface of the bedside tables were stained with some black substance, the room was just disgusting!!! told the barman/receptionist whatever he was about everything when we were heading to the party, all he said was sorry and that they would 'have a look'. party was actually in the hotel also... barstaff we're rude, especially the young blonde one at the end of the night. went back to the room after turned on the lights, yes they worked, but the rim of one of the lights fell from the ceiling, and the light bulb was hanging out the ceiling!! took it down to the bar told them what had happened and the guy told me 'we arent electricians'???? maybe you should send your staff on a course to teach them how to change a light bulb if they are incapable of doing this correctly? in the morning at checkout we were told we HAD to pay the full amount as the manager was away and they didnt have authority to do so.. where was the assistant manager or supervisors who could have dealt with this? dont get me wrong the guy was very pleasant, and gave us the card and told us we could email the manager and probably get refunded some money... how wrong was he! emailed the manager and he offered us a free dinner at the restaurant, as we live 3-4 hours away i doubt very much that we would want this!! and considering the cleaning staff cant keep a room clean how are we to know what state the kitchen is in. we declined this and obviously didnt think it was a suitable 'refund'. stay at this hotel only if you can turn a blind eye to the disgusting rooms and lack of customer service :)
Room Tip: dont stay here!
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