Planned to stay here for a month but moved to the Sofitel after just 1 week. The apartments are spacious, clean and modern. All seemed OK until my colleagues and I had a few encounters with the staff.
The general demeanor was grumpy and stroppy. Took me 2 days to source an iron for my shirts - seems like a small thing but it's really not when you have nothing to wear to work. But the big surprise came for my colleagues when they went for breakfast - they were repeatedly harassed in the breakfast room for full payment of the apartments (1 month's room rent - although we had all given our credit cards as a guarantee when checking in). Getting access to the "fully-included-in-the-rate" gymn and pool was a nightmare. One colleague who had the audacity to complain was even reminded that we pay a very good corporate rate (implying he should receive an appropriately discounted level of service?). All a bit disappointing as this could be a great place to stay, right in the centre of town.
