Stayed here 3 days for a conference. The people were nice and friendly enough – especially the senior citizen shuttle drivers who were sweet as peach pie, but there were a few glitches which really mattered to me.
First, I like a toasty room. I kept wondering why the room wouldn’t heat up and cool air kept blowing out of the air unit. A colleague who was visiting said “Duh! The thermostat is placed directly on top of the light fixture next to the bed!” Wow!!! I hadn’t even thought of that. At first I thought it was great that the thermostat was not all the way across the room, but when I felt the top of the lamp---even though they had energy efficient bulbs---there was enough heat coming from the lamp to effect the temperature, making the thermostat “think” it was warmer than the room actually was. I'm not a design expert, but somebody got paid to think of this set up.
Next, the bathroom is TINY, not small. So tiny, that the toilet had to be installed on a diagonal for the door to close. And forget about if you’re already seated! There’s no way the door is going to close at all! (I thought this was a planning error of some sort in my room only---because I always seem to get the “gem situations”--- but nope, my colleague said the same setup was in his room.
Last, which really bummed me out, while most of my colleagues left Friday evening, I didn’t want to rush so I stayed till Saturday. I went downstairs to the restaurant for lunch and WHAT????? Yep! The restaurant was closed for lunch. I was then told that they close from 11:30 am till 5pm on Saturdays because it’s a slow day. Huh? There was another large group that had just checked into the hotel for the weekend. That aside, even if they didn’t want to cook food and have it wasted if people were not around, I can’t understand not having sandwiches, burgers and appetizers available in the restaurant. I was done! The front desk said that the lady at lounge (which is anything BUT a real lounge) would return sometime soon and I could order appetizers from there. The lady (the ONE lady!!) at the lounge…..would…..RETURN! (????) What kind of backyard operation is this????? I just got my bag and went to the airport early so I could eat expensive airport food. (Now that’s another review……)
- Holiday Inn Liverpool
- Liverpool Holiday Inn
