Submission date: 2006-06-12 - Date of Stay: June 2006
Submitted by: David - From: Australia
Type of Traveller: Business Traveller - Age Group: 41 - 50
Great harbour View. Bad attitude!
I booked this hotel because it was close to the water, close to the bars I intended visiting, and at a price that was still something short of being a telephone number in length. My hotels are inevitably on the discount side, though this one is still on the upper side of Aus$100 a night - I like a view that is not counted in the number of bricks on the opposite wall, and in the hotel world a view costs money.
I see that the price I paid for this room was at the discount seasonal price of 50% off - so my comments are based on this and not the ridiculous full price.
I certainly wouldn't be here for either the amount of space, or the service. The taxi driver was friendly, even speaking some English, and drove me right into the undercover carpark of the hotel and pointed me to the 'secret' way through to Reception which didn't involve swimming through the downpour to the front entrance. The Ass. Manager (her badge told me this) certainly didn't give a stuff, and a more unwelcoming...Read more
