My daughter and I had the dubious pleasure of staying at the Corus Hotel, Hyde Park from Oct. 3rd. to Oct. 5th. 2005. The first thing that became evident was that although this is advertised and propmoted as a four star hotel, this is blatently not the case. By the duty manager's own admission this was only a 3 to 3½ star hotel. Had I known this I would definitely not have booked. The standard room that I had booked was reminiscent of not much more than a cell. No wardrobe (just a chrome hanging rail), no drawer space, no chairs and above all no space! Given that it was a twin room, occupants would find it necessary to move around one at a time.
The room was extremely claustrophobic, so after a long conversation with the receptionist, who admitted that she frequently got complaints about the rooms, and the duty manager I was offered a so called superior room. The only obvious difference from the standard room was that it actually had a small wardrobe. Further discussion followed,......
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