The hotel was smart and generally good value . Good points included cleanliness , a well-stocked breakfast bar , good quality / good value meals in the dining room , good service (with one exception ) in the dining room ,good location , a pleasant room with a very good shower .
We thought that reception staff could have been better . It may have been to do with language but we did not think they were very confident in their dealing with the public . For example , we wanted another pillow - on asking a second time we were told that because the hotel was full there were no 'extras' !We gave up and asked the housekeeper the next day - who produced a pillow within 5 minutes .
We missed the ability to make a hot drink in our room - a standard service in UK .
Finally,one day we went to the dining room for a meal just before 1700 hrs . We sat around for over 20 minutes . I looked round the corner twice...where 5 or 6 people appeared to be having a meeting .Eventually I went to reception , where I saw Libor , clearly busy and slightly harrassed .By the time I went back one of the managers was at the bar , explaining that Libor had been called away . Fine...but if she knew that ,why did she not check that someone was on duty ? The manager - who I recognised as being in the meeting I had seen - apologised and gave us 2 free drinks , which we appreciated but I think someone needed to anticipate the problem which gave a bad impression of what we found generally to be a very good facility .
We did enjoy our stay . I hope these comments help .
Alex and Sheila Wood
Northampton
UK