Our experience at this hotel has been absolutely unacceptable from the very beginning. We arrived a few hours early, exhausted from our journey, hoping we might be able to check in if a room was ready. Reception took our number and said they’d contact us if anything became available. We never heard back.
Assuming things would be ready by the official 3pm check-in, we returned just after that time. To our surprise, the room still wasn’t ready because the previous guest hadn't left on time. Instead of taking accountability or offering a sincere apology, the receptionist quickly handed us vouchers for alcoholic drinks (one of us doesn’t even drink), told us to wait in the bar for 20 minutes, and brushed us off without checking if this was acceptable.
Feeling ignored, I returned the vouchers to the front desk and asked for a more appropriate resolution—such as a partial discount—for the inconvenience. This request was completely dismissed. Only then, after I pushed back, did the receptionist “magically” find a room for us. Still no apology. No empathy. No professionalism.
To make matters worse, while I was at reception, the bar staff gave my friend a drink using the voucher. When I returned, the bartender rudely demanded we hand her the voucher—even though I had already returned it. She told me to go back and get it from reception. It was humiliating, so we left the untouched drink and walked away. The way we were spoken to made it clear we weren’t being respected.