A slightly disappointing solo stay, but to mark it down to 4 stars would be unfair, as for many people, this is true Luxury. Read on if you are curious about my opening statement….. As always, I had emailed the hotel ahead of arrival requesting an early check, a room upgrade and a quiet room on a high floor, as I am a light sleeper. The hotel kindly allowed an early checkin and I did get an upgrade to a Golf View Room. Unfortunately I was allocated a room on a mid floor opposite the 4 lifts. Needless to say after two nights of poor sleep being woken at 6.00am or before, I decided to revisit reception to see if I could be moved. After a line about very high occupancy, they spoke to a Manager on the phone and offered me room 1 floor higher near some other lifts. Not really very helpful. Were there other rooms available? Yes. Could Management have done something? Yes. I guess they didn’t want to upgrade me further than the 1 category already provided. When I asked for the email address of the general manager Mr Stoppe, they became more motivated, but by this time, my patience had run out. Such a disappointing approach to customer service, particularly given this was my 8th visit - I have spent over 40 nights in this hotel, sometimes also taking 2nd or 3rd rooms. I have reviewed the restaurant’s separately. 2 good, 1 one less good. The buffet restaurant also seems to have been downgraded with less choices, not that I would eat there much given the high quality other options. Breakfast seemed to have less fresh fruit on offer and possibly less chefs for the cooking stations? Differences from my last visit in May 23 seems to have been a closing of the tower section and removing the beautiful reception area with seating and a fountain, a slight refurbishment in rooms and common areas, which I can’t say were positive. Why have they removed the desks in the rooms. It made it much harder for me to work! The seems to have been a huge turn over in staff which will require some training to bring the new team up to previous levels. Attention to detail seems to be patchy - a high gloss black table near the entrance to my room hand mucky finger prints for the 7 nights of my stay and we’re never cleaned. I took pictures each day to avoid the argument that it could have been cleaned and then someone else made a new mess. This would never have happened previously, as everything was always spotless. A big downside is the building work in front of the beach on the Jetty/bridge and the Casino which provides constant noise and removes the luxury serenity previously enjoyed. Overall, I had a nice enough time thanks to some great food and service in Umi, The Lexington and by the Sunset Lounge. But I left feeling less valued than previously. I always seek to resolve issues whilst in resort, but obviously it was not possible on this occasion partly because I was unhappy at needing insist on having the GM’s contact details and partly because
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