Considering I stay in 2 or 3 different hotels a week all over the country, I have a good idea of what is expected from a 4 star hotel.
This is not by far! They are hanging onto the name and assume people will think that the quality of the rooms is acceptable because they have exclusive cars parked outside.
The reception area has been invested in so people get a feeling on grandeur, but it’s pretentious and misleading.
Keeping it short…
First room, smelt musty, aging furniture and hadn’t been cleaned to a high standard.
Back down to reception… and asked if they had another room that maybe had been modernised recently. The response was that all rooms are the same, which didn’t give me much hope. I got given another room key and went back up in the less that efficient lifts.
Second room… I walked in and it was identical, smelt like the carpets hadn’t been upgraded since the rooms were done and judging by the furniture, I’d say a good 15 years at least. Dirt on the mirrors, dusty in most areas of the room, damaged furniture. Very poor for a hotel that apparently boasted such a good reputation.
Went back downstairs to check out as if this is what all rooms are like, I don’t need to see another. No apology, just got told I wouldn’t get a refund. Not that concerned as I’d pay double to happily leave and stay somewhere else.