All the staff I encountered, from security, door man, reception, cafe and conference staff were all friendly and helpful. Top marks there. The room was generally well appointed in terms of the size of the bed, the sofa and the desk and chair. However this was let down by the many broken room items: one of the two plug sockets by the desk did not work. The ‘service room’ button did not work, the window was locked slightly open causing vehicle noise to enter the room, particularly in the very early morning. The curtains worked but one side was very stiff - risking them getting broken. The hairdryer had an exposed electrical wires containing the mains power! The wifi did not work when I first arrived - it transpired my IP address to be white listed. My colleague in another room had the same problem. I tried to call reception only to find the room phone did not work either! I lost a lot of productive time that evening. Staff at reception resolved the wifi and phone issues promptly but for the price paid I would expect services to work first time.
The hotel pool was nice and a good place to spend some time outside the room. The conference facilities were good.
The hotel has a water container system to reduce plastic bottles in the room. Seems like a good initiative but a bit tricky to use without making a mess on the floor. I was also disappointed to see the security guard kick a plastic drink bottle into the street. The hotel does not provide any recycling that I could see.