At last! I finally managed an upgrade as a platinum Card holder. I have held one for quite some time but up to now the hotels have not had any availability for upgrades (suspicious – me?).
The hotel isn’t bad but perhaps it is the area pushing up the prices I can’t give many points for value for money – say **.
Booking in took 10 minutes too long – only one person at check in at 5:00 isn’t good enough.
My attempt at a quick bar meal failed with a 25+ minute wait – again not a great result. Breakfast also not superb – is there a national shortage of grapefruit? Where do they find croissants like that!
The room was OK though my so called executive room is hardly bigger that that of a Holiday Inn Express.
Would I go back – the key issue is that it is in walking distance of my business destination so that is a real positive – especially considering the traffic into and out of the Surrey Research Park. Other than that I would rate it as OK but poor value for money.
Quality of stay – 3/5
Value for money – 2/5
05/11/2008 at 10:26 pm
Does anywhere in the UK sell good croissants? I’ve never worked out why even the smallest baker in the most backward town in France can make delicious croissants and French bread and yet nowhere in the whole of the UK can you get decent pastries or bread.
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