My office booked me into this hotel for a week-long stay, so I had no choice and didn't do much research in advance, which is unusual for me. It's located in a high-rise complex attached to a shopping mall, like many in Central.
I arrived using the free shuttle from the metro station where the airport express drops you off, it was the first stop on that particular route.
Lobby is classic "fancy hotel" with a lounge bar in one corner, and checkin at another. Had a slightly amusing experience as the check-in agents seemed to assume that the guy that also got off the shuttle at the hotel was my partner, and I had to explicitly say "I'm checking in, too, I don't actually know that guy" after a few minutes.
I had a room with a view of the peak, and it was old-school luxury, lots of dark wood and gold accents. It's not the way I would choose to decorate my house, but it's pretty even if it feels a bit 1980's.
The main downside of the hotel is the slow elevators/lifts. There are only four for a pretty tall hotel and there were some points where I had to wait nearly 5 minutes to get in one. I allocated extra "lift time" to prevent being late for meetings,
Absolutely lovely outdoor heated pool on the 8th floor, most evenings I would be the only person having a dip, although it does get busier with families during the day.
The breakfast buffet was included in our rate and was good but not amazing (separate review for that at Cafe TOO). Because I was busy with meetings in and around the hotel, I found the food court in the basement (Great Food Court) a helpful resource for food on the go.
Overall, I was impressed with the hotel. While room decor wasn't amazing, the rooms were extremely comfortable, with great bed and bedding, nice towels and robe. Efficient room servicing, and night-time turn down. I was pleased the room had a kettle and full tea
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