We booked an apartment for ourselves and one adult child. As we booked at short notice, and needed a full week, we could not be too choosy. We arrived after-hours and the c ode to access the key box didn't work. Fortunately soemobdy ansered the after-horus phone number and gave us the correct number (it was one digit wrong). We had booked, on *********** a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment. When we got to the apartment it had three bedrooms and one bathroom. When we asked the enxt day the rceeptionist said that they knew th *********** entryw as wrong. So we just ahd to put up with it. The paramentr was OK but was flahsy rather than comfortable. There was a cooktop(who would ever use that when travelling?) but no microwave and no driiang baord for washign up (not even a sink plug!) - and no dishwasher. We bought a few things to mae it more homely, and hoepfulyl the staff left those for later customers. The apartment was too hot even ****h teh qwetaher was not warm, even wht the heating rutned off. The ebds were comfrotbale though, and the man room had a good-szie table. Tjhe premises are poorly lit. THere is no light goingthrough an archaway to the abc courtyard, where out partment was siuated, and it was a it scary walking throgh. There are no lights in the corridors - you have to turn them on when exciting the lift. The rceeption staff avried a lot. One was xtesremely aggressive and rude to me whan I asked for a simple tasks to be done adn she did it worng. SHe ahd closed the offcie early to eat her dinner 'Because I am allowed 45 minutes' break in y shift). I was so shocked that I was shaking for hours afterwards (by the way I am a small, older woman). I went in to complain a couple of days later- having been away for work the day aftetr the incient - which revisied the trauma but I lfelt it needed to be done to preen toehr suctomers beign abused. I was told the manager was away, and evenutally got an email saying they would be 'happy to provide training'. In short you may or matnot get the aprtmetyou booked, you may or may not be givethe corect booking-on code, and you may or may not be absued by staff. On the upsaide, laundry is done very quickaly and effificentl for 9 erous a bag which is a real boon while travelling. There is little of real interest in the neighbourhood although there are some good takeaway shops and also a very good supermarket and Woolworths (we needed the latter to stock the flat nearby! There is also, suprsingly,a really good restuarnt a couple of minutes' walk away through an archawy- the Panama. The hotel is opposite the Wnetrgarten but we never figured out what sortof theatre that iis.
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