Gorgeous house, despite being 100 years old the building is well-maintained, bathrooms renovated tastefully and with high end materials. Great location near the city’s center, welcoming staff, wrought iron gate opened by doorbell and reception activated. Queen Maria used this building for her and her entourage, as I understand it. The biggest problem is the smoking inside the building despite their advertisement as “non-smoking”. Either they don’t enforce it or someone in their staff constantly smokes inside. The stench goes up into the rooms. I like it very cold for sleeping so I had the window open despite the colder weather in February. But it still doesn’t do it. The often noise of ambulances woke me up constantly. It is very bothersome to me, more so since I am here for a family medical emergency and will be in this room for 2 weeks. I paid close to $2,000. It’s unacceptable to have this happening. Their policy is that this money is non-refundable. The receptionist explained yesterday (Monday) that it’s “very hard” to enforce the non-smoking rule because some guests still smoke in the room. But today, Tuesday he changed his tune and tried to explain to me that I must be imagining it and it “could” be the incense they are burning in the main hall I am smelling. To his logic, I wonder, why burn incense used for covering cigarette smoke if nobody’s smoking?! I explained the smell of the incense is different and clearly it’s trying to cover the stench of cigarette smoke, which is very unpleasant and quite intense. Of course, he being there in the front hall immersed in the stench means he can’t smell it anymore, even though he doesn’t smoke himself (good to know it’s not him!). Not returning here!
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