Upon arriving at the hotel and considering this was by far the most expensive hotel that we stayed at during our 2 week fly drive, we were looking forward to a lovely stay at this hotel, albeit for only 1 night. The reception was very pleasant and efficient and we quickly parked our car, free in the car park opposite the hotel, and made our way to our room. The room was one of the smallest, if not the smallest that we encountered during our trip, luckily it was only for 1 night. The in room safe would not open, we followed the instructions for opening it but to no avail. It should have been left open by the previous occupants when they departed. Never mind, we decided that we could do without the hassle of reporting it, we were only there for 1 night and a lot of hotels we stayed at didn't have a safe at all. Upon checking in we enquired whether we needed to book a table in the restaurant. We were told that they were very quiet and therefore it would be unnecessary to book a table. Upon arriving at the restaurant at about 6.15pm we requested a table for 2 and were informed that they were fully booked and there were no tables for 2 available. We were able to find space at the bar sitting on stools, not our preferred way of dining, but needs must. Upon requesting our check/bill having finished our meal/drinks, we were presented with a bill that had items included that we had not ordered, to the value of approximately $30. We brought this to the attention of the server and he went away and prepared another bill, this one being correct. These things do happen and only serve to reinforce the need to ensure that you are only being billed for items that yo have had. Back in our room we were having difficulty turning off the light over the coffee making machine. The light was quite bright and because of its position it was illuminating the room. I called down to reception to ask if how you turned off the light, was I missing something obvious. I was told that the light switch was at the back left of the light fitting. After searching and searching for this switch we finally gave up. It was going to be very difficult sleeping with the light on so I solved the problem by placing 2 loo rolls and a jar of coffee under the light, one on top of the other, the coffee lid was very slightly smaller that the light fitting and cut out any light. Problem solved. The following morning my wife got up to take a shower before breakfast. I heard a load bang from the bathroom and a my wife reappeared carrying the fitting from the shower responsible for diverting the water between the tap and the shower head. I was unable to mend this and there was no water coming from either the tap or the shower. Forget the shower. After breakfast we went to reception where we met Andres. He apologised for all of ours various issues and offered to either get the shower fixed or to let us use another room to take a shower. We found him to be extremely helpful and eventually he offer
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