Lonely Planet Review

Get past the grouchy receptionist and you'll find 37 comfortable rooms spread over five floors, including several nonsmoking rooms and junior suites. The pick of the bunch are on the 5th floor, where each room has its own small terrace with table and chairs. The views, though, are hardly breathtaking.

You'll be doing a lot of climbing here. With the smart reception (complete with marble bust and healthy pot plants) on the ground floor, the breakfast room on the 5th and guest rooms anywhere in between, it's a good job the lift works. Rooms come in various shapes and sizes, ranging from motel anonymous to a fair stab at country-house elegant. Shiny bronze lamps and heavy-duty wallpaper lend class while the modem connections and satellite TV provide the mod cons. The ample buffet breakfast is also a point scorer, a far cry from the plastic-wrapped pastries they throw at you in many places. On the downside, some rooms are pretty small, some are dark and the plumbing's rather noisy.

Review by author Duncan Garwood

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Facilities

1. 24-hour reception
2. Air conditioning
3. Children allowed
4. Communal area - Indoor

1. Internet access
2. Left luggage/storage
3. Smoking rooms
4. Tour desk

1. TV in room
2. Wake up service
3. Linen/Towels supplied
4. Non smoking rooms

1. Phone/Fax
2. Facilities - Private
3. Room service
4. Safe