Grand International Hotel

Location, amazing value for money & obliging staff

It’s difficult to be critical when you have only paid the equivalent of £35 for a night with breakfast in a city centre hotel. However, the place is definitely in need of renovation and the room whilst large, was tatty, no batteries in the TV remote, no water drinking glasses & shower water stone cold in the morning (although hot the evening before).

The location of this hotel is amazing, everything is closed by, there is a small market next to it where you can get what ever you forgot at home and the lady there was super nice. There are restaurants, a karaoke bar, a very nice park all at walking distance, plus the subway station. I was very pleased by the whole ambiance.

If you come from the U.S you might find the staff is a bit on the rude side, they don't smile much and look at people in a very unpleasant way. I suppose is the way hospitality works here because I didn't encounter one person that was pleasant right away, I had to smile and joke a lot to make them be nice and relax. The breakfast was the same every single day, scramble eggs, one hot dog and two toasts, orange juice and coffee (by the way the coffee was great) The lady from the breakfast was, well, someone you wouldn't hire to work with people, very poor social skills. She looked angry, overworked(probably was) and in a hurry all the time. I, worked in the industry myself for a long time, had to made a real effort to ignore this part of the experience because it is really a shame that such a nice facility has such bad staff members.

All was good

No fridge in the room