2/5 Mohamed Y. 1 year ago on Google
The
Good:
The
room
we
were
given
was
spacious.
The
hotel
is
in
a
nice
part
of
town.
The
staff
are
clearly
trying
to
be
helpful
(but
it
does
not
always
work).
Good
breakfast.
The
Bad:
The
worst
part
of
the
experience
started
at
check-in,
we
were
charged
the
wrong
amount.
Mistakes
do
happen,
so
that
part
is
not
an
issue
on
its
own.
However,
instead
of
rectifying
the
issue
smoothly,
I
found
myself
in
a
series
of
nonsensical
conversations
about
why
we
should
be
charged
$100
more
than
the
~$870
number
Booking.com
showed
me
when
I
booked.
It
would
be
a
waste
of
the
reader's
time
to
go
into
the
details
here.
I'll
just
say
that
the
people
at
the
reception
desk
kept
explaining
the
difference
as
a
currency
conversion
issue:
they
were
essentially
converting
from
Dollars
to
Shekels
and
back
to
Dollars,
giving
the
hotel
the
$100
advantage
over
the
price
Booking.com
have
me.
In
the
end,
talking
to
the
manager
on
the
third
and
last
day
of
our
stay
is
how
we
ended
up
getting
the
issue
resolved
(and
we
managed
to
get
an
additional
~$100
off),
but
the
experience
was
a
rather
bizarre
one.
Cleanliness
was
another
issue.
While
surfaces
were
very
clean,
I
suspect
the
floor
had
not
met
a
vacuum
cleaner
in
a
while.
The
hotel
is
in
a
Muslim
majority
country
but
it
does
not
seem
to
accommodate
the
needs
of
Muslims.
For
example,
there
was
no
pointer
to
the
direction
of
the
Qibla,
there
were
no
prayer
mats,
and
there
was
no
bidet
or
any
reasonable
alternative
to
that.
This
is
a
real
shame
and
should
be
fixed
promptly.
Moreover,
in
several
places
signage
related
to
emergencies
was
in
Hebrew
which
is
neither
the
local
language
(Arabic)
nor
an
international
language
of
communication
(e.g.
English).
There
were
a
couple
of
other
minor
issues
like
the
iron
and
ironing
board
that
were
coming
right
away
but
did
not
arrive
and
the
lack
of
cleaning
on
our
first
day
(it
took
some
nudging
on
our
side
for
this
to
happen).