2/5 Todd P. 1 year ago on Google
We
had
stayed
at
this
property
pre-Covid
and
decided
it
was
time
to
give
it
another
go.
Unfortunately,
the
shine
of
being
new
is
long
gone
and
the
hotel
now
has
some
serious
staffing/
housekeeping
issues.
As
Hilton
Diamond,
we
received
what
was
sold
to
us
as
an
“upgrade”
to
what
they
call
a
“Panoramic
Deluxe
King”.
When
you
look
at
the
hotel
map,
it’s
exactly
the
same
size
as
any
other
room,
just
on
a
higher
floor
and
our
room
even
faced
the
dead-boring
suburbs
side
of
the
hotel.
Nothing
of
a
panorama
to
speak.
The
room
was
okay
otherwise
albeit
a
bit
small,
the
mattress
way
too
soft
and
the
otherwise
lovely
rain
shower
had
close
to
zero
water
pressure
but
we
could
live
with
all
this.
However-
after
bombarding
me
with
those
idiotic
marketing
emails
from
Covid
time
about
how
clean
the
rooms
are
at
Hilton
and
even
having
a
“Clean
Stay”
sticker
on
the
bathroom
mirror,
hygiene
turned
out
to
be
exactly
the
opposite
of
that:
We
noticed
lots
of
smears
and
not
cleaned
spill
stains
on
the
furniture
and
the
desk
and
even
found
a
used
tampon
package
(luckily
not
the
tampon
itself
at
least!)
on
the
floor
Clearly,
if
you
can’t
even
vacuum
the
floors
properly
between
guests,
what
chance
is
there
that
“Extra
care
will
be
taken
in
cleaning
much
used
surfaces”?
Housekeeping
generally
was
a
big
problem:
One
day,
we
called
for
the
room
to
be
serviced
before
heading
to
the
pool,
only
to
find
out
two
hours
later
that
it
hadn’t
been
done.
Next
day,
we
had
the
“Do
not
Disturb”
sign
on
but
housekeeping
ignored
it
and
stormed
into
the
room
anyway
which
is
simply
a
total
no
no
(and
the
signs
are
VERY
clear
in
this
hotel-
nice
big
red
or
green
squares,
electronically
lit
so
unless
you’re
a
total
moron...
Another
day,
we
left
the
hotel
around
10am
for
a
tour
to
Rotty
Island
and
the
housekeeping
lady
was
literally
right
outside
our
room
doing
the
room
opposite
from
us.
Green
light
clearly
switched
on
so
we
thought
that
surely
she
would
do
ours
afterwards.
But
when
we
came
home
in
the
evening,
nothing
had
been
done.
Not
much
worse
than
retreating
to
your
hotel
only
to
find
a
messy
room
so
I
called
reception
straight
away-
I
had
seen
somewhere
earlier
that
“Housekeeping
is
available
till
4pm”
and
by
that
time
it
was
well
beyond
6
so
I
was
prepared.
And,
as
expected,
the
completely
tone
death
lady
at
reception
wanted
to
pull
the
“Unfortunately
Sirrrrr…”
line
on
me
but
I
wasn’t
having
it
so
told
her
to
go
do
it
herself
or
get
her
manager
to
do
it.
The
latter
gave
me
dirty
looks
once
we
left
for
yet
another
to
wait
in
a
nearby
pub
for
the
room
to
be
cleaned
but
at
least
it
was
finally
done.
Zero
apologies,
zero
explanation,
nothing.
When
I
checked
out
at
the
end,
the
then
receptionist
asked
me
to
write
a
review
about
these
housekeeping
issues
which
in
itself
is
rather
unprofessional
but
I
herby
do
it:
Fix
your
housekeeping
and
train
your
staff
properly!
Finally,
be
aware
of
the
location:
As
a
middle
aged
gay
couple,
we
stayed
here
again
precisely
BECAUSE
of
the
location.
Northbridge
is
the
exact
opposite
of
what
people
think
of
when
they
ask
us
why
the
heck
we
like
Perth:
It’s
artsy,
gritty,
noisy
and
could
be
at
home
in
any
bigger
city.
In
other
words,
it’s
a
nightlife
district
with
all
that
you’d
expect.
Directly
opposite
the
hotel
are
two
sex
shops
and
a
gay
nightclub,
to
the
left
and
right
are
a
really
dodgy
looking
pool
billiard
hall
and
a
dingy
karaoke
bar
aka
money
laundering
establishment.
I’d
think
this
hotel
was
never
meant
to
be
a
place
for
families
but
there
were
screaming
kids
aplenty
so
just
be
aware-
if
you
stay
here,
don’t
complain
afterwards
about
the
noise
and
the
nightlife.
For
us,
this
is
one
of
the
very
few
positives
about
this
hotel
but
that
alone
won’t
be
sufficient
to
draw
us
in
again-
there
is
just
way
too
much
wrong
and
I
don’t
like
staff’s/
management’s
attitude
in
the
slightest.
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