2/5 Eugene K. 9 months ago on Google
Located
in
the
historical
building
in
central
Białystok,
the
hotel
could
be
a
gem.
Unfortunately,
faulty
maintenance
and
poor
management
turned
our
stay
there
into
a
nightmare.
I
arrived
at
around
4
pm.
After
a
quick
check-in,
I
discovered
a
broken
and
smelly
refregerator
and
immediately
informed
a
receptionist.
He
responded
that
the
situation
is
the
same
in
all
(!)
rooms
which
was
not
true
since
in
a
second
room
we
have
booked
for
my
wife
and
the
daughter
the
refregerator
worked
perfectly
fine.
Having
returned
back
to
the
hotel
at
9
pm,
I
found
out
that
a
water
drain
in
the
shower
was
blocked
making
our
showering
impossible.
After
complaining
to
a
receptionist,
I
was
offered
another
room
just
to
discover
that
an
air-conditioner
was
broken
there
(with
30°
temperature
outside!).
I
was
then
offered
to
go
to
another
hotel
but
the
offer
was
withdrawn
after
they
learnt
that
my
wife
and
the
daughter
were
staying
at
Branicki
too.
I
certainly
could
not
divide
the
family
between
two
different
hotels.
Even
though
I
was
initially
told
that
nobody
can
fix
a
water
drain
at
9
pm,
it
was
eventually
fixed
at
10
pm
or
so.
(So
it
actually
could?!)
This
wasn't
the
end
of
the
story
though,
since
the
next
morning
I
discovered
that
a
water
drain
in
the
sink
was
also
blocked.
This
was
too
much:
I
had
no
choice
but
to
complain
in
writing
to
the
hotel
manager.
Only
then
it
started
to
work:
a
water
drain
in
the
sink
and
a
refregerator
were
fixed.
To
make
it
work,
I
had
to
complain
in
writing!
Is
it
real?!
In
fact,
it
surreal
rather
than
real:
the
next
morning
a
water
flush
button
in
the
toilet
went
broken....
For
all
this
nightmare
I
was
given
a
10%
discount
for
the
first
night
even
though
the
entire
stay
at
Branicki
was
--
let's
call
it
softly
--
unpleasant.
In
view
of
this
ugly
experience,
I
am
asking
(rhetorically):
is
this
the
service,
level
of
basic
maintenance
and
quality
that
the
4-star
hotel
should
provide?
Does
Branicki
fits
the
*minimal*
requirements
to
be
rated
as
a
4-star
hotel?