This hotel styles itself as "InterContinental", perhaps recognising that many of their visitors are arriving after long flights. What one chiefly needs after such a trip is a shower, perhaps some food and then a quiet restful room to crash in.
The InterContinental provides all of these things except the last. On my most recent trip, I arrived at the hotel around 9.30pm. As I checked in at the front desk, I could hear a band playing loudly. I asked the receptionist if I could be put in a room that was as quiet as possible. She obliged, putting me on the 28th floor but added that "some guests still find it a bit noisy even up there". I didn't think much of this since I figured not much noise could make it up 28 floors.
Unfortunately, I figured wrong. Even 28 floors up, it was like being back in a college dormitory with a party going on next door. To make things worse, the band was playing terrible covers.
This went on until sometime well after 11pm. Now that may not sound very late, but when you're coming from another time zone, all you want to do is relax and sleep, not sit up listening to muffled covers of old pop songs.
By the way, I arrived on a Thursday night, so you can't even avoid this issue by arriving during the week.
I won't be staying here again. This hotel needs to decide if it is a music venue or a place for weary travellers.
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