First Impressions:Someone needs to give this hotel a good dusting - its like visiting Grandma.
What you must know:
No tea & coffee making facilities, or complimentary water - which comes as a standard with all other Hilton properties - and this is one.
No in room safe - what a hassel going up and down to the lobbly for a safety deposit box - honestly who needs that kind of old world experience
No full length mirror - but there was one in the room I was orginally assigned; except it was an interconnecting room (an interconnecting room with no security - I could walk straight into the other room, which had a couple of noisey guests)
There is plenty of dust in the curtains, smothering ligh fittings
Noisey housekeeping staff who at the crack of dawn start their conversations for all to hear
Front office staff - who make promises and don't deliver (we complained about the interconnecting room drama - we were asked to wait in the room and told 'we will check'! Well no one arrived - 1 hour 15 minutes later we were assigned another room.
Poor internet connectivity
No gym
Hovering bell staff - who could do well to keep their hand in their pocket and be discrete in theior hunt for tips!
REally this hotel has to look at aligning itself with Hilton standards. Because everything at the Astoria is an EXTRA. How boring! This hotel needs to be brought out of the industrial age - an overhaul is well overdue.
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