 I was especially perturbed that a credit card was entirely blocked by the Hotel upon arrival not just the card number recorded as per other hotels but the card credit limit and cannot be redeemed for 3 days after departure This is unacceptable to me and since a card can be blocked in 3 to 5 seconds then why does it take 3 days to unblock it Therefore I will never return to The Goring again on principle 
 The Hotel in general and the Staff especially was fine and quite excellent Everybody was polite and helpful especially the Concierge service 