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29 Şubat 2024
My partner and I arrived at the Bay Tree Hotel for a two night stay. We were visiting friends in the area and were excited to check into what looked online like a lovely, welcoming hotel (complete with a dog!), with great reviews. Unfortunately, our expectations were not met. From the outset when we arrived, we did not feel particularly welcome. On arrival, the door was opened wordlessly by one of the co-owners (Alistair I believe) with no greeting whatsoever, let alone a smile and some warmth. How odd, we thought. We followed him into the lobby where he went into the office on the computer, presumably to find our booking. A number of minutes passed and still, literally not one word from him to address us! After some time, another one of the co-owners (Robert) appeared, who was marginally more friendly but it also felt like the bare minimum of attention you would offer to paying guests. We weren’t told anything about the hotel facilities (for instance, we could see a bar in the lobby but weren’t told anything about it nor was it mentioned). We were shown to our room which was comfortable. When we left to go for dinner, Alistair was sat in the office by the door and we said a cheery ‘goodbye!’ and again, literally received no response. I had emailed ahead in reply to the welcome letter we received, seeing that they offered breakfast as room service. After a very long working week, we were keen to take them up on this offer, and left our breakfast orders with Robert for a 9.30am service. 9.30am came and went with no breakfast appearing, so I had no option but to head downstairs to enquire (there are phones in the rooms but they don’t seem to connect to reception, or at least there is no dial through or instruction on how to reach reception via phone). I managed to locate a member of staff who was apologetic but had to reissue the order. Robert appeared in the middle of this en route to the office (no ‘good morning’ or even a ‘hello’) but didn’t stop to ask what the issue was. Breakfast arrived to the room about 30 mins later. I did later receive an apology and an explanation from Robert whilst enquiring about the use of an iron but not great service it has to be said. We opted to go downstairs for breakfast the next morning given the events of the day prior. Alistair was in the dining room along with other members of staff but again, no ‘good morning’ or even a look in our direction was offered. Overall, we were very taken aback by the lack of friendliness or even politeness from the co-owners, Alistair in particular. We felt uneasy and most definitely unwelcome. Mistakes happen, (or lack of attention to detail in the case of the missing breakfast), but being openly unfriendly bordering on rude to your paying customers is inexcusable. The welcome that a hotel provides to guests really does set the tone for the experience going forward, and this time fell very short. We won’t be back.
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