Room. It was on the lowermost floor - sort of expected that I'd get the coughpiest room for this heavily discounted package - but it was the structural failings of the room that made it so bad. Very white, which is a theme of the hotel.
In this pic, note the aircon vent along the wall and the desk underneath. The lowest setting of the aircon still sent out a noisy arctic gale and sitting at the desk underneath wasn't survivable - you'd freeze to death.
Windows were small. This is the view when I arrived, and the next morning (condensation)
Bathroom - with a chandelier, of course. When I used the shower, there was a startlingly loud banging of the pipes behind the wall for most of the time the water was on.
A closer look at the bath - the biggest I've ever seen (my carryon case, for scale). But check out how close it is to the bedroom carpet - the smallest splash will see the carpet wet and a major heave would have it soaked for a couple of metres.
I won't go into the complexity of the light control panels. There was one in the room and one each side of the bed. They didn't seem to talk to each other ..
Ah. And now the
coup de gras. The pool. I was looking forward to not doing much in Doha - I have a book to review and thought some time by the pool would be nice. Not here. Its on the roof, but entirely enclosed by mostly opaque glass. And being enclosed, it stunk of chlorine.
Even the outside wall is too high to see over. So no views at all, even from here.
The night I arrived, I had dinner at the restaurant, where of course they had no idea about the Accor welcome drink and the wait-people just stood about gossiping in a corner. I stood up to leave and was almost out before someone noticed.
Stupidest hotel ever. Thank God I only paid abt A$150/night for it and I was able to spend some time walking around Doha rather than doing my book review!
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