Hotel location is very good

Written: 14 may 2013
Travel time: 30 april — 6 may 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
4.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 2.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 4.0
Amenities: 7.0
The location of the hotel is chic, all the same, a professorial corner. Quiet cozy place. Who was on the central - always screaming embankment, he will understand.
The hotel was not the first time. (but in past trips were much more positive)
The advantages of the hotel are all known, the location is right on the waterfront, from the balconies there is a gorgeous view of the sun and the sea. Also, the presence of two pools (one does not count - it is very small and is located near the bar). It also has its own restaurant.
Now about the cons of our last trip.
When booking a room, they promised a warm pool (since we were traveling with a child, and the sea was +17 in early May), which became a fundamental factor when choosing a hotel (there were other options)

As a result, the pool was cold all week. The administration responded to complaints that they always measure the temperature in the pool and it is 20 degrees. But 20 degrees is very cold water for the pool!! ! They replied that they constantly pour hot water into it. In general, everyone knows that the water in the pool should be 25-27 degrees. (for example, Olympic pools are 22 degrees, but this is for athletes and records). As a result, the pool warmed up to our county. (and child
swam in it once)
The next minus is the kitchen. (it seems that they have changed the chef since our last visit to them)
It’s easy to check - they ordered CAESAR (the cost is like that of Caesar, but the execution is disgusting, it seems that the chef ate this salad only on Alushta embankment in an eatery, the sauce doesn’t match, the chicken is smoked, a pinch of iceberg, and a couple of leaves of the usual lettuce) Everything else is typical for Crimean cafes. But there is a plus - they know how to cook buckwheat and rice, also good chicken cutlets, and of course a standard vegetable salad (it is impossible to spoil), i. e. The kids always have something to eat there.
Also striking was the strange work of the waiters. Sometimes they just don't exist. Or, if they are, they are not always in a hurry to approach you. For example, we arrived in the evening, went to a restaurant after a long trip (this was on the day of arrival). Sat down - no waiters. I approached the administrator - I asked if the kitchen was working, they answered yes. We sat for a while, no one was there. He went down to the kitchen, asked the chef if they were working, he replied that yes, of course, all the waiters were in place. In general, we sat for another 20 minutes, then the child got nervous and we went to the room. (It's good that we had food with us on the road).
The same situations were in the morning, the waiters need to drink coffee : ). (but we did not wait more than 10 minutes)
In general, the result, although there are disadvantages, but in comparison with other Crimean places, this is still normal and you can go there. Just simply set yourself up in advance that this is all the same Crimea. And there can be no question of any miracle service. Then no one will spoil your holiday mood.
By the way, parking was free! : )
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