A lot of money has been spent in the communal areas but the rooms are very dated. In our room the net curtains were dirty, the mattress very uncomfortable and there was not even a picture on the wall, just a very ill placed half mirror. The bathroom bath was full of painted over scratches, the door surround was all smashed at the bottom and the magnifying mirror was rusted and unusable as flopping on its stand. We had three wardrobes which I thought was excessive but good but there was only 6 coat hangers in one of them. The staff have just got no clue. I called in advanced to book for NY s eve dinner and they said they were full which was fine but they said they'd try to fit us in anyway or to find somewhere else for us. When we got there, no one had a clue. We asked again and the lady at reception said they'd ask management the following morning. The following morning there was another member of staff at reception and he had no idea what we were talking about so, exasperated, we just left it. The rest of the staff are not friendly at all. It is very noisy outside because we believe of a karaoke place which goes on until 2 am. As the seals of the double glazing are half missing you could hear everything. The one good point was the breakfast which was absolutely fantastic.