Veronika
Business Family
4,0
/10
Reviewed 13 week(s) ago
Hotels.com verified review
We stayed at the Esplanade during a heatwave. This five stars hotel has air-conditioning in every room, but it is limited to 5 degrees Celsius below the outside temperature, which meant the temperature in the room was between 27 and 32 degrees Celsius. We complained repeatedly and the reception claimed they could not help because the temperature is regulated to the whole hotel and they could do nothing, they promised repeatedly that a technician will appear (they never did), and then they sent us a fan and sparkling wine in ice....
This is a gross failure of management who attempted to save money in a heatwave by frying its guests.
All the other wonderful things about the hotel--nice pool, great sumptuous breakfast, great location and views, good restaurant, amount to nothing when guests cannot sleep at night because it is too hot and they are running with sweat, all because management could not bear to allow the A/Cs to run to save a bit of money. This is still a great hotel, but not for European summers. I hope they do not save more money in the winter by not heating....
Read More


