David
with Partner
4.0
/10
Reviewed 13 week(s) ago
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Looks like it was a pretty solid business at one time. But now it's run down and poorly staffed. The restaurant and bar service in particular were so badly managed I heard customers complain about waiting 15 minutes for someone to take their orders. I chayyed with one table (There were only two tables occupied) who had waited 45 minutes for their order. I was standing next to them when the "Manager" said the kitchen had lost their order???!!!
Finally the GM had to come to the hotel from home and comp'd them their meals.
Staff were inattentive and seemed to be more interested in talking with each other, looking at their phones, or hiding in the kitchen.
I travel a lot and was brought up in the Hospitality industry. None of this staff would have lasted a shift with us.
Brecon was disappointing. As an ex pat visiting for the first time in years I found it run down, shops boarded up, litter everywhere and lazy construction workers on the square in front of the hotel; Oh and the bar across the road had a bunch of drunks sitting outside bellowing to anyone and everyone passing by until shut tap and then continued to loiter until the wee hours.
The town council needs to get their act together. It was really an awful experience.
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