Unfortunately location is the only positive that I can think of the hotel.
We visited during the peak season when the hotel was full, hence the annoyances we experienced can’t be explained by operating the hotel with a skeleton crew. Most of these look like a management issues to me, not due to staff.
The room was a bit shabby, yet fine, but immediately by the entrance and inside the room, we discovered a noticeable amount of sand and then some mosquitos squashed against the wall. (Mosquitos are expected even in urban areas, but not cleaning out the remain is not). This made us obviously think, what else has not been cleaned? Luckily, everything else of the room was acceptable, yet non-existing A/C during the summer heat was also a bit of a disappointment.
The breakfast was fairly simple and fully what we expected, but since we enjoyed it a bit after the rush hour, there was no plates, no glasses while some of the dishes had ran out, whilst the only staff member we saw appeared as extremely busy.
As an icing on the cake, elevators don’t operate after 10pm, because there is no 24h staff at the lobby which is also a bar area. This was not a problem for us in a four flight building. Regardless, if you can’t take the stairs, make sure your room is in ground floor.
Nothing was really extremely troublesome, yet I would expect the level of quality and service Aquarius offers from a budget hotel, but at its price point, Aquarius is simply not good value for money.
