Let’s start with the check-in. The woman at the reception desk wasn’t fluent in English and became visibly annoyed at me (American) when I asked her politely and with sincere confusion to repeat herself several times. It must have been with a spirit of retaliation she assigned a second floor room with a wonderful view of the parking lot to us, although it was post-holiday mid-January.
Our room was nicely sized, which was a plus, but there were zero amenities besides the bolted to the wall pumps of shampoo, conditioner and shower gel. No bottles of water, no q-tips, no shower caps, no toothbrushes, no NOTHING.
People who stay at Hotel Chadstone probably intend to shop at the mall at Chadstone but nowhere on the hotel website does it state that the mall closes early on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm. We arrived shortly after 4:30 pm.
So, empty-handed and disappointed, but still intending to make the most of the evening, we went to the rooftop pool. NB: the website photo is VERY MISLEADING. Not only is the pool minuscule (think less than half the size of a regular lap pool), at 8 pm it was full of screaming kiddies and smelled like a kiddie pool. We next went to check out the “gymnasium.” That also turned out to be a depressing affair, a small plain room with narrow windows near the ceiling, a treadmill and a few free weights. There might have been a stationary bike. We left after a single glance. My home gym is better equipped, sorry.
Won’t be staying at Hotel C ever again!
