The management of this stylish and elegant hotel has lost sight of their industry, which is HOSPITALITY. When we arrived late, tired and hungry after a long walk from the train station with our luggage, the desk clerk had few ideas of where we might dine and gave us a hard upsell for a bigger room with a Nespresso coffeemaker for an additional 30 euros a night, which we declined since 30 euros pays for a lot of nice coffees and pastries at some very elegant cafes. He also pressed us to sign up for the Strawberry loyalty program, which I regretted almost immediately since he required all kinds pf personal information—passport number, phone, dob, etc. When we returned from dinner around 2 hours later, I told the new desk clerk I’d changed my mind and asked for my form back and for my data to be deleted. He seemed annoyed and said he couldn’t do that because the form was locked up but that someone would do it tomorrow. No one followed up with me, and on returning home I received an email from Strawberry about how great it is that I signed up for the loyalty program. Crummy service like this is unacceptable from a hotel that markets and charges as luxury. And the coffeemaker? Nespresso should be in every room and if you don’t think you’re making enough profit, just increase all your rates by 5 euros a night. Providing crummy instant coffee in the not quite as extremely expensive rooms,like ours, is tacky and unworthy of this extremely expensive hotel.
