Mercure Grand Hotel Seef, Manama

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Very bad experience

...I strongly advise travellors to avoid Grand Mercure Bangkok for following reasons: 1. What you see in the photos is NOT what you stay, especially some of the deluxe rooms have not been renovated at all and feel entirely old (1-star?). This is very dishonest because we get an impression of the hotel in pictures that is far from reality. 2. They confirmed my internet booking but on arrival were unable to provide the non-smoking room reserved and put me in a smoking room on a smoking floor. They offered NO REFUNDS even if I wanted to change hotel. 3. They promised to move me to a non-smoking room the next day, even told me the new room number -- but the next day they gave that room to another customer and told me to stay in the same room as the hotel was fully booked. 4. The staff were unable to DO anything except apologize which gets... Read review

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Advantages: Style without too much cost
Disadvantages: Spent a foutune on Taxi's

...Stayed at the Hotel for the weekend 18/19 Feb 06. Relieved to find this was a delightful establishment, very clean, friendly hotel. En-suite rooms were relatively large, VERY comfortable, well decorated. Cleanliness is top of my list of priorities and this definitely fitted the bill. Nice licensed bar, evening meals (didn't sample those). Breakfast was well cooked 'English' plus toast and cereal - excellent, not the greasy stuff you get in some places. Hotel located an easy short walk from most popular destinations in the area! We were a 'hen' party of 13 but had given assurances that we were not immature, rowdy, drunken types (true). There were also a couple of other single females there and 3 lads, all of which behaved impeccably, we probably all rolled home at various times in the small hours but there wasn't any late night doors... Read review

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Advantages: Fully equipped rooms, free wireless
Disadvantages: No restaurant

...Mercure Nestroy in Vienna is a good value for money for a place to stay over holidays or during a business trip. Located a 5 minute walk from a subway station and withing a 20 min walk from the city centre, Mercure is much cheaper than its counterparts just 1 km close to the city centre. The hotel is not impressively decorated, and in general, one should not expect luxury. However, it is very practical. The rooms, for example, are equipped with larger bathrooms than some 5 star hotels in Vienna, the calls from the hotel are reasonably priced, and wireless covering all the hotel is free. All the furniture in the rooms is about functionality, even the tv, mounted above the end of the bed. The rooms are done in a light green and many have windows over the winter garden inside. The disadvantages include the absence of the restaurant... Read review

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