President Hotel, Gaborone

Advantages: 4-star
Disadvantages: Not honouring confirmed bookings,Poor service, poor staff attitude

...the distinct impression this was normal practice for them. We met another 8 people the next day who had had exactly the same experience of being booted out of the President. The Hotel President's behaviour towards us was totally unacceptable. They took our money and did not deliver the goods. If you do choose to book here, please beware that their confirmation letters may turn out to be worthless.... Read review

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Advantages: Location - but I'd rather be in a better hotel further out
Disadvantages: Pretty much everything else!

...This hotel is way below the standard of any I have ever stayed in. Having arrived in Russell Square by tube we found the hotel without too many problems, although it feels a little as though it is up a back street. First impressions were not good - the whole place looked as though it were in a time warp. We went to reception to check in and were given a room key and sent up to the room, only to get there and find it was still being prepared then rudely told to go back downstairs. The lifts have carpet on the walls - inexplicable! We went to sit in the reception area where our impression of the hotel only got worse. The reception staff were Ok, nice but seemingly clueless in allocating rooms which are not ready. The common areas were awful, very tatty with dirty sofas which may have been new once in the 1960s. By this point I... Read review

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Advantages: central location, jacuzzi baths, helpful staff
Disadvantages: not consistent in its standards

...At the end of a week long boating holiday in cramped conditions, we treated ourselves to a night of comfort in a four star hotel in Split. We wanted somewhere comfortable and central, so after studying the web, we selected the Hotel President. Location We chose the hotel mainly because of its location, as we were only there for a short time and we wanted to be able to get around quickly on foot. The Hotel President is a 5 minute walk from the old town and Diocletian's Palace. The hotel folder in the room says it is 5 minutes walk to the business area and 10 minutes walk to the railway, bus station and harbour. I think these are slight underestimates based on our walk around town, especially as it is quite busy down by the harbour (and we were just at the beginning of the season). It's not the nicest area to walk through... Read review

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