Wine tower great but not good value when buying wines !
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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I stayed for a business conference -
(Short but to the point review!)
Positives: 1. Easy to get to: Actually on the airport site - no hassel to get to Direct link from London Stansted Airport terminal - just a 2 minute walk... 2. Facilities 500 bedrooms in 3 styles of bedrooms - all very modern, clean. Great bathroom floor tile heating - nice touch! Great conference facilities, staff very helpful and friendly. Wireless internet - no charge. 3. Dining 4 themed restaurants - we ate in the New York Grill - great steaks! Lunch at the Italian - buffet great! Great wide choice of buffet breakfast 4. Leisure Facilities Although I did not use them, they looked very good - Exclusive Phoenix Spa & Treatment Rooms (expensive on the price list but looed good!) 5. Europe's Only Wine Tower - where else can you see real Angels fly! - see picture below (acrobatic display every evening - great for the boys!!!) The wine tower holds hundreds of bottles of wine (red and white), the "angels" collect them for you from the tower when you purchase one. 6. Very helpful staff, speaking many languages
Negatives:
1. Wine Tower Very impressive, the flying Angels did not have too much room so after a while their arobatics became very repetitive. We ordered a £48 bottle of red wine - half way up - it came out chilled. Not worth the money! Hate to think how cold the most expensive bottle of red will be!!! 2. Mobile phone coverage Not very good in some areas of the hotel - Vodafone was bad on the left hand side of the hotel - had to change my room 3 times to get a good signal! 3. Hotel prices for drinks and meals As you would expect a little on the high side 4. Letchy "drunk" business men making rude comments about the "Angels"!!!!!!!
Overall excellent and different/chicque/modern..... Try to get a special deal rather than pay the full rates!
a 2 minute walk. 500 bedrooms are individually designed in three unique styles, Urban, Ocean and Chilli, each providing the latest technology with free internet ...
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