Lucio Manocchio

Review of Black Hotel ****

The Worst 4 Stars Where Ever Been

The Worst 4 Stars Where Ever Been

Since the arrival, on a rough road, the impression is not the best. We appreciate the minimal, post-industrial, modern style of the structure and the entrance door. At the reception the staff barely indicates the room number, does not tell us how to reach it, does not ask us if we need a hand with luggage, does not tell us about the structure and services included in the package we have booked. The electronic key is delivered to us without even a case. The corridors with dirty carpet and lisa are dark, gloomy, more like being in a disco. In the elevator one of the displays that should indicate the plans is burned out or not working.

The first room assigned to us was shamefully dirty: bedspreads full of dust and hair, towel in the bathroom, we open the sheets and even discover a blood stain. I run to the reception to change our room, I even show the photos but they call the housekeeper to verify the veracity of my information, they don't trust me. Having ascertained the state of the room, they give us a second room on the floor less 1. Definitely cleaner but also with obvious signs of poor maintenance: in the bathroom there is still a bracket on the wall to which no accessory is installed, the glass soap dish is broken, the magnifying mirror also and in the bathroom cabinet the covering of the chipboard of the last bottom shelf is partially skipped. In the room there is a spot of mold on the ceiling and the bars (closed) at the window door give a sense of oppression. There are also some coffee stains on the desk and dust in the courtesy glasses. Given that at least the sheets are clean we decide not to challenge beyond fate by being satisfied. The room is quite quiet, too bad that to make the double they have joined two singles and you could feel the joint of the two mattresses (of good consistency).

The road to the hotel at night is dark because many of the public lamps are burnt out, it is definitely not recommended to walk it. Nearby, except for a large supermarket, an electronics store and a fast food restaurant, there is nothing interesting. The bus stops are more or less close, about 600 meters on foot (Other reviews speak of a shuttle).

The small and pretty sauna and gym show signs of poor maintenance. The sauna lacks a handle to open the door from the inside (the protruding screws remain) the door gasket is half skipped and hangs. While we were relaxing in the sauna, our relaxation is disturbed by foreign boys who, wandering around the hotel unchecked vigorously knocked at the door wanting to enter the local gym. Worried about the noise we opened, I don't think it was our job ... A little more control wouldn't hurt.

Rich and abundant breakfast, the waitress of the room the only one of the staff to show a courteous minimum, greeting both the entrance and the exit.

Good free WiFi throughout the hotel.

We had decided to give ourselves a week-end of peace and serenity but we made the wrong place. For the second night we changed Hotel. We will never go back there again