Usuário convidado
1 de maio de 2024
I stayed at the Lalit Chandigarh last moth. I returned with 3 key cards. The key card proudly says “Key to Luxury”. Luxury is not about the quality of amenities, though that also matters. In the hospitality business, luxury is really about attention : attention to detail, attention to the guest. During my stay I did not get the kind of attention that signals a high quality service experience. Why do I have 3 cards? Because I had to shift from room to room. I loved the view of the Shivalik hills that is advertised on the website. So I booked a forest view room, hoping to have a relaxed time, looking at the serene view. The first room I was given, the window was so dirty, it was a wall of dusty, opaque grey, nothing was visible through this. I tried calling the reception and got no reply, so I went down. The reception staff was polite, for sure, and I was given another room. This was a floor below, the window was clean, but the view was not as good, since it wasn’t so high. What was worse, I could see a party on the lawns below. The party got over late at night and my so-called peaceful evening was marred by the sound of off-key ghazals and karaoke singing. I thought I would cheer up and I went to the 24/7 coffee shop. Both at dinner and at breakfast the next morning, I got ZERO attention. Not a single waiter/***ager asked how I was doing, whether I would like anything. I made a request for pooris, for coffee, and so on and each time, I had to remind the staff 2-3 times before I got the item. The worst was when I asked for hot water with my coffee and when it was given it me – it was in a mug, not in a kettle which any stylish restaurant would have given – I peered into it and asked why the water looked yellow. The waiter shrugged and said “I don’t know” and walked away, leaving me with that strange water. Is it because I was a single older wo***, dining alone, that I was so ignored? Or was it because I had complained about the room? Either way, it was quite upsetting. That night, when I returned to the hotel, very tired, hoping for a good night’s sleep, I was horrified to find that there was ANOTHER party on the lawns, this time it was really loud and disruptive. Again, I tried the reception, no reply, 4-5 times. I wearily went down and spoke to the ***ager. I was told they had no idea how long the party could go on, it could be midnight or even 1 am. He offered to shift me to another room. I went with the staff to the room – which was just as noisy and smelling of cigarette smoke. When I said that wouldn’t work, they got me another room, which was a bit away from the party - so the sound was less jarring, but no less disturbing. By this time, I was so exhausted, I didn’t have dinner at all. Once again, the promise of a quiet evening was an illusion. I think this is patently dishonest, to make me pay extra for a forest view while subjecting me to disco music of a retailers meet for 4-5 hours. The hotel should let the guest know that the
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