Crowne Plaza Aberdeen Airport
What is your Priority Club status?
Spire
Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?
Yes
Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Booked standard twin, received same as all twins are standard
How are the rooms?
Very nice. Hotel is only three months old and still has the "New" smell in the corridors. Dark wood finish throughout with very large work desk, plenty of power points at the desk and by the bed along with USB charging ports
Fridge (Can be filled on request), safe, usual tea and coffee options and shortbread.
Huge walk in shower which was very powerful.
How is the exec. lounge?
Access is available to club room guests and also Spire members. Spire access isn't mentioned on the hotel website, however it is mentioned in the hotel directory.
A good range or bottled drinks including Corona, bud, Rekorderlig, Magners.
Wine: two reds, two whites, one rose
Spirits: Absolut, Metaxa, Bacardi, Gordon's, Grouse
The usual soft and hot drinks options
Crisps, peanuts, popcorn.
Canapés: haggis Bonbons, goats cheese bonbons (Amazing), Melba toasts with ham hock terrine or slices of beef - very tasty
There has been a bit of effort put into the canapés rather than the usual duck spring roll!
What was good and what was bad?
Good
Good location next to airport with covered walkway to the terminal and near to some of the offices that are nearby.
The hotel is finished to a very high standard - better than the Newcastle one which opened within days of this one.
Excellent restaurant onsite - the duck was beautiful. Breakfast was also very, very good. Locally sourced products plus the smoothies were amazing.
Very good wifi. For the first time in ages I was impressed with hotel wifi, it wasn't just decent it was good.
Bad
Nothing really. The only niggle was the mirror in the bathroom which was one of those ones that a section doesn't steam up, however it would only be useful if you were a minimum of 6'4"!
Value for $ or Priority Club Points? Would you return?
Definitely! Midweek is pricey due to the oil and renewables industry and demand outstrips supply for hotels, however at the weekend it is the complete opposite.
£105 for dinner, bed, breakfast and a bottle of wine on a Saturday night plus club access due to Spire is difficult to beat.
This hotel can currently be reserved for under £40 a night on some Friday's and Saturdays over the coming weeks. Anyone in Scotland who still has nights to find to make their Accelerate target I would seriously recommend taking a look at here.
Last edited by chrism20; Nov 29, 2015 at 5:36 pm