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Old Feb 15, 2015 | 4:36 am
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lifetimeblue
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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Just stayed at this property as Silver on my partners card (they need stays).

Booked a Queen Room cash for around £70 B&B.

Parking

Parking is a faff. They only have around 20 spaces under the hotel. These were all full, so we had to park in the nearby Bon Accord shopping centre car park. 5 minute walk max from the hotel though, but it's just a pain. Hotel have a deal with them so it is the same price as parking in the hotel.

Update to add: if you are leaving the hotel after 11am you will need to pay a top up fee at the Bon Accord car park at a machine before leaving, despite already having paid your £8 at the hotel as the hotels credit only covers from 4pm till 11am. Hotel staff didn't make me aware of this on checking out at 12.30 (late checkout) so when drove to the barriers and put the token in, it said no. Had to reserve out and go find a machine to pay an additional £2.50, all very stressful and embarrassing so hopefully I save someone from having the same experience

HHonours benefits

Silver benefits included a free newspaper & a (one only) free bottle of water which bizarrely you had to collect from the pantry and hand over a paper voucher to reception. Welcome letter given on arrival also.

I asked in the comments if we could have a King bed rather than queen if available, they obliged and did put us in a king which was nice of them.

Room

Room was nice enough, almost exactly like the photos above. LOVE the rain shower, although it is hard not to flood the place with it!
We were on floor 2 which gives you zero views (unless you like looking into flats). The higher floors might get you something of a view though.

Breakfast

Breakfast was nice and was on till 11am at the weekend. Good spread. Waffles were absent even after the front desk manager insisting we try them on our welcome letter You have to get your own tea/coffee which is always a bit of a faff. The buffet area is also extremely small and awkward, particularly when a few people are at it.

Bar/Restaurant

We didn't try the restaurant (by Nick Nairne).
We did have a few cocktails in the bar though which were lovely. £6.95 for a Margarita which isn't too bad. They didn't seem to be doing table service which I thought was a little odd.

Checkout is early at 11am. Asked for late checkout and was given 1PM which was good of them.

Now off to try out the Doubletree

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