Originally Posted by
fmkgb
Just back from 5 night stay.
first for me in ANY lounge: Instead of individual bottles of water kept cool in the refrigerator there was one bulk water cooler with a huge jug of "Blue River" brand water -- much like you would see in a fitness area. Water was warm and NOT-tasty. I guess that's to control costs and dissuade people taking water but it looks very tacky and not very accommodating. Twice when I was there the jug was empty and we had to wait quite a while until someone could bring a replacement on a dolly and install it.
Also had One large bottle of Badoit on the counter during service times. When it needed to be replaced (OFTEN) I generally had to ask the attendant as it didn't seem to be done automatically. Refrigerators contained a variety of soft drinks. .
Just to add -- the water cooler ran out of water one morning, so they put out a few small bottles of water on the counter (which were snapped up very quickly). We asked about sparkling water, and the attendant brought out a large bottle of Badoit from the storeroom and let us take it back to our room.
I thought the hotel was a *great* location and I would certainly go back.