I'm certainly not hell bent on convincing anyone. My experience is that the food offering is just as good as before. In fact, the prawns are a big improvement and an excellent addition. This was the 2nd visit, so I've experienced the previous offering and the current one a couple of weeks ago. There is, after all, only so much food one can eat during the day, so the changes are not an issue for me.

As I said, without the lounge access the hotel value proposition is a totally different affair and I'm not sure I would return without it. It will be interesting to see if the drinks proposition changes. The feedback from the club staff is that they are looking to invest more in their wine programme, so fingers crossed! It's a fantastic club.