A friend of ours recommended we stay at this place - the rooms were decent, had a pool, sauna, gym, spa, it was close to Central, and they had an inbuilt aquarium in the lobby. We thought we'd check out the aquarium before anything else. For four and a half stars I have to say I expected more. You can pay $20 pp for a full buffet breakfast before 11am, but unfortunately we arrived 5 minutes past and missed out. Luckily too I might add, since we discovered a really, really great cafe next door. We ordered room service for dinner and the butter chicken was obviously reheated, these little chicken pieces swimming in a watery curry sauce which just wasn't appealing to me. The wedges were much better (my choice) but the sour cream was tasteless.
The Sebel is acceptable but not exceptional. The room and bathroom was smaller than I expected, it was sparsely furnished, the view from the window was of the building next door, but the biggest letdown was the air-conditioning. We asked to have it checked out - and were assured it would be - but no one came back. We had it set to 18 degrees for the entire stay and the temperature stayed on 25 degrees (it even became hotter at one point - 25.5 degrees). It's just unfortunate that something so simple could have made a world of difference to my overall impression of the place. It's also unfortunate that I won't be heading back. Won't be listening to that friend again either... read more