I stayed, well... a more appropriate term might be 'lived', in the Dragon Hotel for just over 2 months while consulting in the UK.
If your travels are taking you through Swansea, I strongly recommend looking into this hotel!
The facilities and location are decent... the property is roughly a 3 block walk from 'wind street' - Swansea's dining/nightlife district. The staff while I was staying there was absolutely top notch. Vivian, Sam, Kristy, and Sean at the front desk... and also Dean, Nathan, Jake, and Sam in the restaurant. They all went above and beyond and took care of this yanks every need!
I have many great stories about this place...
I had missed my companies holiday party back in the US due to my travels. No worries - when the staff of the Dragon Hotel held their holiday party in late January, they extended me an invitation!! I had an excellent time!
On one occasion, a pair of jeans from my laundry went missing and I had planned on wearing them that Friday evening... one of the assistant managers personally drove to the place that does the hotels dry cleaning and found them for me... despite it being the dry cleaners mistake.
The food in the brassier was without question the best I had during my time in Swansea... They always did up a fresh menu with new choices, typically 4 to 6 choices for each of appetizer, entrée, and dessert... and an inclusive price of 2 courses for 15GBP, or all 3 courses for 20GBP. On my last night in Swansea I asked for them to surprise me with something off-menu... the chef came out and asked me several questions about meat/flavor preferences, as well as restrictions/allergies, and then proceeded to prepare one of the best meals I've ever eaten.
If you're doing breakfast be sure to try the salmon and scrambled eggs. read more