Marins Park Hotel

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Although undeniably centrally located, the Marin Park Hotel does not meet any expectations stimulated by their website or the reviews of those who stayed here during the contagious excitement of the World Cup or Olympic Games...or the professional reviewer on Trip Advisor who got an upgrade! We booked a superior double room with balcony. Apparently, the only difference between a standard and superior room is the balcony—onto which one can place only a single foot in one direction or carefully manipulate a 20”/ 50cm chair in the other direction—but good luck finding the room to settle onto said chair.(reading this, I am aware that I am making the balcony sound bigger than it is). Two guests could not enjoy the “balcony” at the same time. The room reeked of some sort of carbolic cleaning chemical, so I was told to leave the window open—in January. The smell returned each day after we had ventured out. There is really nowhere to put one’s clothing—wardrobes snd cabinet being dedicated to fridge and safe. The available shelf is too high for practical use, and requests for sufficient hangers positively acknowledged were not fulfilled— nor were the used drinking glasses replaced. There are two outlets outside of the bathroom outlet (there is a bath, but be careful of the sharp metal attachment to the drain plug that floats free) The room is tatty—probably actually cleaner than the warn and stained carpets and wallpaper suggest. The mattress was like sleeping on reinforced concrete (and I like a firm mattress, but do not like to feel the springs in my back). The much touted breakfast buffet was so overcrowded that the hostess was suggesting guests eat in their rooms...and, of course, the food ran out repeatedly. I opened 5 chaffing dishes to find them empty and settled on a piece of cheese. There were non-service dogs in the restaurant. Many of the guests, and their little dogs too, were excessively loud.