点评:The Karroo Theatrical Hotel is a Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde kind of establishment, excellent in some ways and dissappointing in others:
Excellent, 5-Stars:
The food; The show; Public areas decor -
I have never had more tender and tasty leg of lamb. The meals are authentic karoo homestyle cooking. The desserts are wonderful. Come hungry, they feed you very well here! 🙂
The Steytlerville Follies show: Freddy Ferrari is a wiz on the piano. And Leyla Lamborghini is an extraordinarily talented dame and diva, in more ways than one. A burlesque theatre makes the experience a treat!
The public areas are adorned in quality furnishings and decor. Beautiful. Transports one to a bygone era.
Dissapointing, 1-star: Sewerage stink in room, abrasive attitude from owner. Unclean and drab hotel rooms-
We had two rooms, one with a double bed for my parents. And a second with single-bed, for myself.
There was an overpowering stench of sewerage in my parents room. When I politely complained to Mark, one of the owners, he initially spoke as if I was obviously mistaken, since other guests apparently have never had a problem. When I then offered for him to come smell for himself he delcined. His attitude was dismissive, defensive and somewhat confrontational. I felt I had to walk on eggshells when around him for therest of our stay, as he responded nicely to superficial and nice chit chat, but as soon as this issue arose, he became abrasive.
No other room was available, and although the staff put bleach into the room's shower drain (where the smell came from), it didnt help as the shower trap was either broken or non-existent. I ended up swapping rooms with my parents so they didnt have the smell. But this meant they sacrificed their double bed; they had to sleep in singles.
I took the smelly room, and put 3 wet towels over the shower drain to try block the smell. Needless to say, I went without showering that weekend.
There was no follow up on the stinky room, no offer of any compensation (other than Mark initially rather abrupty stating that they could refund us and we could go look for accomadation elsewhere, when I bought it to his attention initially - this was not possible as we had driven 8 hours from Cape Town to see the show, and it was late in the day, in a tiny Karoo town).
Also, unlike the public areas, the hotel bedrooms were drab, dark and depressing, with basic decor. There was dust under my parents beds - and their mattresses (single beds) were uncomfortably thin. My double bed matress was fine.
Also the hotel need to supply good coffee. The coffee in the public area is cheap instant coffee. And the coffee are breakfast is either instant or weak drip coffee. Not great. It would be nice if they offered proper espresso, american or cappuccino. Also there is no wifi in the rooms. Not a big deal but would be nice.
So, overall average of 3 stars:
5 stars for food, show and public area decor.
1 star for drab rooms, sewerage smell, lack of followup or offer of compensation, abrasive attitude, coffee and lack of wifi.
翻译:卡鲁剧院酒店是杰基尔博士和海德先生的那种建筑,在某些方面非常出色,但在其他方面却令人失望:
优秀,五星级:
食物;演出;公共区域装修——
我从来没有吃过比这更嫩、更美味的羊腿。餐点是正宗的卡鲁家常菜。甜点很棒。饿着肚子来吧,这里的食物非常好! 🙂
斯泰特勒维尔歌舞表演:弗雷迪·法拉利是一位钢琴奇才。莱拉·兰博基尼 (Leyla Lamborghini) 在很多方面都是一位才华横溢的女士和天后。滑稽剧院让体验成为一种享受!
公共区域装饰有优质的家具和装饰。美丽的。将人传送到过去的时代。
令人失望的一星级:房间里有下水道臭味,业主的态度粗鲁。酒店房间不干净而且单调-
我们有两个房间,其中一间配有一张双人床,供我父母使用。第二间是我自己的单人床。
我父母的房间里有一股令人难以忍受的下水道恶臭。当我礼貌地向其中一位业主马克抱怨时,他一开始的语气好像我明显弄错了,因为其他客人显然从未遇到过问题。当我提出让他亲自闻闻时,他拒绝了。他的态度是不屑一顾、防御性的,甚至有些对抗性。在我们剩下的住宿期间,我觉得在他身边时我必须如履薄冰,因为他对肤浅和友善的闲聊反应很好,但一旦这个问题出现,他就变得粗鲁。
没有其他房间可用,尽管工作人员将漂白剂放入房间的淋浴排水管(气味的来源),但这并没有帮助,因为淋浴存水弯要么坏了,要么不存在。我最终和父母交换了房间,这样他们就没有气味了。但这意味着他们牺牲了双人床;他们必须睡单人房。
我住了有臭味的房间,在淋浴排水管上放了 3 条湿毛巾,试图阻止气味。不用说,那个周末我没有洗澡。
对于臭气熏天的房间没有任何后续行动,也没有提供任何补偿(除了马克最初相当唐突地表示他们可以退款给我们,我们可以去其他地方寻找住宿,当我最初购买它引起他的注意时 - 这是不可能的因为我们从开普敦开车 8 个小时来看演出,而且当时已经很晚了,在卡鲁小镇)。
此外,与公共区域不同的是,酒店的卧室单调、黑暗、压抑,装饰简单。我父母的床底下有灰尘 - 他们的床垫(单人床)薄得令人不舒服。我的双人床床垫很好。
酒店还需要提供优质的咖啡。公共区域的咖啡是便宜的速溶咖啡。早餐的咖啡是速溶咖啡或淡滴滤咖啡。不是很好。如果他们能提供合适的浓缩咖啡、美式咖啡或卡布奇诺咖啡那就太好了。房间里也没有无线网络。没什么大不了的,但会很好。
所以,总体平均分为 3 颗星:
食物、表演和公共区域装饰 5 星。
1 星是因为单调的房间、下水道的气味、缺乏后续行动或提供补偿、粗鲁的态度、咖啡和缺乏无线网络。