The day before check in I received an email offering early arrival. I responded that I would have liked to swing by the get the key/check in but I wouldn't need the room until some time in the evening, so if the room wasn't ready that was fine. The response I got was if I wanted to check in before 2 pm I would need to pay for the previous night or a day rate. Come in! You offered early check in to me; I didn't ask for it.
That put a bit of a sour taste in my mouth prior to walking in the door. But I was meet warmly, and we had a good meal in the hotel pub (where I was very pleased it was completely non-smoking; a rarity in this country). Our room was clean and quiet and the best was comfy. It was a shock, therefore when I went to have a shower and only then noticed there was only one towel in the room. By this time we were heading out and couldn't wait for one to be delivered.
Overall a nice place. A bit overpriced but that's because COP28 and Rugby 7s were in the neighbourhood...