Meliá Braga Bewertungen

My comments pertain solely to our experience of the top floor apartment in which we stayed at the Melia in Braga. It was a puzzling combination of luxury and impracticality. First the luxury. We loved the light airy layout, the views across the city, the comfortable beds and chairs, and the large twin multi-channel TV sets. We were grateful for the coffee maker and the lesson on how to use it. The swimming-pool sized spa-bath we left alone. The apartment lights were operated from several keyboards embedded in the walls. I can’t say we found them sympathetic. Although the presentation of the apartment was immaculate, one or two of the numerous cupboard doors needed attention, especially the door jammed under the kitchen sink. The kitchenette came with a refrigerator, a microwave oven, a hob and a full size dishwasher. In the cupboards there were 3 pots as well as plates, mugs and knives for three people but no forks and just one dessert spoon. There was no corkscrew to open wine bottles, no sharp knife for vegetables, no bread knife or bread board, no drying up cloths or soap at the sink and certainly no capsules for the dishwasher. (Why a large dishwasher for a handful of crockery and cutlery?) Any crumbs from meals had to remain on the floor until the apartment was cleaned the following day for there was no broom or brush and pan to sweep them up. Nor was there a bin in the kitchen for scraps. Basically, if you really wanted to spend several days comfortably in the apartment, you had to equip it yourself. The safe was enclosed in a cupboard in an unlit passage. So to use it, you needed a torch. It was obvious that no Melia executive had ever spent a night in the apartment or checked the contents. Whether this is true for the other top floor apartments I couldn’t say. Of course we could have gone to reception but then this message would never have reached Melia management, as it evidently needs to. Our only other complaint was the wretched electronic drumming music the hotel sought to inflict on guests at breakfast. None of the above reflects on the frontline staff, whom we thank for their cordial assistance.