GGuest UserI booked the Station Hotel for a work trip the last week of September. I was looking for something close to the City Centre, and online, the Station seemed to fit the bill. Based on photos on their website, I thought the Station was a small, boutique hotel. This is not the case--first of all, the hotel is much larger than I would have thought. Secondly, while I'm sure some of the rooms have been refurbished and photographed for the website, the ones my coworker and I stayed in had not- or at least not to the degree I would have expected. My room was plain, but fairly clean. I had two working windows and a bathroom that appeared recently updated (though lacking a working light over the mirror and an exhaust system for the steam). The toilet glugged randomly (I'm guessing when other nearby guests used the facilities) and the floor was a bit creaky. To me, this was mostly the slightly wonky charm of an old building. However, my coworker's room (directly across the hall from mine) contained a shower stall and hairdryer straight from the 70s, stained carpeting and upholstery, and what looked like mouse droppings in the bathroom. When she asked for a different room, she was told there were none available. Some other notable experiences: to get to our rooms, we had to go through a series of twists and turns, and through a door plastered with ”Danger: Asbestos” tape. My coworker put up her Do Not Disturb sign, and so received a bag of linens, towels, and toilet paper that were soaking wet. On the third day of our stay, we trundled up to our rooms to discover that the locks had been changed with no warning or indication. This hotel does not have a fantastic reputation with the locals (our colleagues at the Aberdeen office were shocked we chose to stay there and one cabbie asked what crime we'd committed when we gave the address). I imagine your experience may vary based on if you get a newly refurbished room or not, though the customer service may leave much to be desired either way. Breakfast was fine. I wouldn't stay there again.
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