Poor check-in experience.
1. The lady at the front desk was cold and unwelcoming throughout the check-in process.
2. On the second day, toiletries and slippers weren't replaced. We wouldn't have minded using the ones from the day before, but even the only tissue box in the room wasn't refilled. I discovered it was empty when I went to blow my nose on the second day.
3. I told the concierge we'd be out after 12 PM and to clean the room after that, but they came knocking to clean before 11 AM.
4. During peak breakfast hours, you have to queue at the entrance, much like in a school cafeteria. The restaurant is small and crowded, very noisy. I heard there's also a seafood or Western-style restaurant for breakfast, but I wasn't used to that kind of food, so I didn't go. The Chinese breakfast selection wasn't extensive. I queued for a long time to get some wontons and wanted to add some dried shrimp, but the lady making the wontons quite assertively said there weren't any left, they had run out.
5. Since it's an older hotel, the room isn't very modern. Even the weighing scale was an old-fashioned dial one.
6. I needed a small bag, but neither the room nor the concierge had one, only a very large non-woven bag. I just grabbed my things and left quickly.
7. I booked a sea-view room, but I couldn't see the sea at all from inside the room, just the gardens and a building opposite. I had to go out onto the balcony, turn sideways, and peer through a gap to catch a glimpse of the edge of the sea... I booked a sea-view room, not a sea-view balcony. Luckily, they eventually changed my room.
8. When checking in, the concierge helped take my luggage to the room. When checking out, I was dragging my large luggage out to wait for a car, and there was nowhere to sit and wait at the entrance. The concierge didn't offer to help with the luggage and completely ignored my presence.
Service is all about the details. Putting aside the hardware, the software service is a bit unworthy of a five-star rating. I hope MGM Hotel can improve its service management so I can have a better experience next time I stay in Yalong Bay.
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