Ringhotel Drees

Breakfast was excellent; everything is fresh, particularly the bread. The receptionist called Ann was especially helpful to us as she arranged for us [and apologised] to change rooms as the ones we were allocated had water beds. I thought these had gone out of fashion in the 1970s! The other receptionist refused to do anything. We stayed at this hotel because it was near the Exhibition Centre and was not part of one of those awful chains. I had in fact specified as a special request when booking for a firm bed and for our rooms to be close to each other: the opposite was true despite having given plenty of notice; 2 months notice in fact. Having the water bed on the first night meant that we didn't get any sleep whatsoever which resulted in spoiling our visit to the International Model Railway Exhibition as were extremely tired and couldn't think straight all day. I don't have a bad back but intend to look after it and water beds are certainly not conducive to maintaining good spinal health! I strongly recommend the café next door for afternoon coffee and cake, and the Chinese restaurant further down the road for dinner.

Water beds on the first night. Apparently there are 5 water beds in this hotel presumably to cater for international gangsters and their partners or feeble minded celebrity lovers. Apart from this rather bizarre feature I would only stay at this hotel again if I had a gold plated promise in writing that my booking requirements - and those given with plenty of notice - are met. Surely, this is not too much to ask, is it?