Victoria Colonnade Aparthotel

Just a few maintenance items:
1 of the yellow sofas is broken. The springs have come out so the bottom has literally fallen through.
The ashtray on the balcony was dirty. We are non smokers so it was pretty gross. And the locks on the balcony doors need to be fixed. Either the top or bottom of the ones in the lounge work. Not a security issue but it impacts overall Impressions. But as mentioned will be happy to book again.

No check in info prior to arrival. Very difficult to find as no external signage, but we just asked in ‘The Terrace’ bar /restaurant & turns out , they run the apartments & showed us how to get in.
VERY noisy club in basement underneath apartments -until 4AM! Didn’t worry us but something to be aware of if you’re a light sleeper or have children with you. We were there on a Saturday night though
Kitchen not very clean & rubbish left in cupboard by previous guests.

Noisy - Very noisy as the apartment is over a club down below, which closed at 2am. So it was impossible to sleep. Even after the club closed, other residents where playing music loudly.
Safety - the apartment has a shared terrace. The terrace is accessible through french doors throughout the apartment. However, the french doors in the living room had a broken latch and would not close properly. When we woke in the morning the doors where were open. Additionally, in the morning I found that the main entrance door that leads out to the street was not shut properly meaning anyone could have come in.
Cleanliness - the apartment needs a deep clean. While the bed and surfaces were clean, the windows, corners, skirting boards and walls where dirty. Inside the kitchen drawers where very dirty and we took a spin out of the drawer to find it was called in what looked like dried hummus or something? The sheets where clean on the bed, but the cushions and throws where actually very filthy with strange stains and smelled like they needed a good wash.

There is excessive noise due to the bar and there is a nightclub which will play music until 3-4am on Fridays and Saturdays so a good night's sleep is not guaranteed.
The apartment was also not very clean.

The ceiling in the bathroom leaked ( from the upstairs apartment) .
Door to access the terrace felt highly insecure .

It was noisy, hot (91 Fahrenheit when we arrived) and dirty, old empty cans of Red Bulls in cupboards for instance. Lots of stairs which was not good for my Dad who was traveling with us and it was not obvious from the description.

The location was quite noisy

There was a lot of noise from the bar downstairs, it didn't bother us but maybe something to be aware of if you can't sleep through noise.

No communication on how to get access to the property. It should be made clear that you need to go to the bar below to get access. Rubbish was left from the previous occupants in the kitchen cupboards and a knife was found in a bedside table....

The furniture was very sparce. The windows were filthy. the entrance common parts were full of laundry.

The accommodation fell very short of our expectations. The cupboards in the kitchen were empty apart from a few glasses and bits of crockery. One of the chairs in the living area was broken and there weren’t enough seats for the number of guests. We had to go down to the restaurant downstairs to get plates, bowls and glasses and extra chairs.
The apartment was tired looking and had damp in one of the bedrooms.
The entrance hall was full of bags of dirty linen which was covering fire doors and was a fire hazard in itself.
No iron or ironing board.

Creaky floors all over apartment. Tv would not connect to WiFi, connector was broken and arial did not work . Can hear music from club in basement till early hours nor loud but the bass .

Nothing.

Cheap looking finish flimsy balcony doors dirty balcony area no class. Cheap presentation of what could be a great place. Broken cups TV not working won't go back