Swiss Park Hotel Review - Bangkok

Advantages: Location
Disadvantages: Room/ Food

...My partner and I stayed in this hotel last year (07) for a couple of nights. We opted for the executive room and didn't relly notice anything executive about it. The bathroom was basic and had a leaky shower and mould on the wall. The floor in the room didn't reach the end wall/ window so you could see through the floor. The room had a really strong smell of smoke. The a/c was very noisy, making it difficult to get to sleep. Breakfast was not a very pleasant experience. The choice of food mainly catered to those who could stomach Thai food and the fruit had flies on it. The swimming pool was too cold to swim in. The only plus for this hotel was its location, a few minutes walk from Nana skytrain station. Close to other hotels such as the Ambassador and The Landmark....

shar25 26.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Swiss Park Hotel, Bangkok

Peace and quiet in central Zurich

Advantages: Location, breakfast, comfort, cleanliness
Disadvantages: Small; a little pricey

...Helmhaus Swiss Q Hotel is one of the hotels in Zurich offered by Expedia in their flight plus hotel deals, and this is how we discovered it. Whilst not the cheapest option, its central location meant we could save both time and money travelling to and from the city. What's more, breakfast is included in the price. Reviews on Tripadvisor were very favourable, and a look at the hotel's website further encouraged us to make it our choice. We did not regret this. My son and his partner booked a double room for three nights, and I booked a single for one night only. I cannot comment on how easy it is to book the hotel directly, as our reservations were made through Expedia. We booked in June for a stay in late August. All three of us travelled with hand luggage only, and in about fifteen minutes we were easily able to walk from Zurich...

denella 30.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Helmhaus Swiss Q Hotel, Zurich

Get a roll & swiss it.

Advantages: Great sponge, creamy vanilla filling.
Disadvantages: Packaging shows that this is cheap.

...When visiting my Mothers recently for Sunday lunch it was my turn to take along some dessert and so I popped in to Asda in Harlow town and purchased a couple of these little bargains! The packaging is very simple it is clear allowing you to see the swiss roll within and it has the basic green and white, easily recognisable, Smart Price packaging which makes it stand out on the shelf and shows me instantly that this is probably at a bargain price & at 15p I would definitely agree with my standard assumption. The roll itself is chocolate sponge which has been rolled and filled with vanilla cream and this gives a great swirl pattern throughout the roll meaning then when cut each slice has a lovely pattern to it. The chocolate sponge is lovely and moist and the vanilla filling is very creamy and tasty and the two products compliment each...

katyeverett 24.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Asda Smartprice Chocolate Swiss Roll

A lovely hotel in the Swiss Alps

Advantages: Friendly staff, excellent food
Disadvantages: Limited disabled access, only 12 rooms

...Frau Frankenhauser recognised me as soon as our car pulled into her car park. Despite the fact that it was almost fifteen years since I had last visited she threw her arms around me as if we had been parted for only a matter of weeks or months, eagerly enquiring about the health of my parents, whom she had last seem about ten years ago, but clearly she remembered them vividly. She looked older and a little more frail but the warmness of her character was exactly as I remembered. Frau Frankenhauser and her husband, Michael have owned the only hotel, Ustreia Bavregn in the Swiss Alpine hamlet of Donat (often spelled Donath) for well over three decades. I came here in the November of 1993 on a business trip and since this time I have recommended this place to dozens of different people, including my parents, but until February 2008 I had...

micksheff 08.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Ustreia Bavregn, Donat

Twinings Swiss hot chocolate drink, a delicious luxury beverage

Advantages: High quality, deliscious chocolatety drink with added vitamins and minerals
Disadvantages: Slightly more expensive than rivals

...Twinings Swiss chocolate drink is a hot chocolate powder drink made by hating up milk on the hob or in the microwave and the instructions say 'pour over' 3-4 heaped teaspoons of chocolate powder, although I find it works just as well to stir in the powder. The result is a delicious hot chocolate that rivals some of the hot chocolate I have recently had in cafes. The drink is smooth and rich (particularly when you use 5 teaspoons of powder), and goes well with cake and biscuits or as an evening beverage. I am very fussy with my hot chocolate and won't drink and of the 'instant' drinks made with water. I have tried galaxy and Green & Blacks Organic (which I found too bitter), but remained loyal to Cadbury Drinking chocolate for hot milk until I tried the Twinings. The Twinings is more expensive than the Cadburys, but at £2.99 for 350g...

potoroo99 18.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Twinings Swiss Chocolate Drink

Strawberry swiss bliss with a big vanilla kiss - Not one to miss!

Advantages: Bargain, sweet and creamy, lovely flavours
Disadvantages: Moorish;

...Sometimes you just fancy a nice light sweet snack and sponge cake is usually my preference to satisfy this, in particular Swiss Roll. Now, I actually picked mine up from Asda, not Switzerland so there is still point in you reading this review. A Swiss Roll is a flat sponge cake made without the use of any fat - just eggs, flour, and sugar and is baked in a shallow tin. It is then spread with filling and rolled up into a cylinder so that the sponge and filling is swirly. You can purchase chocolate and cream filling versions, plain jam versions, lemon, etc... I used to get confused with 'Roulade' which is sort of the same, except it's a meringue that is rolled up, not sponge. I picked the 'Strawberry' Swiss roll with a vanilla cream flavouring. Asda have a Smart Price mini swiss roll for 13p with just jam in it so if you've never...

LaceyR26 28.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Asda Jumbo Strawberry Swiss Roll

Stylish hotel but stereotypical Swiss pricing

Advantages: Close to German train station, free public transport when you stay, quiet rooms, stylish decor
Disadvantages: Some rooms are smaller than others, quite a way out from the center

...This hotel is as good as it looks in the pictures online. It is a four star hotel but the staff are five. Since it is only very small (16 rooms) you will be lavished with attention. The rooms were modern, but they had been to IKEA a bit too much and some of the furnishings are noticeably cheap. Still, the beds are comfy, as you would expect for £40 per person per night, and although the pillows looked fluffy and plump, they deflated and I would have asked for two if I was staying longer. The bathrooms were excellent, made from marble and were well kept as was the whole hotel. The TVs are very small (a 'portable' one with a built in tape player), and this is particualrly noticeable if you have one of the larger rooms (on the corner nearest to the German train station). Since it is near to the train station, the public transport...

t3Cougar 31.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Royal, Basel

Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

tartlette83 17.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hotel International, Paris

Anyone for Muesli

Advantages: Good value, nicely decorated, comfortable and well located
Disadvantages: Very few, although some rooms seemed to be in need of a bit of basic maintenance

...We stayed at this hotel recently when visiting Josh?s Godparents for a barbeque; and this may, indeed, come as something of a surprise. A barbeque at a Swiss Cottage? Surely I mean a fondue! I have not lost my marbles. If you book this hotel, hoping to see young men in tight leather shorts, playing alpine horns, yodelling and enjoying a traditionally neutral military stance then you?ll probably be very disappointed, for this is not a Swiss Cottage. No! Swiss Cottage is essentially the name of a road junction on the A41 linking Central London to the affluent north-west suburb of Hampstead, and the Swiss Cottage hotel is conveniently located for Hampstead and its environs in a quiet side road, a couple of hundred yards from Swiss Cottage tube station. The location is pretty good. If you want to be near Hampstead, as we did...

andymcf 01.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Best Western Swiss Cottage Hotel, London

sachas hotel

Advantages: good price,great location
Disadvantages: no window

...****Sachas hotel- Manchester**** I booked this hotel last minute as i had a job interview in Manchester and needed somewhere quite cheap ,that was also near the centre. **Location/Getting there** This hotel is located in Tibb street which is a 2 minute walk from Piccadily Gardens or 10 minutes away from Chorlton street bus station.The Train station is a little bit further away say maybe a twenty minute walk but i don't think that this is that bad .You can also get a tram from Piccadily gardens and this goes to quite a few places.You could also get a taxi to the hotel but i am not sure what parking is like if you were to take your own car. **Reception/staff** Since i had never been to Manchester before i phoned and asked the staff for directions -they were very nice and helped me out.When i got there i think i got the same...

katie22008m 04.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Britannia Sachas Hotel, Manchester