Not everyone might share my view but I think that the rooms of the Meridian Inn Barbados apartment hotel are honestly just so depressing. Why? Well, when we got there, the room design was quite outdated to say the least. It felt more like a hostel. Also, the area where the hotel is located had a grey feeling since most of the other buildings were also shabby and old. Good thing that it was near the beach where we spend most of our vacation in. There were also a lot of suspicious looking people that loitered in the area. Another problem I had with the room was the air-conditioning units which did not seem to function well. First of all, the noise from the darn thing was so loud that it even overshadowed the sound of the television which we had turn up high in order to hear properly. Another thing was that it did not seem to cool the room up properly.
The showers only gave out lukewarm water, the twin beds could not be made into one large bed since they were stuck to the floor, the WiFi connection was weak, and finally the hotel computer was not free for use.
But what saves this Barbados apartment hotel is perhaps the quality of the service staff. The manager was really very friendly to us. In our stay, she was so helpful; she gave service that was far and beyond her call of duty to the customer. Almost the same thing could be said of the rest of the staff in that Barbados apartment hotel. We have been to several more expensive hotels in the island before but the service there was always grumpy. And it is such a surprise to find out that here in this cheaper rated hotel, the service staff is a whole lot friendlier and more helpful.
