Raddison Park Inn Hotel 'Sweet' ??

Just waiting for my drink :)

On Saturday the 20th of May, I packed my bags quickly, tried on so many clothes, trying to make myself look rich, even though hotel stay purchased on Groupon. Eventually it was time, time to leave and arrive at the destination I had waited for, for almost a month. A one night stay at The Raddison Park Inn Hotel, however when we arrived nobody helped us with our bags. We got to reception and dealt with a young gentleman named Constintin, without an e? I was unsure as to how I should address him, I must admit he was shaking like a leaf in an earthquake, I was not sure as to what was happening, maybe a fit I thought, but then again I thought maybe he was new, and extremely nervous. That sounded more reasonable to me, anyways I wasn't fazed too much by the wait all I wanted to do, was get the card and go to my room to explore, like a five year old at the zoo. They asked Kyle if he wanted to put down money on his card, so that if we spent money in the room it could come off his card; so we put R200 down, just in case.

Eventually we got to the room, and I must be honest most likely because I had the privilege of working in a five star hotel, I wasn't that excited abut the room we were given, but that was snob-like, and I took it in that at least we were somewhere that wasn't home, for a night, and that we would enjoy it. We also discovered that it costs quiet a bit extra for room-service so we went up to the RBG for lunch as we were both ready to eat some sort of massive animal (we hadn't eaten yet). We ordered one beef, and one chicken burger with cheese and bacon. It came with Onion rings, 1000 island dressing and a side of shoestring fries, which were incredible. Our waiter; Honest was lovely, he made us feel so welcome, unlike most of the other staff. He really was awesome, I'm so angry I didn't take a picture of our burgers.. Silly girl.

At the RBG for lunch

Peanut Butter Milkshake

After this filling meal, we went to meet a friend of mine Miss Dani :) Oh, she is lovely. Her and some of her friends were at Hudsons in Green point. We chilled for a bit, I had a Don Pedro whilst Kyle had the worlds biggest Peanut Butter Milkshake, which he loved, even after the chocolate one he had with lunch.. Funny chap that one. We stayed there for about an hour, and by now, we were FULL! We had a problem as we had reservations for dinner at The Famous Butchers Grill which was also compliments thanks to Groupon. We decided to go back to the hotel , and watch some t.v before getting ready for our dinner that night. We had an Amerula, and then it was already time for a quick shower and a change of clothes.

The Famous Butchers Grill; apart from the service not being the friendliest, the steaks highly recommended by the waitress herself ( Sirloin) were tougher than she said they would be, and also absolutely tasteless to me, the best thing there was my Southern Comfort and lime, Kyle, and the musician playing a keyboard at the entrance. The steaks weren't prepped how we had asked, mine of medium to medium well, was the earliest stages of medium. And Kyle's medium was rare. It looked great, smelled great, but it was tasteless and very disappointing. I think that was contributed by the fact that I was already unhappy with the service when I arrived, not the fact that they didn't know what they were doing, but the fact that they were just all so unfriendly, and to me that creates ambiance.. Not quiet the one I was hoping for. Anyways, it was a very quick dinner, as we were both so full from lunch.

leaving for dinner

what to drink?

Looks good ... but bland

Haven't tasted it yet... still happy

Back at the hotel, we were both now so tired and full, we had a glass of Amerula, I went to shower, got into my pyjamas and watched some t.v. The following morning I woke up at 8:10, I was very pleased with the curtains shutting out the dark for my dead sleeping boyfriend. I lit a smoke turned on the t.v and contemplated going to gym with my injury (toe) and the fact that we had to check out at 11am, we still had to fit in breakfast :) Twenty minutes later Kyle woke up, and joined me in watching t.v. We then both got ready for breakfast, and headed downstairs, where the buffet was nicely set up in the restaurant on the ground floor. Our waitress was very friendly, we each had a cup of something warm, mine being tea :) I then had two glasses of orange juice, a plate of starters :) and plate of hot foods.. Yum, the food was lovely. As a baker I didn't like the fact all their pastries were brought in, but I think it costs more to make, and at a Business Hotel its not really necessary to have freshly made pastries, when you can have freshly brought :)

All in all, the experience to get away was great, I may have been a bit harsh, but the only thing I was not satisfied was the service, like forgetting to give Kyle his money back, and then conveniently cancelling it via the bank so it takes 7 working days to get back, or the fact that nobody showed us where to park and we had to pay. The fact that the fridges were off etc.

However I did have fun, because Kyle made it fun for me. Be careful staying in a business hotel if its not at least four stars..

I rate this as a ***, I think that's its rating anyways.

Keep well, and don't forget to smile

Yum.. in my face

Im not tired just yet..

More yummy stuff

Our hotel room

Leaving to go home

AbiD

For groupon deals go to www.groupon.co.za

Radisson Park Inn Cape Town got to www.parkinn.com/hotel-capetown

Famous Butchers Grill  butchersgrill.tablemagic.co.za/