Reviews of The Cottage Stay - self check-in

Stayed 6 nights here. Easy self check-in, comfortable room, and a quiet location just 10 minutes from the riverfront. Clean, well-managed, with a shared kitchen for cooking and drinking water. Great value for the price — had everything I needed and good privacy.

Nothing major, just the key card scanner wasn’t very responsive, so it sometimes took a few tries to open the door.

Nice spacious room, clean and comfortable. The room did not have a window, we thought we booked a room with a window.

I booked a room with a queen bed and a window (as in the 1st pic), thinking that's what Ill get but instead I was told that I got a windowless room. I immediately wrote to the property and explained that I had a strong reason why I booked a window room and the host (I think) changed the booking which was nice to be reassured. I didn't get heads-up that the button combo for opening the gate can't be used. The first thing you arrive is find your key box and then push your arm through the grid, do the digit combination and then open both the grided gate and then later your room door with the contact card. The room had just a concrete floor and the bedsheets and pillow cases were made from a cheap colored material so it's quite hard to tell whether it's clean or not. There was a heavy whiff of humidity and dampness in the room. It smelled like a straw. The aircon was there and the bed was spacious. The toilet didnt flush well and got stuck the morning we were leaving. And the sink looked dirty/moldy and the toothbrush holder looked unwashed and dingy. I hate writing such reviews but I couldn't completely relax. In the morning, at around 8 or 8.30 we got startled by a drilling noise that was literally drilling through our heads. I believe that won't be the problem always but it did add to our unsatisfied experience. It was affordable and close to the center but not the kind of place Id book to get some rest. But then again, Im a hard audience.

What breakfast did we miss? Room seemed clean and had no odour

Too many stairs - room was rather small - no microwave as featured in preliminaries - bit of a balancing job to return key and exit

No

Too far from water front

calm

no tv