{"id":13251,"date":"2022-09-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=13251"},"modified":"2022-09-05T19:17:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:17:16","slug":"my-review-of-radisson-blu-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2022\/09\/06\/my-review-of-radisson-blu-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"My review of Radisson Blu Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The voco St David’s hotel<\/a> in Cardiff has been on my checklist for a while, and I’ve decided to tick the box on this bank holiday. It’s quite far from Cardiff’s centre though, so I was looking for a central hotel to complete my trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday night is quite expensive everywhere even when paying points. The Radisson Blu hotel<\/a> at 30,000 points (or 10,000 Amex points) has turned out to be the best choice. The Park Inn hotel<\/a>, which is literally one minute away, used to be a better deal at 28,000 points (Radisson Blu was 38,000 points at that time). However they both cost 30,000 points now and it’s a no brainer which one to choose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday night is cheaper on which I redeemed my Hotels.com free night reward. I’ve made a note for the hotel to link my reservations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t realised it’s Pride weekend at Cardiff until I saw all the rainbow flags when getting off the train \ud83d\ude42 The hotel is only 5 minutes’ walk from Cardiff Central, and from what I can tell is probably one of the tallest building in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The lobby looks fine.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The room on the other hand is, well, very basic…<\/p>\n\n\n

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It feels like all the furniture were from the 1990s and they were never changed. It’s probably one of the saddest room that I’ve every stayed at.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The bathroom floor is very thin for some reason. I’m very careful with my steps \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My room on the 10th floor faces a residential block.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is what you see on the top floor (21st).<\/p>\n\n\n

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At check-in I inquired about the Gold welcome amenity. They couldn’t deliver it on that day so comped my breakfast as an apology. I’m quite happy about the resolution!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Breakfast on the 1st floor is a standard buffet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The hotel is only 3 minutes from the Ivy, which I recommend if you want to spend the \u00a3150 dining credit from the Amex Platinum card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this particular occasion, the Radisson Blu was good value for 30,000 points. However it’s not a good property otherwise, and the Hilton<\/a> wins hands down with its better interior, executive lounge and spa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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