What type of breakfast is offered and what are the serving hours?

English breakfasts are served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 10:00 AM and on weekends from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee of approximately GBP 24 per person.

What are the standard check-in and check-out times?

Check-in is from 3:00 PM and check-out is by 11:00 AM. Early or late check-in/check-out may be available upon request and could incur additional charges.

What accessibility features are available for guests with disabilities?

The property offers wheelchair accessible facilities (limited), including step-free entrances and some accessible public areas.

What is the location of the property in relation to key landmarks?

The property is located in Leeds City Center, within a 5-minute drive of the University of Leeds and Royal Armouries. It is 0.2 mi from Leeds City Art Gallery and 0.3 mi from Leeds City Museum.

What are the policies for guests staying with children?

Children are allowed at the property, and the minimum age for children to stay for free is not specified.

What are the policies regarding extra beds and cribs?

Rollaway beds are available for a fee of GBP 47.00 per day, and advance request or confirmation may be required.

Dakota Leeds - Luxury Hotel in Leeds

Average nightly price at Dakota Leeds by month, last 12 months (USD)
Month	Average price
January	US$172
February	US$177
March	US$172
April	US$173
May	US$206
June	US$180
July	US$202
August	US$184
September	US$189
October	US$198
November	US$214
December	US$210

What guests think

Dakota Leeds earns strong praise for its central location, stylish ambiance, very comfortable rooms, and especially its friendly, attentive staff, with many guests highlighting good food and cocktails and a consistently high standard across repeat stays.

Some note the decor and lighting can feel very dark, and a few experienced slow or rude service in the bar or at breakfast. Street noise affects certain rooms and parking is off site, while occasional issues include warm rooms, patchy Wi-Fi, or minor maintenance niggles. Overall, expect a stylish, central city stay with comfortable rooms.

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Facilities

On-site bar and restaurant are popular, with inventive cocktails; one review notes the rooftop terrace bar has closed. Parking is off site via nearby car parks, with a discount available for Q-Park.

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Benjamin

10 Jul 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent hotel, great location, fabulous bar - inventive cocktails!

10

Trina

7 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We were disappointed that you've closed your lovely roof terrace bar but other than that, everything was perfect!

10

Terance

12 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Stayed in one of the signature suites and it was fantastic. Really enjoyed my stay there and will definitely stay here again. I did get caught out with the parking refund but that was probably my fault for not reading the small print when I booked. You must rebook the parking with Qpark online and use the discount code provided by the hotel otherwise it’s full price.

10

Katharine

17 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful hotel - luxury high end rooms with great amenities. Could do with in-room fridges. Staff were great although a few of the bar staff were unwelcoming and tried to hassle us into buying drinks. Otherwise fabulous

8

Ashleigh

19 Dec 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Fantastic location. Hotel was great. We didn’t have food but the drinks were spot on. WiFi was shocking. Overall a great stay, would recommend.

8

Stephanie

17 Mar 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We enjoyed our stay but were disappointed with the rooms facilities. Instant coffee, no robes etc it was just basic considering. The decor was nice and the bar area was busy with a good atmosphere.

8

Russell

25 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Nice quiet room with a good mattress and a decent shower. Staff were really nice, especially the bar staff who helped me navigate the tremendous cocktail menu.

10

Steven

6 Jan 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Excellent room and service as always. The only improvement I’d suggest is valet parking.

10

Nick

12 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Best place to stay in Leeds. Room was super comfortable, breakfast was good, location on point and parking nearby. Great place to work from the next morning too. Highly recommend.

10

Neil

25 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Second Dakota hotel we've stayed in and loved it. Great location. Great facilities - the bar is lovely and has an outdoor terrace too. Rooms are immaculate and come with Molton Brown toilettries. Parking about a 5 minute walk away and not badly priced for city centre. Room was lovely. Only downside was we were given plain white slippers vs the grey branded ones we got when we stayed in Manchester which are nice keepsakes. Other than that a lovely trip.

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Cleanliness

Reviews consistently describe rooms and public areas as clean and well presented, with housekeeping praised. A few guests mention minor tiredness in places.

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Jason

30 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Wonderful property in the heart of Leeds. But true to the Leeds city center road system, the hotel is not convenient to access nor does it offer onsite parking. The Dakota has a wonderful aesthetic throughout and is immaculately presented. Staff could be more attentive in the lobby. However, the housekeeping team are excellent. Certainly based upon our experience in Leeds, this is the best option in the city center and is highly recommended.

10

Andrew

26 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Lovely friendly professional service. Comfortable, clean and quiet room

10

Julie

13 Apr 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Stayed two nights at Dakota Leeds to attend a friends daughters wedding. Excellent hotel in centre of Leeds with great customer service. Immaculate throughout with great staff On arrival our room was upgraded to a balcony room which gave a lovely outside seating area. As weather beautifully sunny this was a lovely bonus

10

Sharon

23 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The rooms in The Dakota are lovely, luxurious furnishings and the comfiest bed. There is great attention to detail in the public areas and the guest rooms. Everywhere smells lovely too. Breakfast is good value and the Afternoon Tea is exceptional. We keep going back to the Dakota because of the excellent Customer Service, all the reception, and concierge staff have been kind and attentive to our needs. Courtney and Grace are both a credit to the Dakota team in Leeds.

10

Samuel

7 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Incredible attention to detail and spotlessly clean, with a very comfortable bed, this was a prefect stay!

10

Dana

21 Dec 2022

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Stayed 2 nights

Nice welcome, complementary drink, room was ready and cleaned to a high standard. We added breakfast as an extra but the service could have been better. We weren’t given toast with the full breakfast, had to ask and the. Wait quite a while, by which time we had eaten the breakfast. Bar staff were friendly, efficient service, good atmosphere. Hotel was spotless, lovely and warm, room was comfortable and the shower was amazing.

10

Martyn

26 May 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Very clean and great staff

10

Arad

5 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Loved it. As good as last time. Comfortable clean central, friendly

6

John

16 Sept 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Leeds is limited on five star hotels. The five star status is why we chose this location. It’s nice, but average for a five star establishment. The interiors are purposefully dark (nightclub dark). It’s very moody, but it needs more light, including the rooms, corridors and elevators. The pluses; staff are very friendly and helpful. The room was clean. A small range of complimentary refrigerated beverages in the room, including fresh cows milk (nice touch). Bed is large and nice and comfy. TVs in the living area and in the bedroom. Areas that need improvement; Wire shower basket doesn’t hold the Milton brown toiletries upright that are supplied as the gaps in the caddy are too wide. Towels; one on the heated radiator, the other tucked away in a basket underneath the sewing kit and other items (slightly strange set up). More space needed for your cosmetics and toiletries. Including hooks to hang travel kits (ended up hanging outs off the light fixture. Breakfast is okay depending on what you want. The full English was greasy. Overall I’d say the stay was fine. We made it work, but I think we’d explore other options if we ever return to Leeds.

10

Adrian

19 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Wonderful one night stay. Service excellent, room was spacious, spotlessly clean and very comfortable.

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Rooms

Rooms are stylish and very comfortable, with plush beds, powerful showers and useful amenities; some guests appreciate quiet rooms and blackout curtains. However, several mention the dark decor, occasional street noise, warm rooms or weak Wi-Fi/TV limitations.

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Ron

16 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Love this centrally located hotel. Very trendy vibe. However, it is very dark from a lighting and decor point of view so it’s not to everyone’s taste. Lovely appointed bedrooms.

8

Jacqueline

29 Jul 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

Lovely hotel. Beds and pillows very comfortable. Shower also excellent. Room was a little dark due to the hotels decor.

10

Carolyn

30 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The receptionist was lovely, very helpful and welcoming. Beautiful room, great facilities, Nespresso machine (an essential for caffeine addicts like me!), strong hans gröher shower, Molton Brown toiletries, big TV, lots of mirrors, effective air conditioning and right in the centre of Leeds. Would definitely stay again.

8

Ashleigh

19 Dec 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Fantastic location. Hotel was great. We didn’t have food but the drinks were spot on. WiFi was shocking. Overall a great stay, would recommend.

6

Christopher

3 Aug 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Having stayed in the Mcr Dakota, I thought I’d give this one a try. A nice hotel in the Centre of Leeds. We had a classic room on the fourth floor. The only issue I had was that the room overlooked the bars across the road. The music was rather loud. We asked the receptionist at the end of the evening whether it gets quiet later on. The receptionist informed us that at around 11 it quietens. Unfortunately there was still music blasting at 12:30. At that point I put ear plugs in and went to sleep. I appreciate that it was a Saturday night; however for the price I would expect a quiet room. So if anyone is thinking of staying here then consider staying on the other side of the hotel. It has put me off staying there unfortunately as I don’t think it’s worth the price. Maybe consider including breakfast in the price? Even then I’d probably prefer to stay in the Marriott. Lovely looking hotel overall though.

10

Stacey

12 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It was amazing I would just say wish there was choice of apps on tv eh Netflix and signal Was better

8

mark

27 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The property was a little dark & the street behind which our room looked over was very noisy.

6

George

17 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was so hot even when we turned the a/c to 18 the lowest it goes it was still too hot we barely got any sleep. Other than it’s fine

10

Adrian

19 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Wonderful one night stay. Service excellent, room was spacious, spotlessly clean and very comfortable.

2

Joanne

5 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Stayed at this hotel on the 4/7/2024 It was a lovely hotel but our air conditioning was broke so the room was so warm. They gave us a fab but this didn’t help. For the price of the hotel I was disappointed!!

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Service

Service is widely praised as friendly, professional and accommodating across reception, concierge, bar and restaurant. There are isolated reports of slow or rude service, particularly in the bar or at breakfast.

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Manjinder

20 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great service as always. We dine here and have drinks quite often however this time it was for my birthday. Receptionist was kind enough to offer early check (at a cost) which is fine as it was nearly 3 hours before the usual check in, so that the room could be decorated. Room was clean and spacious, again room service staff were excellent.

8

George

17 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Service at breakfast was poor, took ages to take our order and the buffet selection is very poor.

4

David

22 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely hotel but extremely bad experience with a bar staff member who didn't care as be said he was leaving anyway.

10

Carolyn

30 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The receptionist was lovely, very helpful and welcoming. Beautiful room, great facilities, Nespresso machine (an essential for caffeine addicts like me!), strong hans gröher shower, Molton Brown toiletries, big TV, lots of mirrors, effective air conditioning and right in the centre of Leeds. Would definitely stay again.

10

Samantha

6 Sept 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

Beautiful hotel. Walking distance to train station and city centre shops. Staff were amazing. Definitely recommend and will be back

10

Sharon

14 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Stylish and well located hotel in the middle of city centre. Staff always friendly and customer focused.

2

Gary

11 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Terrible service and attitude at dinner, asked for ice three times, asked for the bill three times, had the service charge taken off and the waiter came back with no receipt so didn’t know what we were paying. Left the restaurant and the staff were pointing and laughing at us. Room tv wasn’t working, kettle didn’t stop boiling unless turned off.

10

Richard

2 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Everything was very good indeed, especially the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff members, who simply cannot do enough for you.

2

Francesca

11 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Booked a table for 6:30 , when my colleague and myself went to the restaurant at 6:30 we were told that we didnt have reservation and madr to wait. Thier was only 7 other customers in the restaurant and lots of spare tables. We had to ask three times for ice and three times for the bill. The serive was very slow. The attidute of the male server was short and rude. We asked for the service charge to be removed from the bill as the service was very poor. This was questioned. The server took the bill and when he returned to the table he did have the bill, he said all on one card as we had no visablity of the bill we had to ask for it again. As we left the restaurant the male and female server where laughting and point as us. It made us very uncomfortable. To top thing off, when i went to my room the TV didnt work.

10

Adrian

19 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Wonderful one night stay. Service excellent, room was spacious, spotlessly clean and very comfortable.

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Location

Central, walkable location close to shops, restaurants and the station. Some guests report street noise and note that access and parking can be inconvenient in the city centre.

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Jason

30 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Wonderful property in the heart of Leeds. But true to the Leeds city center road system, the hotel is not convenient to access nor does it offer onsite parking. The Dakota has a wonderful aesthetic throughout and is immaculately presented. Staff could be more attentive in the lobby. However, the housekeeping team are excellent. Certainly based upon our experience in Leeds, this is the best option in the city center and is highly recommended.

10

Jonathan

29 Aug 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great central Location - superb breakfast and very quiet and comfortable room

10

Carolyn

30 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The receptionist was lovely, very helpful and welcoming. Beautiful room, great facilities, Nespresso machine (an essential for caffeine addicts like me!), strong hans gröher shower, Molton Brown toiletries, big TV, lots of mirrors, effective air conditioning and right in the centre of Leeds. Would definitely stay again.

10

Dan

24 May 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Beautifully presented hotel and room, lovely stay. Super comfy bed (we opted for the King room). And the shower was nice and powerful. In terms of the location, the hotel is right on the back of Greek St with loads of cocktail bars and restaurants nearby. Close walking distance to the shopping area too. Will stay again when next in Leeds.

10

Christopher

16 Nov 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Superb, modern hotel in the centre of Leeds

10

Samantha

6 Sept 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

Beautiful hotel. Walking distance to train station and city centre shops. Staff were amazing. Definitely recommend and will be back

10

Sharon

14 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Stylish and well located hotel in the middle of city centre. Staff always friendly and customer focused.

10

Rachael

3 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Close to shops and restaurants in the centre of Leeds. Modern, well maintained, welcoming, warm and stylish decor. Really friendly staff in both reception and the restaurant. Good food in the restaurant. Would stay again.

10

Lianne

28 Jan 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Close to shopping

10

Linda

30 May 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Fantastic room with Balcony. Ideally located for Leeds City Centre shopping and good restaurants

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Dining

Food and drinks are often highlighted as a strong point, with enjoyable meals and cocktails; afternoon tea is well regarded. Breakfast quality/variety and occasional restaurant service issues are noted by some.

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Cheryl

11 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful hotel and the rooms were just like the pictures. Room service menu was small but what i ordered was lovely. Beautiful ambient lighting throughout and staff very courteous.

10

Kelly

2 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Hotel was beautiful, staff helpful and friendly. Food and drinks lovely, absolutely wonderful stay .

10

Sharon

23 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The rooms in The Dakota are lovely, luxurious furnishings and the comfiest bed. There is great attention to detail in the public areas and the guest rooms. Everywhere smells lovely too. Breakfast is good value and the Afternoon Tea is exceptional. We keep going back to the Dakota because of the excellent Customer Service, all the reception, and concierge staff have been kind and attentive to our needs. Courtney and Grace are both a credit to the Dakota team in Leeds.

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George

17 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Service at breakfast was poor, took ages to take our order and the buffet selection is very poor.

10

Benjamin

10 Jul 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent hotel, great location, fabulous bar - inventive cocktails!

10

Anthony

16 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Excellent food, drinks and service throughout. Nothing could have made this stay any better, absolutely faultless. We'll definitely return.

4

Mathew

12 Mar 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Breakfast was understaffed, continental choice was so limited it was a waste of time, full yorksire breakfast was unpleasant, black pudding was fried to death, feied egg was like cold jelly. Yiy have yo give yiur bread to a waiter to take away for toasting they then bring this to you so you can take this to the bowls of jam etc. Quite a performance

10

PAUL

15 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The stay was very good. Starter in the restaurant was loveky but both main meals a disappointment. My cod loin was wet ,sloppy and not very warm. Unfortunately we are both non complainers but we should really have said something about my meal last night.

10

Rachael

3 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Close to shops and restaurants in the centre of Leeds. Modern, well maintained, welcoming, warm and stylish decor. Really friendly staff in both reception and the restaurant. Good food in the restaurant. Would stay again.

2

Francesca

11 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Booked a table for 6:30 , when my colleague and myself went to the restaurant at 6:30 we were told that we didnt have reservation and madr to wait. Thier was only 7 other customers in the restaurant and lots of spare tables. We had to ask three times for ice and three times for the bill. The serive was very slow. The attidute of the male server was short and rude. We asked for the service charge to be removed from the bill as the service was very poor. This was questioned. The server took the bill and when he returned to the table he did have the bill, he said all on one card as we had no visablity of the bill we had to ask for it again. As we left the restaurant the male and female server where laughting and point as us. It made us very uncomfortable. To top thing off, when i went to my room the TV didnt work.

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Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
1 $142	2 $167	3 $271	4 $238	5 $185	6 $325	7 $311
8 $159	9 $178	10 $287	11 $280	12 $260	13 $276	14 $495
15 $153	16 $178	17 $239	18 $262	19 $1,346	20 $331	21 $351
22 $151	23 $186	24 $282	25 $272	26 $277	27 $275	28 $354
29 $155	30 $177

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