1 Nicole Donald - 2 weeks ago
Lucky I have given one star. We were travelling as part of Expat Explore tour and this is the start and finish hotel. We booked one night prior to tour and had no issues however we asked if we could keep the same room for the first night of the tour. Apparently we asked too much, receptionist was not happy but begrudgingly updated our room key, but when getting to the room it did not work and she was very annoyed when we went back down to have fixed. Later that evening someone else had been given our room and tried to come in but we had a dead lock on door so they could not enter.
We also booked 2 additional nights post tour and we received notification a day prior to arriving that our booking had been cancelled (during Oktoberfest so limited other hotels available) along with others in our tour group. I messaged the hotel to explain we would already be at the hotel the night before and was it at all possible for them to honour the extra nights booked to which they assured me it was fine. We arrived at hotel with tour group and I spoke to reception again to see if possible to keep same room for the additional nights and again was assured yes and our booking still stood. However received an email at 4am (while we were already sleeping at the hotel) to advise that booking had been cancelled. Fortunately we were able to find another hotel at the last minute which ended up being cheaper and nicer. Would never stay at Bento Inn and would advise others not to either. Very disappointing.