Next - Savoy Signature

This has the potential to be a really nice hotel. Unfortunately the negatives far outweighed the positives for us. Positives- Lovely modern rooms, very quiet and efficient air conditioning, good location.Nice rooftop pool (though weather too cold while we were there to enjoy). Nice sheltered balcony. Negatives- No storage in rooms - only one drawer between two of us and small hanging space meaning room untidy all week as only one open bench to store all your belongings. Terrible loud music in corridors and lifts- totally inappropriate for majority of clientele in hotel. Lobby bar very dark. To access pool bar and restaurant meant going across the road via bridge which was open to the elements. As we had a week of frequent heavy rain, this caused us a few problems. Visited restaurant once, but very cold whilst we were there as permanently open doors to pool area. We definitely wouldn’t return. Called in Royal Savoy on our last day for poolside cocktails- far better service, surroundings and considerably cheaper drinks. We found out we could charge drinks to our room from here as part of Savoy group. If we had known this beforehand we would have spent most of our time here rather than at Next.

The stay was overall satisfactory, friendly staff, clean rooms, good amenities. But the MUSIC… Relentless, constant hiphop plays all day until midnight. They EVEN play it in the hallway speakers so you hear it in your room! Fancy an afternoon nap? Hope you like drifting off to 50 cent. Then wake up to Beyoncé, go to dinner and come back to Kanye West, get ready for bed to Drake, and fall asleep for the night to Jay Z. I cannot fathom who would ever think guests would enjoy a hip hop playlist in the sanctuary of their own personal rooms all day long. It was noise pollution, plain and simple, and it got real old, real fast.

Lovely hotel with a great ocean view room and friendly staff. We were on the 8th floor and had fab views and the bed and pillows were very comfortable. The breakfast room is at the front of the hotel and is quite dark and enclosed, and when it’s full is very noisy, with no outside space. If breakfast was in the restaurant by the pool the experience would be 100% nicer and more relaxing. The pool was too cold to swim in which was a shame, but we were out most days so it didn’t matter too much. A kettle is provided in the room, but no tea bags or coffee which is odd, especially as they do provide things like slippers and robes which aren’t so essential. Overall a brilliant stay and a beautiful island to visit.