kangarooflyer88
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Property: ibis Styles Brisbane Elizabeth Street
Status: Accor Plus Platinum
Room booked: Deluxe 1 King Bed
Room upgraded/type: Yes, upgrade to corner room
Rate: Corporate Rate
Free internet: Yes
Free Breakfast? Yes
Early check in/late out: N/A
Welcome drink: Redeemed at restaurant for mega pint of wine
Welcome gift: N/A
Headed back to Brisbane this week to attend a symposium hosted by my sponsor. My organization booked me to stay at the ibis Styles. I suspect many people would be offended at being booked at such a hotel. Then again, I am a student, and a valued Accor Platinum member. Consequently, I looked forward to seeing how Accor treated me during this stay. Since the trip was booked by a Corporate TA I wasn't able to input my Accor details into the booking and decided to just provide the Accor membership details on check-in which reception gratefully accepted and added to the reservation. I was informed that I was upgraded to a corner room on an upper floor (floor 14 out of 24 IIRC) which I won't complain about since we're talking about ibis here and there is no such thing as an executive suite at most ibis properties (exceptions do apply, see my report on the Canberra property for instance).
Room itself was spacious, modern and just a notch above the usual basic amenities you would find at an ibis property:
Look ma, no shub:
And the best part of the hotel? The view:
Breakfast was served from 6:30 - 10:30 AM and was complimentary on account of my Platinum status. On the first day, the reception at the restaurant saw I was Platinum on their sheet and welcomed me in, offered to get me a complimentary coffee from the barista. On the second day, the reception couldn't find my details and was about to charge me for the visit until I showed them the Platinum card.
As for breakfast itself it's a buffet style affair as you would expect to find at most ibis properties. The selections consisted of the basics eggs, bacon, sausage, tomatoes, beans hash browns, fresh fruit, cereal etc. There was also some muffins and waffles/pancakes along with dumplings. Overall not a bad spread:
I redeemed my drink voucher on the 2nd night of my stay there at the restaurant (located on the Floor 1) which the bartender graciously provided me a liberal serving without me asking:
Overall, a very solid ibis property indeed and one where I would not hesitate to book if I was staying in Brisbane, particularly if there was a red hot rate attached bringing it in the $100/night range.
-RooFlyer88
Status: Accor Plus Platinum
Room booked: Deluxe 1 King Bed
Room upgraded/type: Yes, upgrade to corner room
Rate: Corporate Rate
Free internet: Yes
Free Breakfast? Yes
Early check in/late out: N/A
Welcome drink: Redeemed at restaurant for mega pint of wine
Welcome gift: N/A
Headed back to Brisbane this week to attend a symposium hosted by my sponsor. My organization booked me to stay at the ibis Styles. I suspect many people would be offended at being booked at such a hotel. Then again, I am a student, and a valued Accor Platinum member. Consequently, I looked forward to seeing how Accor treated me during this stay. Since the trip was booked by a Corporate TA I wasn't able to input my Accor details into the booking and decided to just provide the Accor membership details on check-in which reception gratefully accepted and added to the reservation. I was informed that I was upgraded to a corner room on an upper floor (floor 14 out of 24 IIRC) which I won't complain about since we're talking about ibis here and there is no such thing as an executive suite at most ibis properties (exceptions do apply, see my report on the Canberra property for instance).
Room itself was spacious, modern and just a notch above the usual basic amenities you would find at an ibis property:
Look ma, no shub:
And the best part of the hotel? The view:
Breakfast was served from 6:30 - 10:30 AM and was complimentary on account of my Platinum status. On the first day, the reception at the restaurant saw I was Platinum on their sheet and welcomed me in, offered to get me a complimentary coffee from the barista. On the second day, the reception couldn't find my details and was about to charge me for the visit until I showed them the Platinum card.
As for breakfast itself it's a buffet style affair as you would expect to find at most ibis properties. The selections consisted of the basics eggs, bacon, sausage, tomatoes, beans hash browns, fresh fruit, cereal etc. There was also some muffins and waffles/pancakes along with dumplings. Overall not a bad spread:
I redeemed my drink voucher on the 2nd night of my stay there at the restaurant (located on the Floor 1) which the bartender graciously provided me a liberal serving without me asking:
Overall, a very solid ibis property indeed and one where I would not hesitate to book if I was staying in Brisbane, particularly if there was a red hot rate attached bringing it in the $100/night range.
-RooFlyer88