Guest User
March 30, 2024
What We Expected My wife and I wanted a local weekend getaway. After a search, I settled on Manon Les Suites. Based on their photos and website content, I thought it would be a quiet, pleasant spa focused on serenity and relaxation. We’re familiar with Copenhagen, so we only went out for meals and a walk around town; site-seeing was not important to us. Why Manon Les Suites Earned 3 Stars: We checked into a petite suite, and the room was beautiful. The decor was well done, the bed was comfortable, the bathroom was easily accessible for two people, the balcony offered a vista of roof tops (which I enjoy) and the sitting room added much needed space for two looking to relax in their room together. The breakfast was quite lovely in offering a decent variety of things to eat and drink. The restaurant’s setting was gorgeous, and the staff was friendly and professional. We took to the pool both mornings we were there. It was clean and peaceful, and we enjoyed our time swimming, wading, floating and lounging. Why the Hotel Did Not Earn the Last 2 Stars: The hotel’s rooms open onto balconies surrounding and overlooking the pool in its enclosed courtyard. Our room was on the 6th floor. The pool is open until 10pm. During the morning and midday the pool scene is the definition of tranquility. By the late afternoon it takes on a tone of happy hour as loud voices and music rose and echoed around the courtyard and through the closed door of our room. Even if I had turned on my own music, it would have been drowned out by the bass beat of whatever was playing below at the pool. We left the hotel for a dinner reservation, and when we came back, at least the mood of the music changed to something less intrusive, but it did not end until 10pm. To me, what’s worse than unwanted loud music is muffled unwanted loud music. The other reason for not earning another star is our massage experience. They were delivered by an outside service by two different massage therapists. My wife’s opinion is that hers didn’t lighten her touch consistently when asked, and so she felt sore a couple days afterward. I’ve had massage therapy on many occasions, and while mine was technically good, she made a few unfounded diagnoses. I told her that have issues with my forearm, since I’ve worked on a computer for a number of years and worry about repetitive stress. She told me that I had a case of frozen shoulder. In fact, I exhibit zero symptoms of that condition specifically, but I let it slide. She told me that I have knots in my back, shoulder and neck muscles, which is good hear since that’s the reason for my wanting a massage. I told her that I golf and that I’ve been pushing myself to play more. She asked if I stretched before and after, to which I answered yes. She then told me to stop playing golf. The only good advice she gave was for me to go to the sauna afterward. Overall our visit initially looked and felt promising, only to end in disappointment. Considerin