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25.01.2022 Heading to Wellington? Is the most expensive hotel in town the best hotel?
23.01.2022 Dont piss them off!!
21.01.2022 #hotelreview #langhamsydney The Langham in sydney is a small boutique hotel in the rocks district, very close to Barangaroo and overlooking darling harbour. The rocks is my favourite part of sydney. The hotel is clean and modern, with a touch of european flair. It tries really hard to look like a super high end hotel, but the decor is simply not there.... The front desk is efficient and friendly, and checkin is fast. We got a terrace suite that looks on to observatory hill, and it has a very large terrace that you can dine on. The room decor is plush but again, just a tad shy of really good quality. But if you don't look very hard, it's a lovely room to be in. Interestingly enough, the junior suite next door is actually much bigger and more expensive. You can see from the blue print below that almost every room is different size. The bed is wonderfully soft, and it faces a large open window, looking on to greenery. It's all very relaxing. The room service is excellent, and very well presented with a little vase of flowers. The underground pool is very cool. A million little starts blink at you as you float around. There is also a few free pink bikes that you can ride around in for free. There is also a pink london cab that will take you to anywhere in the CBD for free. You have to specifically ask for both of these things, and they keep them hidden away in the garage. Overall, a high quality boutique hotel that's just a tiny bit rough on the edge. But if you don't look so hard, it's a truly relaxing hotel. Score: 4.08 out of 5.
20.01.2022 How many have you been to?
17.01.2022 Here is a pretty comprehensive list of flight reviews.
13.01.2022 #restaurantreview #paris #france #frenchcuisine During our trip to Paris a couple of years ago, we dined at Le Cinq in the Four Seasons. It was known as one of the most pretentious restaurants in the world, certainly one of the most expensive. The entrees started at 100 euro!!! Some of the mains are over 200euro!! just insane! We opted for a set lunch for around 150euro, still expensive, but a bargain considering what we would have to pay otherwise. To enter the restaurant, y...ou have to walk a far way in to the Four Seasons, which is a wonderfully plush looking hotel. The dining room is at the very back. The dining room is palatial. No other words to describe it. We were essentially dining in a palace. Everything was so fancy, and we felt completely out of place. The service was spot on. No french attitude or pretentions. Everyone was relaxed, friendly and professional at the same time. An older gentleman would come over once in a while and tell us a joke, and he will make his way around the room telling jokes to others and put everyone in a good mood. Bread choice was limited for such as fancy place, but very high quality. I loved the bread platter they served it on. We started with some amuse bouche, and then the entrees came soon after. The lobster with some sort of cheesy cream was some of the most luscious seafood I've ever had. One of main dishes was a deconstructed onion soup, which were literally soup in these tiny parcels which exploded in your mouth, absolutely amazing. One thing that was interesting was that all the dishes were covered by those silver domes, and there will be one waiter on each side to lift the dome off for both guests simultaneously, while a chef explained the dish. This process is especially dramatic when a table of 8 gets served, and the entire room of waiters are lined up behind the guests to lift up all 8 domes simulaneously. It was quite a show. Cheese and desserts were outstanding too. You not only get to choose your cheese from a giant cheese trolley, but also the desserts from the dessert trolley and petite four from the petite four trolley. It was very extravagant. At the end of the meal, we were given a printed photograph of us at the table in a little card. What a thoughtful parting gift. I have no hesitation in recommending this restaurant, especially the relatively good value lunch special. We have nothing like this in Australia. 4.89 out of 5
12.01.2022 #restaurantreview #gordonramsay #london Language warning ahead, reader discretion is advised. There's an old joke - two elderly women are at a fancy restaurant, and one of them says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Pretty much sums up my experience at Gordon Ramsay.... The restaurant is in a nondescript building in a nondescript street. Who would have thought it was foreshadowing my mediocre experience to come. FUCK ME. I was amazed what they did with the dining room, they managed to recreated an early 90s atmosphere. WOW! what an effort. The room was otherwise cramped, dark, heavy and made me more depressed than listening to Jeff Buckley. The service is sharp and sour. The FUCKING pretentiousness is through the roof. Every single waiter has a thick french accent, at times it was hard to tell whether they were speaking english or gaelic. FOR FUCK SAKE. This is the first thing our waiter said to us when we sat down. "would you like to start with glass of champagne?" and without even waiting for my response, he almost started pouring. For a dining novice, one might assume the wine was free, but FUCK ME, the 'free' champagne was a bottle of vintage Dom. That sneaky little shit was going to serve me a 150 dollar glass of champagne I didn't order. Later on, I saw him pull the same stunt on my neighbour, and they were too shy to refuse. WHAT A SHIT! The pea soup was just that, FUCKING blended pea soup. MY NAN COULD DO BETTER, AND SHE'S DEAD! The entrees of fish and whatever mess of leaves they decided to serve me was like a magic trick, they managed to remove all my taste buds so I couldn't taste anything. It was FUCKING BLAND AS DRINKING WATER! The mains aren't much better. Just plates of brown mess you'd usually see in the toilet bowl of a curry restaurant, and tasted much the same. Which donkeys brilliant idea to put 25 tiny portion of ingredients on one plate, so you can't taste any of them properly. WHAT A FUCKING JOKE. The one saving grace is the berry dessert, because the strawberries were truly delicious, but I doubt they grew that in their danky restaurant. We left hundreds of dollars poorer and still hungry. Gordon Ramsay, you seriously impressed me. You impressed me with how shit your restaurant is. YOU'RE A FUCKING DISGRACE!! 0.76 out of 5.
11.01.2022 To those who made fun of people going to Bali for their honeymoon. It's actually packed with amazing resorts.
07.01.2022 17 hours from Perth to London? why don't planes just fly faster?
05.01.2022 Crown direct (free to join) has some pretty great villa deals at the moment. I might book a couple of nights for a staycation. Join here. https://www.crownhotels.com.au/crowndirect... See my photo review here. http://aspiretraveller.com///crown-melbourne-crystal-villa We have no relationship with crown. Although i will work on some discounts for FF.
02.01.2022 Turns out shitstar isnt so bad after all. QantasLink had the highest percentage of cancellations (2.9 per cent) during 2017, followed by Tigerair Australia and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (both at 2.1 per cent), Virgin Australia (2.0 per cent), Regional Express (1.5 per cent), Qantas (1.3 per cent) and Jetstar (1.2 per cent).
