Guest User
October 9, 2023
Just returned from a long weekend staying at Pikes. Quite often when you’ve waited many years to visit somewhere, it can disappoint. Not here. From checking in, a complimentary cocktail, bringing your room key to you whilst you relax in the sunshine, nothing was too much. The staff and I mean everyone, were lovely. The chap cleaning the pool area, the ladies taking your orders poolside, the breakfast crew and the reception team. A lovely refurbished room, attention to detail with everything from Haribos, a great coffee machine and a lovely bathroom filled with luxurious lotions! This was everything I’d hoped it would be and we will be back to do it all again. My only bugbear and maybe it’s because I’m old, but the DJ’s poolside and outside of Freddie’s are really stuck up and aloof. When asked if they could play a snippet of Club Tropicana, we were snootily dismissed as they played yet another banal dance track (that no one was interested in). Yes it may appear clunky in today’s music scene, but that track and the funds it gave Tony Pike from recording the video, set the hotel on its way. Most people of a certain age are there because of that video. There are photos of Wham! all around the place, but no one will play that song. When they did play an old tune, Blondie, the Cure or even the Smiths, everyone loved it. Good music doesn’t have an expiration date and remember, old music is the same as today’s music, it’s just a different way of delivering it. Pikes, you were wonderful and we will be back.