Cornul Vânătorului — Hotel in Pitești

"Cornul Vanatorului" is an amazing place to be, located in the Trivale Forest (15-20 minutes from downtown) but in the same time a terrible place to stay at.||||I would like to start this in-depth review by mentioning all things happened chronologically. ||||I have arrived at the venue around quarter past three (15:15) and I was looking for a parking spot. There are multiple spots outside, on the shoulder of the road and around 20 inside the hotel. ||||The Check-In was.. disappointing, terrible and inefficient. When I entered the hotel with my girlfriend, the front-desk agent was speaking at the phone. I told her I made a booking, she called the housekeeping maid to ask if the room is ready (check-in starts at 14:00; ET of check-in: 15:30). While she was looking for my reservation, I started completing the Check-In Form – I used to write my name, date of arrival/ departure and signature – and she told me to fulfil all the fields (things such as ID Number (CNP) and my ID Number (serie și numar de buletin), I asked why and she told me "Because we need it." ("C-așa trebuie.").||||I took the room card and start going to the famous room no. 206 but the FO Agent started screaming after me to tell her my birth place, age and things. I mean, screaming.. I was at the first floor and she was still screaming to - VERY UNPROFESSIONAL -.||||When I arrived at the room, I found my keys put in the door (then why do I need the room card?). The card wasn't working to unlock the door.. maybe that's why I needed those keys. Anyway, the electricity in the room works as well without the room card inserted in the slot. A maid suddenly jumped in front of me telling that she will put towels in the room soon – I told her I will leave the hotel in 20 minutes until midnight -.||||The room was quite spacious and clean, excepting the hair found near the toilet (SERIOUSLY?).. I found also three towels (two big and one small), three small plastic shower gels and 2 soaps in the bathtub, and another two soaps on the sink. These are all the amenities.. I haven't found any slippers, robes and normal 3 stars amenities.||The bed was quite comfortable but the pillows were awful (just 2).||Other point of view.. charge yourself with energy because in the room you'll find only two outlets behind the bed – on a side only – (hidden, and one was for the lamp), two behind the TV (one for AC and one free). I found very funny that on the other side of the bed was a small lamp.. but no outlet at its close.There are as well only two light switches (one near the door and one behind the desk - very inaccessible). The TV was big, which I like, but the signal was poor; also, the remote wasn't working very well.||||Wi-Fi in the room.. yes, it is, but it's not working. Or it was working very slow.. ||||Air Conditioning was a mess. When I turned it on, it started creaking like hell. Should I mention that it turned on itself at 5 in the morning and after I turned it off.. has it started again? ||||The Mini-Bar was.. empty. Nothing inside. E-M-P-T-Y. I wanted to call the Front Desk but guess what, there was no phone number for the Front Desk near/on the phone? So I put some shorts on and went straight to the Front Desk.. Nobody was there. The same lady appeared from a back office and asked her to give me some still cold water.. Nah, she had only sparking water at the room's temperature so she advised me to go to the terrace and buy from the mini-bar. Nice though. Outside, it was a traditional live music session (very nice music) and still busy. A waiter came and I asked her to give me three waters.. 4 RON/each - reasonable. ||||The Breakfast was.. OK. There are 4 menus at the Front Desk, you pick up what you want, receive a small paper and give it to the waiter on the terrace. Our waiter was Denisa who was really efficient - nice serving and kept an eye over our table. I asked her to replace the ham with bacon. She asked us if we want tea or coffee. The coffee was good, not amazing but not terrible (huh). Maybe the bread was.. awkward - not very sure if it was stiff or old. The butter wasn't cold, it was warm.. strange right?||||I went back to the room, packed our staff and leave.||||I'll never come back to stay there – We're blessed we survive there – maybe only to eat something on the very...

The overall feeling was that I landed somehow in 1990, but not in a good way. The furniture in the room sure is from that time. We've been entered the location with a feeling that the photos from the booking platform we're not been updated from a long time because they didn't reflect the reality from the actual hotel. We entered in the reception are where we had been greeted by a receptionist who was not been very kind an polite but that wouldn't be an issue for me. We booked for two rooms. We had room 103 and room 104. Mine was 103. The furniture like I said in the beginning sure was from 1990, the AC would not work and the outside temp. was way 34 degree Celsius. I tried to make a shower and I waited for more than 20 min to have warm water. The 104 which was my colleagues room was a little more up to date with the furniture. On the hallway it was a very strong smell of something rotten like when a animal dies on the side of the road and stays there with weeks. The restaurant I never tried because after the experience with the rooms I didn't had the courage to experience further and the taxi drivers confirm that was a good choice that we didn't eat in that place. In the end it was a very bad experience and we only stayed for a night. I cannot imagine to stay there...

We booked a night from thursday to friday, there was a party at the hotel with very loud music, that was playing till 2 AM. We were not informed about the party when we booked the hotel nor when we checked in. When we complained that the music is too loud the receptionist gave us keys to a smaller room, but the music was loud there too. after complaining again in the morning the receptionist said we don't have to pay for breakfast.

The hotel has no lift.

The room was clean but the furnishing is old not pretty. The TV is enormous but also old, so the image quality is really poor.

At the hotel restaurant I ordered a black tea and received mint. When I gave it back the waiter exchanged it for some other herbal tea. There's no choice at breakfast, you receive a plate with something between scrambled eggs and an omlette, some ham, tomato and honey + some bread. No black tea again. Some fruit tea or cofee, no water.

On the plus side the receptionist was trying to be helpful and apologized for the noise. Also the chocolate pancakes were delicious and the wireless...