We look for one thing done properly rather than everything done adequately. A single room with a considered window will get written up here ahead of a well-run property with nothing memorable in it.
In practice that means we cover a lot of small places — guesthouses, restored houses, ten- and twenty-room hotels — and very few resorts. It is not a rule against large hotels. It is that scale and specificity tend to pull in opposite directions.
What we always tell you
- What the rooms differ by, and which one to ask for.
- The catch. Every property has one; we name it.
- Whether the building is accessible, in concrete terms rather than a checkbox.
- Roughly what it costs, and how much that falls outside the peak.