On the surface, Atelier looks like a 5 star resort, especially with the pools and beautiful lobby. However, if you look a little closer, you start to notice things that take away from the experience of a luxury resort. Our first room was essentially not cleaned (stains everywhere on the tables, light switches, telephone); the bathtub had makeup stains and soap scum. And the toiletry amenities they offered were the bare minimum (towels, one vanity kit, hand soap and lotion). But you had to request for anything else, like a comb, qtips, toothpaste etc.) When we moved to a different room, the shower drain was clogged; the phone was broken; the juices in the fridge were expired.
However, these issues alone weren’t the problem. There seemed to be a communication problem amongst the different departments. What one department tells me never gets relayed to other relevant departments. For example, when we requested to switch rooms, it took hours and continuous followups with the staff to complete the request. I spent the first two days reaching out to staff, waiting on them to resolve the issues with our room, and following up with them to see when the room change would occur.
There were other minor issues. A room service staff broke a bottle of sauce right in front of our door, but didn’t bother to clean up the glass shards. One server was particularly rude. In general, this was not the experience I expected of a luxury resort Atelier claims to be.