点评:The convention centre has a lot of different spaces. The most interesting and welcoming is the original theatre space that the rest of the centre is huddled against. The rest of the centre ranges from generic halls, to airy white spaces (which apparently used to be a supermarket), to drab and industrial-looking spaces. When we visited recently one of these latter spaces smelt first of spilt petrol, and then later human vomit, but we had no similar troubles with the rest of the environment. Easy access to baby changing facilities was a plus.
The centre provides food and drink under the 'Matchams' brand and really needs to do better. The food is of 'school dinners' quality, is overpriced and is easily outshined by anything offered by any of the cafes and restaurants within walking distance of the site. When we visited on a Sunday they failed to stock any sandwiches at all and a promised hot food table service was cancelled before lunch time without warning or explanation. Cups of tea were priced at a whopping £2.85 and the only alcoholic drinks offered by Matchams were tasteless bottled lagers or generically labelled red wine miniatures of awful vintage, again massively overpriced. Why the centre couldn't run a proper bar - or let someone else run one as a pop-up is beyond me.
翻译:会议中心有很多不同的空间。最有趣和最温馨的是原来的剧院空间,其余部分都挤在一起。中心的其余部分从普通的大厅到通风的白色空间(显然以前是超市),再到单调乏味的工业空间。我们最近访问时,其中一个空间首先闻到汽油溢出的味道,然后是人类呕吐物的味道,但我们对其余环境没有遇到类似的问题。方便使用婴儿更衣设施是一个优点。
该中心以“Matchams”品牌提供食品和饮料,确实需要做得更好。食物的质量是“学校晚餐”,价格过高,很容易被步行范围内任何咖啡馆和餐馆提供的任何食物所掩盖。当我们在周日访问时,他们根本没有提供任何三明治,承诺的热食餐桌服务在午餐时间之前被取消,没有任何警告或解释。一杯茶的价格高达 2.85 英镑,而 Matchams 提供的唯一酒精饮料是无味的瓶装啤酒或贴有通用标签的劣质红葡萄酒小瓶装,价格同样高得离谱。为什么中心不能经营一家正规的酒吧 - 或者让别人经营一家临时酒吧,这让我无法理解。