EVERY Hotel Alex Polizzi Refused To Stay In | The Hotel Inspector Compilation

There are precious few hotels that hold the dishonour of Alex Polizzi refusing to stay, but the ones that do exist can all be found in this video. Alex's regular routine of staying the night to gain an authentic experience is disrupted when she won't cross the line in the sand she has drawn.
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[@shaldana]

I've travelled extensively and was the GM for a very busy motel business. I've stayed at 1* through to 5* and the one thing I can say: There's zero excuse for being dirty. Even a 1* can be immaculate and be a 1* because it doesn't have a lot of services. I'm quite okay with no services, so long as it's clean. I've stayed at 5* where I've seen filth that doesn't belong anywhere. It's not the star rating that determines things, it's the cleanliness. There's zero excuse for it.

[@TC-th1ey]

Agreed, I've been in a hotel that had no TV or WiFi in the rooms, no kettle, shared showers but they were clean because the staff cared. If the owner doesn't want to put any effort in why would the staff?

[@ElleSimon-wi1cm]

That first guy was such a tool, thought he was too good to bother with things like cleaning filth and felt that if it's cheap, guests should expect it to be dirty. The second one is hilarious. He doesn't want to overwork, so can't change a lightbulb. 😄

[@benm1414]

And the turd - I mean third? 🥉 💩 👐

[@brandona.8302]

Sounds like three owners who'd be happier running a pub without the added responsibility of a hotel.

[@StrawberrySunday212]

Yes, you may be half the price of other places, but there is no excuse for filth. That's a basic requirement regardless how much you charge!!

[@TinFoilCat90]

People buying failing businesses and not changing anything makes no sense to me. I mean theyre failing for a reason and you dont see fit to change it?

[@dar4061]

People are stupid, and think they're better than the people buying it..that's all.

[@LightningStrikeify]

As a Winchester born and raised, FILO has always had a ‘dive bar’ reputation not to touch with a barge pole. You go there under no circumstances and it has changed hands quite a few times!

[@stephenreeds3632]

Avoid Under New Management places!

[@joline2730]

Sometimes, I wonder if these owners need glasses - when did they last get their eyes tested ‼️❓ There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for filth 😮

[@hydangera]

@14:05 - "I know you get what you pay for, but do you have to really give people the worst possible experience for their money?" Preach!

[@eilsmile8732]

I love Alex and her sparkling smile and her dry put downs!

[@filthiestfish]

She's so cute!

[@JVSwailesBoudicca]

@@filthiestfish She would say that she is fiesty rather than cute

[@RantsReviewsRaves]

I live in Winchester and know of the First in Last out. It's at the moment currently closed due to no one willing to run the place. It wasn't too bad to have a drink in there mind.

[@Jesus_H._Tap-DancingChrist]

I was student at Symonds and it was ideal for getting served

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

People mock and denigrate inexpensive hotels such as Travelodge and Premier Inn all the time, but I've stayed in them numerous times and while facilities were limited, the rooms have always been spotless, beds comfortable, and staff pleasant and helpful. I daresay some have had bad experiences, but I speak as I find, and I've also stayed in expensive hotels where cleanliness and good service seemed to be alien concepts!

[@argylesocks1]

I lived in a frat house for two years and none of our showers were growing that sort of monstrosity. Been in plenty of cheap hostels and airbnbs and i've never seen that.

[@Pinkcatninja]

Thats amazing honestly! No offense to frat boys but not really the cleanest bunch. That does make the growth even more horrible

[@eins2001]

If you want to run a cheaper hotel and not lose money, limit the amenities, NOT the cleanliness!

[@margaretisabellezerner4556]

I can’t understand how there is no law to stop these people.

[@ajd8558]

The cheek of them when she leaves to not even apologise. (Unless that was edited out.) Like, Mal saying "I appreciate you telling me - I'm ok with it" when he should have been saying "I sincerely apologise for putting you up in a room that makes you so uncomfortable that you can't stay".

[@sofarawayvideo]

I think the last one was harsh regarding the decor. The dirt wasnt good but the decor and exterior REALLY were not the way she was making out...

[@ajd8558]

The first one - the guy behind the bar seemed nice and eager to please, albeit pretty clueless. But that can also have to do with poor management. If he were snapped up by a proper hotelier and trained properly in hospitality, he could actually be an asset. The owner, however... yikes. All gussied up with a suit and tie but thinking the dirt is acceptable, which makes you wonder about his own self care. What I'd call nice from far but far from nice.

[@LeaVilensone]

I'm sorry but owners saying 'you get what you pay for' is not an acceptable excuse. just say you don't clean at that point.

[@LeaVilensone]

May i add that my mum is very well versed in hotels having worked from 1* hotels to 5* hotels, and in her whole time she has worked in hotels, she has never had a complaint about cleanliness, so this is not about '''oh you get what you pay for, like what more did you except from us? were giving you the cheapest room we have'' it does not matter the price of the room, all that is expected is a clean room...If you can't provide that then you should not even be in the business.

[@thomasc8482]

yeah, and the ONE thing I am paying for is a clean room, I'm fine with bare bones and drab but it needs to be clean

[@Lukep93]

Agree with Alex 99% of the time. Think the last one was a bit harsh… dirty yes but the decor wasn’t that bad.

[@peterthornton8254]

As far as the mould in the bathroom goes a liberal spray of bleach will remove most of it. Further scrubbing once the majority it removed will deal with anything remaining, and regular maintenance thereafter will keep it clean. The proprietor's remarks about how cheap the place is in no way excuses neglect. It is a matter of hygiene. Anybody with a skerrick of decency would be rightfully appalled at the total lack of proactive cleaning the owner devotes to his establishment. He can wear a suit and think he's a hard headed businessman. But he makes a fool of himself putting his name to this dump.

[@willcooper4351]

Well explained

[@fawnieee]

Using bleach against mold is a terrible idea, better to use vinegar or specific solutions for combating mold. Often bleach will just end up feeding the mold and make it worse. Which makes your comment make even more sense and gives these people less of an excuse cos I'm pretty sure vinegar is cheaper than bleach lol.

[@katfoster845]

I can happily confirm that the B&B went bust and the owner presumably lost all his money.

[@peterthornton8254]

@@fawnieee Yes, you are correct, and for the record I run a cleaning company. Had I written "just use white vinegar," as I've seen countless times all over, most if not all people will use the cheapest vinegar they can find. Naturally fermented white vinegar is required for mould removal, mixed to a ratio of 4 parts water to 1 part white vinegar. Mould removal is one my specialty services. However, considering the overall state of this property I still believe bleach is the first material I would use for an overall deep clean, which it sorely needs. The scum encrust on the vanities and elsewhere in the bathroom is of a density I rarely see. Were this my property I'd be using a straight solution of bleach on practically every surface and especially those in the wet rooms. Please know I am not trying to belittle you or the owner of the B&B.

[@AaronOBryan60]

The last gentleman..Allen…Seemed like a super nice man

[@ElleSimon-wi1cm]

He really does seem to be very nice. This all seems to be too much for him.🙁

[@cheryl5994]

@@ElleSimon-wi1cm BUT, COME ON, THAT PLACE DIDN’T GET THAT FILTHY OVERNIGHT. AT ANY TIME HE COULDV’E HIRED A CLEANER TO DEEP CLEAN ONE ROOM AT A TIME.

[@JVSwailesBoudicca]

@@cheryl5994 He is away with the fairies & too trusting to even be aware......although he SHOULD be.

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@cheryl5994 It sounds like he has ONE part-time cleaner. That's clearly not enough, but there's not enough trade for him to be able to afford more staff.

[@TC-th1ey]

I used to travel a lot with work and they put me in some sketchy hotels, I used to have a kit including a double sleeping bag, a space heater, wedges that I used to hammer into doors with no locks, a tarp and a few other small items. I always used the showeres in services as they were normally reasonably clean. One hotel had cables hanging out of the wall that sparked in the night which was not great to wake up to.

[@effkay3691]

Instead of manning reception Mal just thought sitting behind the bar is much easier. They wonder why they go bust! 14:32 Mate stop, we believe you. You can’t be arsed

[@earnold1896]

Mal is gross and the place is foul in all respects. He probably has dementia from booze.

[@beaubrent]

Listen, I am a gay man but even I can see that all of these men could do with a woman in their lives.

[@allthecakeyum]

God no don't foist them onto us! Not our problem 😅

[@shortcake66]

No, they need to take a good long look at themselves. If they cannot understand the principle that a hotel room needs to be clean, they need to sell up. If they can’t be bothered to clean, they need to employ a cleaner.

[@StrawberrySunday212]

Sinks in hotel rooms, you just know someone has pissed in them, and that's why I'd never use one 😅

[@kellyann4073]

Ewww! I did not think about this and you’re absolutely right.🤢

[@cplcabs]

and just remember, every towel has had someone's soft bits dried on them. 🤣

[@marsy1480]

🤮

[@StrawberrySunday212]

@@marsy1480 Think about it. Middle of the night you awake busting for a pee, you're in your scants and need to walk down a hallway to the loo, risking bumping into a stranger. Then you spy the sink in the corner of your room...you're going to piss in that, aren't you?🤣🤣🙈

[@josephthinks296]

Two hot taps in the bathroom basin. Are they from the Schrödinger range.

[@shortcake66]

Can we just acknowledge 17:15 “…exit, pursued by a beer”? 😁

[@eins2001]

Aka brexit

[@nutmeg208]

The excuses are hilarious - and so predictable; "You get what you pay for", "I'm not about to work myself into the ground".

[@jenniferfriesen7691]

At FIFO it was very telling that the owner didn’t even show Alex to the room.

[@southparkfirefly]

Geez...the Green Man is hideous, even Hostels are in better condition than that!

[@MandyShadow]

hours preparing her room but not cleaning showers ....

[@Laroling]

I stayed in a pub hotel like these once in cornwall and it was terrible. There was black mold and they fucken painted the shower black to hide it or something but it was all behind the bedframe and it made me sick. The pub was full of all night noisy feckrs. Not a wink. I ran off.

[@Pinkcatninja]

I gagged reading this. Sorry you had to experience that

[@ajd8558]

A black painted shower in a hotel - ew! You just know it's hiding all manner of sins.

[@kimsherlock8969]

He hasn't got time to clean up 😅😊 Those walls are original under layers of coverage. The paint is probably led and poisonous especially if green colour Arsenic green . I wouldn't know where to start renovating it needs to be gutted and rebuilt tastefully. This requires investment management

[@kimsherlock8969]

Faulty Towers but real 😊

[@mariemartin7056]

I’ve stayed in some crappy two star hotels. But none of them are as dirty as these places.

[@MrRobravens]

Lol to describe yourself as an entrepreneur and then not do anything with a place since you bought it is laughable😂

[@MrRobravens]

And the second moron can get away with charging 120 for that room, baring in mind this is probably 7/8 years ago when 120 is a ridiculous price and somehow he's in trouble😂😂

[@mevolander8478]

Your average entrepeneur really, its a byword for talentless

[@lisawentworth6831]

Sadly, I have seen and stayed in much worse...some unmanned hotels so no one to even complain to!

[@Nick_J_]

5:27 Sorry, that’s a deal breaker. I am NOT dealing with a communal toilet and shower. Never ever never ever never ever ever never never ever ever never ever

[@TheWhiteGyrfalcon]

Aww even though useless at his job, especially cleanung, the assistant manager jack of all trades fella in first story, seemed a gem, a clueless raw gem, but kinda endearing like a pug, but the boss is a jerk. The 2nd story with Auzzie owner is the worst I've ever seen, so disgusting, you didnt clean last nights mess at least?? The last man just seemed lost and genuinely only one who loves his business here. Maybe he has depression or something and can't see what's happened around him. Needs a good clean and an update, but that one i could see surviving

[@angelbulldog4934]

What kind of name is First In Last Out? I'm familiar with the term, but not sure I see a hotel connection

[@stufour]

It’s on the road out of Winchester. It’s the first pub you see coming in and the last one you see going out.

[@angelbulldog4934]

@stufour Thank you 😊

[@effkay3691]

I thought it was first at the bar last out of the bar

[@gazXspace]

​@@effkay3691 So did I

[@BerryNiceToMeetYou]

Going by the standards of the place, it probably meant first in the toilet, last out 😂

[@benm1414]

1:04 woah, Donald Trump was in this episode? What's he doing at this B&B?!

[@Wolfangzs]

Yo wtf😂. This guys cooking

[@benm1414]

@Wolfangzs 🧑‍🍳🍻🍊

[@bondfool]

They all seem like guys who wanted to own a bar and unfortunately hotel rooms came with.

[@margaretisabellezerner4556]

I’m still not sure why all these people on this program should be given money and help to perpetuate their delusions at expensive of innocent guests.

[@ajd8558]

Yes! And why they even go on the show when they then argue with her all the time - you know there's a problem, or you wouldn't have called her in.

[@Seaturtle2004]

Bed and breakfast but not breakfast??

[@noreenmadden3028]

WTF is that Aussie saying, that the English drink more beer, how dare him, that is ONE of the few things that we come FIRST 🥇 in .😂 Noreen Readett Australia 🦘

[@pt4005]

Having lived in both countries… I’d say it was close. But in Australia there were drive through off licenses and byo.. i think they were more unhealthy with it

[@christinebeames712]

Her staff revisited the place, Alex knew exactly what she was in for,

[@JVSwailesBoudicca]

That is not the same as actually seeing the mucky toilet pan & bathroom basins for herself.🤢The team probably said little so that she wasn't aware.

[@joysgirl]

You may be half the price of other hotels, but that's no excuse for the filth.

[@susanbusby5779]

Cleanliness costs nothing .

[@elizabethrobertson1159]

Cleanliness does cost. It takes time and a certain amount of skill. It is, however, essential and, unfortunately, undervalued until it is lacking.

[@eilsmile8732]

Oooh I’d have latex gloves on in those places…..

[@lornaprice3748]

And shower with your shoes on because it's cleaner than touching the shower floor with bare skin.

[@juliar2462]

Literally a lot of these things are standard in most hotels lol

[@harryproud9679]

Love It When A Posh Bird Swears .🤪🥰👍

[@eins2001]

Ok, creep

[@MajesticFox-ob4ss]

23.48 taste it, is it yoghurt?

[@adamwiggins3041]

49 POUNDS?!?!?!?! For that?

[@generaldzaster2022]

Poor Baldrich i mean barry

[@cheryl5994]

IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS. KNOWING ALEX IS COMING, HER ROOM SHOULD BE IMMACULATE & READY AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR. THEY WERE ALL BAD, BUT THE LAST PLACE WAS TRULY ABYSMAL, I CAN’T IMAGINE THE LIFE THAT’S LIVING IN THOSE CARPETS, NEVER MIND WHAT’S INSIDE OF THE MATTRESSES. . . EEEWWWW.

[@ospreyphil8995]

Any hotel with communal ablutions is a massive red flag let’s be honest 😂

[@CUSTARDMIKE]

Barry is a weapon

[@shirleyscott8879]

How can anywhere get that dirty?

[@swedishmeatball4382]

People who just doesn't care. I once stayed in a hotel that fits right in with these. It looked fine online but boy did these photos lie. Long story short: we called this place Hairy Beds & Rotten Milk. The bedsheets were covered in pubes and when I called to ask for new sheets I was told to eff off. Classeigh. But yeah, I don't think the sheets had been used for more than three or four months without being changed or washed so I guess they were still "good to go". And then in the morning when I was deperate to shower after a night in the nastiest bed I ever tried to sleep in, I had to climb on top of the toilet and turn the sink around for the shower to pop out of the wall. Craziest bathroom "design" ever, and followed by all breakfast where everything was either rotten or moldy. And yes, we also had "entertainment" during the night as some of the other guests had a nice little knife fight right outside of our room. It was like the universe was playing a game of "The 50 worst experiences in a hotel" an mixed them all to give us the Full Hotel Hell Experience. I looked it up a while ago and thankfully it seems to have closed. From what we could figure out it wasn't really intended for single night guests but was a long stay place for homeless people deep in addiction. However, I would argue that even if you are at rock bottom you deserve better than insanely dirty rooms and rotten food.

[@scottgordon1781]

After the earthquake in Taiwan in April , room was spared for cracks , stairwell not , minor . Compared to the east coast .

[@WIlfredWibbles]

WTF does this mean ?

[@benm1414]

WTH does this mean?

[@carolynevans8826]

I'm tired just checking in with all that intro talk

[@nataliebateman1151]

My old uni dorm was better than this

[@bummtschak4755]

Hotels in the UK are really really bad. Booking anything less than 4 Star Hotels is not acceptable for me.

[@WIlfredWibbles]

I note you carefully don't say what country you hail from...

[@bummtschak4755]

@ Germany.

[@zeberto1986]

Clearly youve not spent much time here in the UK. There are plenty of decent, independent hotels etc if you look. I bet Germany also has its own terrible hotels and pubs that are just as bad.

[@bummtschak4755]

@ I have spent a lot of time on tour all over the UK.

[@ajd8558]

Just gotta know where to go. I've stayed in some fantastic places, even 2 or 3 star.

[@matts.6904]

I like the way she says "filthy."

[@eins2001]

Creep

[@audsk9953]

There's alit of professional people that swear...there's nothing wrong with it

[@leehenry5764]

She's got more front than Brighton

[@duncanwilson7390]

She doesn't mind communal showers. Ok, I'll bring the soap 😂😁

[@irenedavo3768]

Rent 100000

[@lunalovegoodwitch]

Interesting but very unprofessional for Alex to be swearing

[@sparrow8081]

Oh no, a post watershed TV show has swearing? The horrors.

[@lofthouse23]

I've never heard Alex swear before. I thought it was funny.