I recently stayed at The Empyrean, a supposedly 5-star hotel in Nha Trang, Vietnam, and let me tell you, it was a complete disaster from start to finish.
Firstly, upon returning to our room after housekeeping had been in, we were shocked to find our hotel room door was open and unlocked. Anyone could have walked in and taken our belongings. To make matters worse, we discovered that the safety box in our room was unlocked and left open after room service had supposedly tidied up. Nothing appeared to be missing, but our things was definitely messed around. We felt violated and insecure during the rest of our stay.
Besides that, the website failed to mention the nightly club music that blared from the top floor from 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Despite countless complaints to the reception, nothing was done to address the problem. The staff in general were beyond terrible. Slow, unhelpful, and perpetually glum - it was as if they didn't want to be there at all. When we reported the door and safety box incidents, we wasted nearly four hours dealing with unresponsive staff who seemed uninterested in our concerns.
Another annoyance is the elevator system. To reach the top-floor pool (which you can only do once a day), you have to descend to the first floor, go to the reception and then ascend all the way to the 40th floor. And when you want to return to your room, the absurdity continues. Also the elevator stops at almost every floor, to pick up more people, so it takes forever.