An excellent hotel in many ways but...

After a long series of hospital appointments we decided to treat ourselves to a 10 day quality break during May 2019. The hotel has a few things in its favour: 1) Location in La Paz, 2) The staff and 3) the spa pool area but it was let down by A) poor food selection and quality in the evening restaurants and B) excessive high prices of drinks etc. For example: there are no tea/coffee making facilities in the room but we could hire a kettle at €7 per night! Wine costs €25 per bottle and a bottle of Gordon's Gin will set you back €95. Not feeling too good my wife decided to skip one evening meal (we were on half board basis) and ordered Pumpkin Soup & bread roll via room service just for herself, I ate in the restaurant. She said the quality was excellent but €8 was added to our bill. We tried the Oriental Restaurant twice and while the curry sauce was good the chicken tasted and looked processed. The curry sauce in the Spanish Restaurant was awful - heavy flavour of turmeric. The selection was limited although there was a "Chefs Special" added every night. Regrettably the Italian restaurant was closed during May for staff holidays. We were so disappointed with the poor evening meals we decided to eat elsewhere two nights. On the positive side we enjoyed the breakfasts - a buffet style with a wide selection of food on offer, a great way to start a leisurely day. The hotel runs a complementary bus service to the town and that was very helpful, timetable was given to us on arrival. We loved the Spa area with its heated pool - a great location and we enjoyed an evening stroll through the gardens, the grounds were well kept. Like lots of hotels on the island the evening entertainment was OK although the "Two Tenors" were a great act. We could not fault the staff, they were excellent. If we were to stay at this hotel again it would be on bed and breakfast basis only and cut out their pretentious cuisine.