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channel for today's video we're going to discuss some of the worst hotels featured on hotel hell
and reveal how they're doing now so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the
content guys Brick Hotel in a season three episode gordon ramsay heads over to the brick hotel in
newtown pennsylvania to bring it back on its feet owned by therapists verendarkar and her son cj
they purchased the business back in 2006 believing it would be a great investment opportunity
told by the previous owners that it was a hands-off business and that it would run by
itself this was far from the truth struggling to generate any profits the owners often cut corners
and their staff turnover was extremely high so high to the point that over the course of 8 months
they went through 50 different staff members with some only lasting one shift the biggest issue is
that verendar acts like a dictator and makes it clear that it's her way or the highway due to
this the hotel's reputation is pretty abysmal in the community and people generally avoid it
needing some guidance before the business closes down for good the owners call out to ramsey for
some much needed help instead of going straight to the hotel like in previous episodes ramsay meets
with some of the former employees to get their input most expressed at the hotel isn't really
that bad but the largest problem is verendar who scares everyone away what's worse she wouldn't pay
the staff on time and when one of them complained she called the cops on them how crazy is that
anyway ramsay later heads over to the hotel and notices that the windows on the front entrance are
smashed the wallpaper is peeling off and there are bullet holes in the wall checking into his room he
finds tons of mold practically everywhere yellow pillowcases and filthy curtains nasty hoping to
have a better experience at the hotel's restaurant ramsay sits down and orders a french onion soup
a cauliflower steak a crab sandwich and a burger predictably everything tastes awful so the hotel
hell host heads into the kitchen and is shocked to learn that there isn't a head chef later on ramsay
does a bacteria test and gets a disgustingly high rating of 5680 on the shower curtains
immediately pulling the fire alarm and evacuating the hotel ramsay meets with the staff and verendar
starts to blame everyone but herself for the issue is present pulling cj aside he admits that his mom
wants to step back and spend more time with her family so ramsay puts him in charge of things
after making tons and tons of renovations both the lobby and the rooms got an aesthetic overhaul and
the menu was updated to include easy to make but delicious food upon the bricks eventual relaunch
locals were invited to the dinner service but also got a tour of the new and improved hotel
post hotel held the business's reputation was slowly starting to improve thanks to the fact that
cj was running things this allowed for verendo to sit back and let the staff do their jobs which
consequently brought their employee turnover to an all-time low several months later the hotel's
manager responded online to certain criticisms by saying that they had a large renovation planned
though things weren't looking very good since the reviews on yelp and tripadvisor were mostly
negative ironically they did end up selling the business and brick hotel was renamed to rocko's
at the brick which has really mixed reviews cambridge hotel paying a visit to the historic
cambridge hotel in cambridge new york gordon ramsay hopes to restore it back to its glory days
the hotel has 16 bedrooms and a massive restaurant that's been operating for more than 150 years
owned by ex-servicemen and local lawyer john imhoff and his wife tina he bought the hotel
in 2007 with the help of his family most of the staff complain about the fact that jon is
a humongous control freak and is very hands-on being 750 thousand dollars in debt and tina
refusing to dish out any more of the family's money into the hotel they call out to ramsay for
some help upon his eventual arrival to the hotel ramsay notices that there's an odd rest in peace
sign out front shown to his room the hotel hell host is met with an overwhelming amount of floral
decor thinks the towels are rough and sees tons of holes in the sheets meeting with the owners
they reveal that they haven't had any experience prior to owning the cambridge which is very clear
things have gotten so bad to the point that the couple might have to move into the third floor
of the building due to their inability to pay for their own home going down to the restaurant
to sample some of the food he ordered some pork and beans duck and the paella mud not only were
the first two meals called upon being served the pie which is the restaurant's unique selling point
was microwaved leaving ramsay feeling disappointed calling the staff together ramsay learns that jon
is at the root of the problem since the staff can't do anything without running it by him
first on top of him being dictatorial he doesn't even know what he's doing and brushes off any of
the suggestions made the following day the famous chef calls in some of the hotels paying guests to
give their complaints directly to the owner hoping to open jon's eyes some say they found stray hairs
all over the bedroom had broken door locks and most expressed that they would never return again
a while later ramsay heads up to the top floor which is supposedly haunted and is horrified by
the look of the rooms but has an idea in mind for the hotel's makeover after a lot of discussion and
renovations Ramsay revealed the new and improved cambridge to the staff which was completely
modernized in terms of the rooms ramsay gave them beautiful wooden floors and white drapes to tone
down the awful floral wallpaper additionally he provided them with 75 thousand dollars worth of
linen and towels to replace the old and rough ones taking the staff downstairs ramsay introduces them
to the ala mud room where the chefs receive a new apple pie recipe the restaurant's prep
cooked scooter who has always dreamed of making pastries and owning a bakery of his own teared
up at the thought of serving ramsay's improved pie to the guests as the customers quickly poured into
the restaurant and taste test the food they're impressed with how fresh and delicious it is
thanks to the renovations made the staff seem to have a massive morale boost and
were excited about what the future might hold following their appearance on the show while
they did get many reviews the ones that they did receive were mostly positive however back
in june of 2012 the cambridge hotel was placed in foreclosure and was purchased by the bank
officially selling the building at an auction for 350 000 it was converted into an assisted living
residence ramsay spent quite a bit on this rescue so this is a pretty big failure four seasons
in for our final entry we're going to discuss a hotel gordon ramsay visited called four seasons in
owned by a former construction worker named sandy mcduggle the inn has 14 rooms and a dog kennel
having spent over 1 million dollars since opening the place mcdougall was incapable of paying staff
due to the lack of funds rather than pay them with real money the owner lets them stay for free at
the end but this leaves less room for paying customers really needing some help mcdougall
calls out to ramsay who arrives expecting the luxury 5 star chain 4 seasons hotel but is greeted
with something quite different upon entering the end he notices that the reception is empty and
sees an untidy dog bed lying around mcdougall eventually escorts him to his room which has
an unmade bed and clearly hasn't been cleaned in baris the owner brings him to another room which
has tacky looking wallpaper leaving ramsay feeling unimpressed heading down to the restaurant to grab
some lunch hoping it will at least be better than the rooms he thinks that the food is uninspired
so he feeds it to the dog after his bland meal ramsay heads into the kitchen and is greeted by
steve who expresses that he has no control over the menu or the ingredients that are purchased
soon after steve goes into a complete breakdown and tells ramsay that he's embarrassed with the
current situation in the kitchen and is ashamed with the meals that he's serving
since the word got around that ramsay was visiting the inn many locals decided to visit the
restaurant and check in as a result of the unusual influx of customers the servers were forced to
check in guests during the dinner service which caused a lot of issues mcdougall hilariously asked
patrons if they were enjoying their meals and he was justifiably met with laughter and complaints
the following morning ramsay points out that the standards are extremely low since the pillows have
an awful smell and the swimming pool has dog poop floating in it hoping to give the owner a
new perspective he forces him to come face to face with some of the customers who checked in many of
them complain about the poor customer service and the fact that dogs are allowed in the dining room
to really hammer things home ramsay brings out the black light in front of all the guests
and shows that the pillows sheets mattress and rug are covered in fluids thankfully mcdougall
finally began to understand how much he's been neglecting the inn and vowed to change it was
then that ramsay was able to start working his magic starting by renaming the place to layla's
riverside lodge following ramsay's intervention the lodge's bookings went up significantly and
mcdougall received tons of positive reviews from viewers to this very day the lodge is up
and running and continues to get good feedback from those who decide to stay well that'll be
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