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for today's video we're going to cover some more hotels on Hotel Hell and determine
if they're still open so without further ado let's get right into the content guys
four seasons in four seasons in owned by a former construction worker named
sandy mcdougall has 14 rooms in a dog kennel spending 1.1 million dollars on
the inn up to his appearance on the show he's only losing money and can't pay his
you can only compensate them by letting them stay at the hotel for free which means less rooms for
paying customers mcdougall's dog layla has free range of the hotel and can be spotted running
around in the lobby or dining room which doesn't make patrons very happy desperately searching for
a way to get out of this ruts the owner makes a call to the legendary Gordon Ramsay for some eight
when arriving he expects a luxury five-star chain four seasons hotel though he's met with
the polar opposite finding an empty reception and an untidy dog bed as he enters ramsay is nothing
but unimpressed meeting with the owner he takes him to his unfinished room that has an unmade bed
and empty beer cans lying around how luxurious jokes aside the housekeeper aaron brings ramsay
to a room that is ready and she reveals that the inn has no affiliation with the four seasons hotel
having seen enough the hotel hell host heads over to the dining room and hopes that his experience
will be better without any surprises the meals ramsay tries are bland and unenjoyable so he
goes into the kitchen to have a chat with the staff supposedly the chef steve feels ashamed
that he served ramsay a horrible meal and blames it on mcdougall who has control over the menu
and ingredients used staff members gwen aaron and richard also agree that the management and owner
are the biggest problem at the end later on ramsay spent some time with mcdougall explained to him
that he's an innkeeper and not a chef as well as wakes him up by showing him how filthy the inn is
after realizing his wrongdoings the famous chef renamed the place to layla's riverside lodge made
the reception area feel warm and welcoming created a better menu for the restaurant redecorated the
rooms and best of all revamped the dog kennels as a result of the show bookings went significantly
up and unlike most owners sandy received tons of support from viewers like one reviewer on yelp who
said you could just tell the owner really cares about people and dogs and truly cares about us in
most of the reviews are positive with the lodge receiving a good three and a half stars across 17
unique reviews if you want a pet friendly lodge to stay in in vermont and see the fruits of ramsay's
labor challenge for this episode ramsay visits calumet in pipestone minnesota to help rena and
vanda who are sisters that owned the place at one point rina decides to leave for three months since
she felt that the work was too overwhelming which made it colossally difficult for banda to handle
with the employees barely doing their job it forced their parents to come work for
them to keep the hotel up and running their poor mother rita had to spend seven days
working a week just to help them out which called for the external aid of gordon ramsay
upon his arrival the hotel hell host compares a place to a prison and meets with a staff member
named mandy who apologizes for being the only one in the hotel show into his room
he's disgusted with a moldy refrigerator and a rail for a wardrobe found in his room already
unhappy with his experience ramsay makes his way to the restaurant and puts their food to the test
the soupy orders comes back somehow smelling burnt tastes disgusting and his fish dish was rock hard
due to the horrible meal rina and vanna start to get irate and threaten not to pay any of the staff
speaking with mandy the owners butt in and tell ramsay that she isn't committed which results in
her exploding into a fit of anger talking about how she works 60 hours a week with two children
however chef ramsay disagrees with the incompetent sisters and thinks that they
don't deserve to own the place he genuinely thinks that manny's a good general manager gathering
some guests ramsay is told that the rooms are run down and neglected as well as filled with
dust which was a problem for one patron with allergies calling the staff together later on
rita and vanda revealed that they decided to step down and let mandy run the hotel
following this the hotel hellhouse revamped the guest rooms updated the hotel's gym changed the
menu and gave them new bedding and wardrobes ever since ramsay left the reviews on yelp have mostly
been negative though it can be attributed to the ownership changes supposedly it was revealed on
their facebook page that their revenue nearly doubled after their appearance on the show
being sold by the sisters back in 2015 the hotel has sadly fallen into a state of disrepair and
was condemned by the city of pipestone after a fire inspection that found several violations
of the state's fire code once they made changes to these issues it was uncondemned in april of
2020 and the current owner has called out the city council for their treatment of the hotel
was it deserved probably monticello hotel being one of the oldest buildings in longview washington
the monticello hotel was built in 1923 and is owned by philip lovingvoss running it alongside
his girlfriend and general manager ginger they haven't had the best of success it doesn't quite
help that some of the rooms are unavailable but it's because loving foss and ginger fill some
of the rooms with their possessions needing some guidance on how to move forward they call out to
the famous chef and rescuer gordon ramsay for some help impressed by the hotel size ramsay notices a
small motel next to it an advertisement for help and a collection of cards which he assumes are for
a car show meeting first with the receptionist vanessa she tells the host that the cars in the
car park all belong to the owner shown to his room which is in the motel instead of the hotel ramsay
gets irritated and demanded to get a room in the actual hotel though the room he gets is completely
hideous and the decor as well as the bedding came directly from loving foss in ginger's home
later he meets with the owners who explain that the hotel is losing 30 to 35 000 a month which is
400 000 a year that's horrible both owners believe that the biggest problem is their
staff were supposedly taking advantage of them ready to grab some lunch he sits down at the
hotel's restaurant and orders some food and hopes that his experience will be different
however everything that came back was clearly either canned frozen or pre-packaged since they
don't have enough money to buy ingredients loving fox claims that his choice to use
pre-packaged ingredients was for the betterment of the hotel but it was only driving people away
what's worse loving foss has a drinking problem and consumes five to eight drinks on a daily basis
as pointed out by his staff in hopes of knocking some sense into the terrible owner he brings
them along with his staff to his disgusting room under a black light everyone is disturbed by the
amount of bodily fluids and cigarette burns that are around the room following a lot of
emotional discussion loving foss agrees to get help for his drinking and this is when ramsay
was finally able to make some changes working all night on giving the hotel a makeover they
freed up four suites in the hotel gave them new furniture and improved menu with fresh
ingredients and loving foss received a sponsor to help him with his drinking issues thanks to
the changes ramsay made the monticello is still going strong with more staff and a better pay
although the reviews on tripadvisor were fairly mixed many being disappointed that the restaurant
and lounge were being closed down surprisingly loving foss was sentenced to 90 days in prison in
2016 for threatening a district court judge years later after losing ownership the hotel closed down
and was converted into an apartment building that promoted communal living with shared facilities
for our last entry we're going to discuss the hotel gordon ramsay decided to visit called
meson de mesa in las cruces new mexico while on his way to the hotel his gps directs him to the
location listed by the owner but there is no sign to indicate where it is eventually arriving the
first thing he notices is the boring beige color scheme and upon checking in he's forced to sign
an agreement not to damage the venetian plaster which offends him deeply shown around the hotel
by the owner kelly he notices that the pool is filthy and that the pool cleaner barely maintains
it which makes him even more unimpressed later speaking with the general manager xan he says
that cali is the main problem with the hotel since she doesn't let her staff do their job wanting to
test the restaurants food ramsay thinks his meal is absolutely disgusting but cali believes it's
delicious eventually the hotel hellhouse goes into the kitchen to meet with the staff and zan admits
that there needs to be a lot of changes however this admission sparks an altercation between the
general manager and cali who fires him on the spot which makes his wife quit as well to help callie
realize her shortcomings he brings her into a room filled with hotel guests to get their honest
feedback most say that they would never come back to the hotel since the waiver they had to sign is
insulting the pool is dirty and so are the rooms finally realizing that things need to turn around
kelly agrees to listen to whatever ramsay is suggesting making changes to the restaurants the
current menu revamping the suite and cleaning and redecorating the pool area things were going in
the right direction keeping most of the changes made kelly saw an increase in business after
ramsay's visit but decided on selling it in march of 2017 and it was renamed to hacienda de mesa
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