Read the reviews and try to guess the meanings of the words or phrases in bold.

Review 1: Hotel Tropica

Our room, facing the beach, cost us a small fortune, so you can imagine our shock when we found just how filthy it was. The pillows on the bed had dark brown stains on them, the carpets were frayed and we found cockroaches in the toilets. We won’t be staying there again anytime soon!

Review 2: The New Paradigm Hotel

We didn’t have great expectations for our hotel room, since we booked it for a very reasonable price. However, we were pleasantly surprised! The room was very spacious for Hong Kong and we could see that it had recently been renovated as the fittings were in excellent condition. We would certainly highly recommend this hotel.