What is the definition of irony?
Not a fly in your chardonnay.
It's getting your sense of smell back after a two week sinus infection while at the Gold Coast.
A hotel that allows smoking.
Ba dum dum
The Gold Coast is fantastic if you're already here. For a budget hotel (and I'm from Silicon Valley so yes, this is a budget hotel) it's not bad. There's plenty of spaces to eat (avoid the buffet) and the service from everyone from the floor managers to the dealers is friendly and pleasant.
The rooms are clean, though organized strangely and the beds incredibly comfortable. The only real negatives are that the bathroom doors are on rollers and thus, privacy is non existent and that the fire drill went off our first night and the announcer seemed to want to speak as many times as possible to wake everyone up.
Sigh.
All in all not a bad stay and I'd definitely return, though the stars may drop when next time I actually have my sense of smell the whole time.