Nitemare, at last a UJ Club topic. I have been complaining about this for years, but never on such a wide forum, so here goes. I have stayed there on many occassions since 1975 ( or at least tried to), when I was a kid and my Dad booked us in, onwards through my own service into the 80/90's. Now when we went there the first time, my Dad had just been commissioned, so we had to lie about his rank, as Officers were not allowed in, luckily he still had his old ID card too, so we bluffed it. Then when I tried to stay in 1987 I was not able to get enough rooms for myself, and my friends as we were enlisted scum, and a large proportion had been given over to Officers. Then in 1990, I could not get in at all, because they had opened it up to civvy police and firemen, and they had it filled. Final insult, in 1999 I tried to get in, but again could not, this time because it was full of Polish firemen, and the ultimate insult, Eurostar train drivers!
I mean come on, is the place not supposed to be for British servicemen in transit? I was disgusted to find these train drivers propping up the bar, on their 35k pa when young soldiers could not get in.
They are also very strict about guests, so if you pull, forget about bringing her back there.
If you do want to use it, and to be honest if you shop around you will find better, then book it well in advance, incase the retired spanish road sweepers or someone are having a conference there.