Great looking cooker, shame about the grill
3/5
Not much choice at all to buy a 50 cms wide gas cooker, so I had to buy this model although I had seen negative reviews regarding the grill.
Well, of course it looks lovely BUT the lid is completeley see through, use your noddle Hotpoint , an opaque one is far better. Hides the rings. Two plastic blobs hold the lid off the rings-cheap and nasty. Yes you do have to hold the gas ignition in for absolute ages to light the grill and top oven, if you let go too soon, the whole process starts again. Absolute worse though, is as others have said, just cannot easily get the grill pan in and out. I might write to Hotpoint and ask how we are meant to do it!
Just such a shame to have these issues when you have eagerly anticipated the arrival of your new cooker. Not the fault of AO of course who are amazing, pull your socks up Hotpoint!