This hotel has all the markings of a great place to stay for business people and people on long-term projects in the area. The rooms are really nice; they have a great indoor gym, pool & spa; a really good breakfast every morning and a Manager's Social 3 days each week with various food items & beverages. However I feel absolutely compelled to share with you my experiences here.
I will preface this by providing what I feel is a percentage of fault/ responsibility for the challenges I'm about to outline:
Staff - O% Responsible
Builders - 0% Responsible
Pets - 0% Responsible
Hotel Owners & Guests - Tied, for 100% Responsible
First off, I will say that the staff here is amazing. From the cleaning staff, to the front desk people, kitchen staff and management are all very friendly, helpful and engaging. All completely committed to making your stay as nice and as comfortable as possible. Whenever there was a problem, they jumped on it right away, immediately without question, with one goal in mind... working to solve the problem. Kudos!
Now, on to the challenges:
Number One
The walls are paper-thin. There must be little-to-no insulation nor soundproofing inside the walls. Being a Builder myself, I know what could be done, and wasn't. I place 100% of responsibility on the owners/investors of this property for taking the cheap way out... 0% on the Builder.
I can hear everything that the people are talking about in the room next to me. I could even hear the man next door peeing in the bathroom toilet, from where I was trying to sleep in the bed farthest away from the bathroom. Worse yet, the rooms are situated headboard-to-headboard, so you can imagine everything that I heard during my stay here. I will sensor my own further input here for the sake of readers of all ages, but it didn't sound fun for at least one of the voices that I heard.
Number Two
The floors appeared to have little to no insulation/soundproofing between them, as well. I was awakened at 1:30 a.m. by the sound of a small child running back and forth across the floor, without ceasing. Thirty minutes later, I listened to the mother yell & scream at the child to stop. It was quiet for a few minutes, after which the child resumed running back & forth until another 30 minutes later when the mother yelled once again. Thankfully, the front desk person was very apologetic and sympathetic and immediately moved me to another room where I was able to get my last hour and a half of sleep, before having to get up for work. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper. By the way, I do not blame the child in the least for this behavior.
Number Three
Please keep in mind that I am extremely pet friendly.... and so is this hotel. The challenges are not the pets, it is the owners of the pets who are the problem. They leave their pets locked in their room all day long while they are gone, out doing whatever they're doing. So, I came back to my room this afternoon to hear at least two to three dogs all barking, "talking with each other" like dogs do. The sounds on the floor or like something I would find out in the country somewhere... or, at a pound. People think that pet training is for the animal.... not so, it's actually for the human.
Number Three
This hotel offers an amazing complimentary breakfast in the morning. Not just your normal continental breakfast of the past, but eggs, bacon, sausage yummy waffles Bagels fruits, it's amazing. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't start until 6:30am. At that point, I have already been on the job for a half hour, so the breakfast was never something that I could enjoy.
So, I give it 1 star because of the challenges. I'd add three stars for the staff, but that would skew my review into the "Yay! I'm a fan" level.
So, because of the challenges, the startling awakenings in the middle of the night and the lost sleep, I need to give it just 2 Stars, with the one extra being for the staff. If it weren't for them, this hotel would get a one star rating from me. Never again. read more