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    Bed sheet

    Nice by the looks but awful service. They never answer the desk phone (do they have one?). Comforter looks like it's growing mold. Servers were disrespectful at breakfast (but chorizo is pretty good). They do have a shuttle service which is nice but they hate to use it. They say they'll pick you up but they won't answer the phone. Here's a real convo I had. "Can you take us to church?" "How far is it" "2 miles" "Okay, let me grab something@ *walks away* As he drops us off "Can you pick us up in an hour? "Call the desk when your done and if I'm not busy I can probably come" "Okay thank you have a nice day!" *crickets* All in all this place looks very nice and has good amenities but it doesn't seem they actually want to help or provide anything not to mention they are rude if you care to use them.

    Front desk
    Dan G.

    Ive read the previous reviews and that made me nervous to visit but I gave it a shot. First time visit and thought an updated review is very due since the renovation was completed a month ago. The Moran is a very fresh and modern hotel. At the moment it is impeccably clean, bright and inviting. The lobby lounge and bar is quite nice. The greeting by all staff encountered is very polite. Check in at the front desk is easy and quick. The hallways are well lit with colorful wall coverings. The room smelled brand new as if I was the first person staying In it. Bed is comfortable and the bedding very high quality. I slept very well the first night. The bath towels.. up there with four seasons or ritz Carlton. That stood out to me immediately. There is a well stocked refreshment cart in the room that I didn't use but had a lot to offer. Room service menu is limited but the redfish was better than Pappadeaux serves. Morning breakfast starts at 6 as this hotel seems to serve a lot of patrons visiting the energy corridor companies. I'd recommend the buffet choice over the menu items as it's a better value. TIP: park on the 3rd level in the garage next door for free and there is a short enclosed sky bridge that takes you right into the lobby. Very convenient. The Moran is new, fresh and inviting. I will return when working In this area.

    The bar area plus outdoor seating overlooking shops and restaurants
    Courtney D.

    I love this hotel! Fantastic location, warm and friendly service from the nicest people--from the valet gentlemen to the servers and bartenders and receptionist--the interior is all new and the public spaces (lobby, bar, restaurants, and pool) are very attractively designed and inviting. There are many places to sit and visit, with nice views on to the surrounding shops and restaurants. And everything is so EASY--the skywalk to the parking garage, the proximity to food and shopping. If you forgot to bring something on your trip, no problem! Just walk out the hotel doors and go to Sephora, Anthropologie, etc. only steps away. There's even a Randall's grocery store and CVS, a Barnes and Noble and Athleta a 2-minute Uber ride or 10-minute walk away. The rooms are nicely furnished and comfortable. The bathroom lighting is flattering. The mini bar has good stuff! The bedding is perfect. And the price is very reasonable. Cannot recommend this hotel enough!

    Living room with comforter on table
    Jessica R.

    My husband and I booked a "suite" to bring in the new year (2025). We'd never been here before so I went to check the place out before making an official reservation and spoke with someone in their management team regarding details of the NY Eve event. All sounded good so we made the reservation. Checked in on NY Eve and when we got to our suite, found the room was not ready. Comforter was on the table, bed was a mess, bathroom was filthy, etc. The only plus was a great view. Went back downstairs to advise them of the room. They were very blasé about the whole thing and said they would put us in another room with no real sense of concern on their part. I did specifically request the same view. They assured me a great view with the new suite. Nope. This new one gave us a view of satellite dishes/ ac units on a roof. Couldn't even see the courtyard or anything else other than ac units. This room had the bed made but honestly was not clean. The floor on the bathroom didn't look mopped / the rug had hair and what looked like small paper / trash on it, and an almost empty roll of toilet paper on the dispenser, and no creamer for the coffee or complimentary bottles of water for the coffee machine- just the $8 bottle of Fiji water. Tried to make the best of it so we headed downstairs for the buffet included with our NY Eve package. Wrong again. The manager has previously told us the buffet would be available at 5 pm. When we went down they told us it wouldn't be available until 7. So, back upstairs to get ready for the event and then we could come back down for dinner. We came back down to head to the event which started at 8- we got there at 8:30 and there was nowhere to sit. Mind you, before I made the reservation I was assured plenty of seating would be available and since only 40 tickets were sold for this event should not be an issue. Wrong again. I had to go speak to a manager and they brought us some chairs which were placed randomly in an open spot on the floor with no table since they had no more tables available. I think they were not prepared for this event at all. It felt like they were just winging it. There was a lot of misinformation and the front desk management, although nice, was not trained well enough on how to properly handle issue resolutions. The restaurant staff was very nice and helpful when we went to eat and prompt at bringing us drinks and answering any questions we had. Other than that, can't say much else about this place. I had much higher expectations and for the price we paid for a "suite" I expected much better service and accommodations.

    My room
    Mark A.

    This place was excellent. Trying to go back this summer. I couldn't have had a better room, overlooking the mall and the city.

    Broken and stained shade
    Natalie E.

    I was disappointed by the overall maintenance and appearance of the hotel, especially inside the rooms. It doesn't seem like a very thoughtful room design. There is no fan in the bathroom. There is no overhead lighting and there are not enough lamps to make enough light to see properly if the sun has gone down (even though there are 4!) One of the 4 lamps in the room was broken. I called maintenance about it and they said they would send someone up to fix it and that never happened over my four day stay. There are lots of scuff marks on the walls, paint dinged, or chipped, corners of trash cans are broken off, stains on the glass and frosted glass, chunks of plaster missing, just tons of little things like that around the hotel that make me wonder how they are able to charge such a premium. They should also be more upfront about the amenities they offer. I didn't find out that there is a complimentary breakfast in the restaurant until three days into my stay. It was not mentioned on the website or when I checked in. A bit frustrating. The best part of the stay was the bed, it was actually very comfortable and gave me a good night's sleep. The hotel staff are pretty hit and miss in terms of customer service. I had some very pleasant helpful people, some people that really seemed ambivalent about being there, and still others that were pretty rude. :(

    Pool at Moran on Sunday at 3 pm
    Jamie R.

    Review: Terrible experience to the point my husband, daughter and I left before staying night to another hotel. Here is the sum of our stay: 1. Pool was disgusting with gray/brown water, and reeked of alcohol. Smelled like there was a massive pool party that no one cleaned up after, at 3 pm on a Sunday. 2. Were not enough pool towels at pool. 3. Key we brought to pool did not work and we could not get elevator to move while people were waiting and we were wet from having no towels. 4. Called for room service upon getting back to room and no one answered. Then tried again. And again. Then tried front desk. Then tried guest services. Then called front from cell phone and got front desk. They claimed they were checking in a big party and would go get someone from room service to call back. NO CALL BACK. 5. Complained to front after no callback and they offered to comp our dinner at yard house next door and said they would call them to have taken care of...end of meal and no one has called. NOTE: they did end up comping after an embarrassing setting with both restaurant manager and waitress, along with them and us calling to reach hotel front to get resolved. This was all while my 3 year old was tired and needed to leave the restaurant...which turned into a tantrum. 6. NEW key we got did not work when returning to hotel elevator 7. I failed to say they tried to double charge us for the $330 room when we already paid on bookings.com After this experience (and knowing we would spend yet another $39 + tip to overnight park), we packed and never stayed the night. The other hotel is far better and 1/3 of cost. Will see what if they are courteous enough to refund the room cost...doubting it. DO NOT RECOMMEND

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    Angela W.

    Very nice hotel. Every where you go the place smells fresh. They must use a ton of air freshener. Rooms where large an best of all they were attached to the conference center

    Keely G.

    Absolutely beautiful experience from Valet to front desk (Kristine and Josh were amazing) to the room to the pool to the complimentary breakfast! Was such a classy and gorgeous environment and we will definitely be back!!!

    Just a photo. No meaning behind it.
    Darwin H.

    So I get up to use the restroom, just to figure out, the water has been shut off!!! No warning, No Notice, just off! Just one more thing to add to the growing list of issue we had.

    View from 10th floor
    Jo T.

    Stayed here the Saturday before Valentine's Day so it was quite busy at valet and check-in. I love that it is located right in the heart of City Centre. We only had a 5-7 minute walk to the restaurant for dinner. We booked a junior suite so it was tucked away at the very end of our floor, which was nice. The room was clean. Only small issue I had was the water in the shower took 10 minutes to finally get warm enough to be able to shower without freezing. Once it warmed up, it was great. We really enjoyed the Fireside Bar on the second floor. They had a live band. It was a nice, fun crowd. Check-out was quick and simple with friendly attendants and our car was ready at valet just minutes after we called. I'd stay again!

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    Tho rooms are remodeled and very nice! It's definitely a lot cheaper than the Westin and much more around the area!

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    Ask the Community - The Moran Citycentre

    Is there a parking garage or is it an open lot?

    Huge parking garage

    The layout with the walk-in closet is which room? Premium king? Delux king?

    I'm not sure which one has a walk-in closet. It definitely was not in the deluxe king or the premium king room.

    Is this hotel the old Hotel Sorello?

    Yes it is. It's just a different name but same everything else.

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    The rooms are spacious and the hotel itself is at a perfect location to walk to food, entertainment and shopping.

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