I've never stayed at the Drake Hotel, so I can't say much for their rooms (I hear they are all fancy and stuff). But as a local hang-out, it's pretty aiight. Usually some good bands are playing in the basement, the restaurant/bar can get pretty lively, and the Sky Bar patio has the cushiest of couches - it's the perfect Summer location for any planned get-together... and for making fun of drunken dressed up 30-something professionals who think they are living "the life." Seriously. They're redic.