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| - My family and I stayed here recently when we were attending a family Bar Mitzvah in the Charlotte area. We stayed in a suite which had two double beds, a pull out couch and small wet bar with fridge. The size of this place was bigger than most apartments in midtown Manhattan. It was clean, spacious and had a balcony (which we did not venture out on) -- the room was basically at street level (just up a hill from street level), and although we felt space, it was a bit unsettling having a balcony accessible from someone walking by on the street.
The swimming pool was really very nice, but it was quite COLD -- even though we had 80's weather all weekend long. Apparently the pool is NOT heated and did not benefit from the warm atmospheric temperatures either. We were told that the pool would have been closed for the season, but they had a stretch of nice weather so they decided to keep it open, which is all well and fine, but if it's not warm enough to enjoy the water, what's the point?!
The only other gripe is the parking, or lack there of when there is an event going on in the hotel. The hotel blocked off areas where we could not park while a wedding was taking place. We found parking, but the fact is other hotel guests may not have. I understand the need for saving parking for event guests, but it would have been nice if they had sufficient parking for all without having to trade off between giving event goers and guests of the hotel a choice.
Otherwise, the hotel is convenient to the South Park Mall, the Symphony Shell next door, Shalom Park and Downtown Charlotte. And there is a Hertz rental car on-site at the hotel.
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