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| - I'm admittedly a Kimpton groupie. I've stayed at a handful and just love their attention to detail, amenities and quirk. It's always interesting to see what the "theme" of a Kimpton is going to be. I'm used to my homebase KImpton in Pittsburgh that's pretty funky and loud. This one is more toned down, but still with special touches.
I love the herringbone floors with the mix of hardwood and slate gray walls. It's warm and inviting in the lobby, with a large table to work from or cozy seating around a huge fireplace. I also loved looking at the large map of the world with pins marking where people have traveled from. Who'd have thought people came to Cleveland from New Zealand?!
The room was spacious and clean. I'm still not a fan of open showers... meaning there's no door and you're pretty much left to splish and splash water all over the floor outside the shower. But the bathroom was spacious and has the complimentary shower gel, shampoo and conditioner. The bed was comfy but was a little bummed the pillows were tiny and not very comfy. There's a lot of decorative pillows, but when it comes to sleeping, give me a great poofy pillow please.
The restaurant attached to the hotel is called Parkers. We had a nightcap there. With the clean and sleek lobby, I expected the restaurant to match, but it kinda bordered on cheesy. They had weird light up statue art with flowing curtains everywhere. I'm not sure what they were going for. My old fashion was okay, and it was obviously convenient to stop in for a drink, but it didn't blow me away by any means.
The front desk dude was very friendly, which is always great. Plus, the hotel is centrally located downtown. We were there for an Indian's game and it was a short walk to the stadium. I will gladly stay here again!
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