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| - This was my first stay at this hotel and was here for two nights while at a conference that was being held at the hotel. The decor gives the hotel an old charm look and feel to the place. The hotel does have a business center, fitness center, and there are a couple of restaurants on-premises, but I did not eat at the hotel on this visit. There is also a Starbucks connected to the hotel. Overall, this is a really nice hotel, but as a business traveler, I was disappointed in the workspace area.
My room was on the 15th floor and I had two double beds in my room. The room itself was nice and large. There was a closet with a handful of hangers plus two robes, a workspace desk, two dresser drawers, wide-screen TV, mini-fridge, two luggage racks, alarm clock, safe, coffee maker, hair dryer, ironing board, iron, nightstand, two benches (one at the foot of each bed), and a decent size bathroom. The bathroom sink area had a decent size countertop and there was a nice size ledge going around the bathtub, making it easy to store things like a shaver, shaving cream, soaps, etc. A woman could easily sit on the ledge to shave her legs. The usual toiletries were provided plus cotton balls and cotton swabs. The safe was a decent size and I was able to put my 15" laptop, DSLR camera, iPad, and other smaller items in there without any issue. Both closet doors contained a full-length mirror on them. Most importantly, everything was clean!
From an Internet perspective, there is free wireless in the lobby, but it will cost you $9.95/day for wireless access in your room, unless you sign up for their free rewards program, in which case, the Wi-Fi charge is waived. I was averaging about 2.97 Mbps on download speeds and 2.91 Mbps on upload so I was happy with Internet performance. There is no wired Internet connection in the guest rooms.
The Fitness Center has five treadmills, three elliptical machines, two bikes, several Cybex selectorized strength training machines, two benches with a set of free weights, and several different sized medicine balls. Each of the cardio machines had their own TV, plus there were a couple of general TV's in the room. Overall, this was a decent sized fitness center. They also provide free headphones for use on the cardio machines in case you forgot yours. Towels, water, and wipes are all provided. The fitness center is open 24-hours and is accessible with your room key.
TV channel selections included the usual mix of broadcast and cable stations. For their premium channel, they offer HBO. The only kids station I saw was Cartoon Network. They use the LodgeNet system, but they did not support the use of the LodgeNet mobile app, which allows you to control the TV from your smartphone device. Although I was watching HD programs, picture quality was just average.
My main complaint is with the workspace area. As a business traveler, I use my laptop while I'm at hotels. The chair at the desk is a standard fixed chair, so you can't adjust the height or recline back. As a result of the lack of height adjustment, my legs were hitting the underside of the desk if I moved the chair too close to the desk. My bigger issue was with the lack of outlets on top of the desk. Most hotels will have outlets either in the base of lamps or they will have a dedicated outlet to plug your laptop into. Unfortunately, that was not the case here. I had to crawl under the desk, move the trash can, and then I managed to find an available outlet. I initially had my power brick plugged directly into the wall, but it was too heavy and kept falling out, so I had to connect the extended power cord to the brick so that I could keep the plug in the wall.
On the plus side, there were sufficient outlets near the nightstand, which is rarely the case at most hotels I stay at. Once I slid the nightstand back a bit, I found 4 outlets that I could use, so I was able to plug in my CPAP machine and my iPhone, which I use as my alarm clock.
I liked the location of the hotel as it was within walking distance of shopping and dining. It was only about a 5 minute walk to Market Square, which contains lots of great eating places. There is a parking garage directly across the street for about $15/day or you can use the hotel's valet at $27/day.
In summary, this is a great hotel, especially for the price I paid. I would just like to see some minor improvements made in the workspace area to make it easier for business travelers.
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