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| - I booked this hotel through hotwire, and hotwire tells me it's too late to submit a review, but it was a great stay and I really wanted to give the Doubletree a great review so that's why I'm reviewing it on yelp. Obviously, the room rate was low, so I'm not entering the price range.
To begin with, they gave me 2 warm chocolate chip cookies as soon as I got there. Also, they asked if a 2 double bed room was what I had requested. I answered that it was kind of silly since I was alone -- so they gave me a queen bed suite!! I was delighted with that.
Finally, I left a new raincoat in the closet. They returned it through mail -- it was on my doorstep six days after I got back (this is why my review was late for hotwire, I wanted to be able to tell you whether they would get lost items back to you).
It was very comfortable and convenient for me.
Convenience: I was going to a workshop on South Craig in Oakland. I had a car, but didn't want to hassle with parking in Oakland. So I walked a couple of blocks to 5th and Ross get any of the 61 or 71 buses that run down Forbes into Oakland. Most places at Pitt and CMU are on this line. Then to go back, I would get a bus on 5th. The buses are very frequent -- I never waited more than 5 minutes.
Comfort: The suite was huge for 1 person, would be great for a couple also. The bed was quite comfortable, wifi good enough to watch Game of Thrones on Sunday night, in other words, really good bandwidth (I couldn't figure out how to get it through their TV system -- two TV's in the suite, and I never used either). There was a comfortable desk in the living room area that I used for my computer and meals in the room. The bath-room was well equipped.
My one criticism was that they provided clean towels every day even though I hung them up -- I guess they're not doing that green thing that many hotels do. Also, the grill in the hotel is way overpriced for breakfast. Try the Keystone Cafe and Deli for a delicious breakfast (a bit of a walk). And there's a Jimmy John's sandwich shop just a couple of blocks away.
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