rev:text
| - Stayed here for 5 days for a business trip. As my coworker described it when she recommended it, "It's the Ikea of hotels." That's not a bad thing. It's just a statement about the modern, almost scandinavian, styling of the decor and the furnishings. For example, there are no closets and no drawers. There is a very small, shallow, curtained off elevated cubby-hole with an angled metal bar like you find in department stores to hang things up, and then there are two small cubby-holes with no doors, approximately 30" wide by 16" tall by 12" deep where you could unpack your suitcase. It's just... I dunno... odd. I think most people would probably opt to just live out of their suitcase rather than deal with these cubbies that are down low, next to the ground. Not a huge negative... just different.
My room was clean and everything worked, and by the time I went to sleep, it was pretty quiet. However, the Epicenter, where this is located, is very "active", and if you want quiet to work or whatever, I would recommend going as high as you can, and maybe towards the rear rather than the front, as outside noise can get loud.
The hotel starts on the 5th floor of the building, so that's where the lobby is, and the first floor of rooms is the 6th floor. Particularly liked the "refresh" area in the lobby where you can pick from a large variety of light food and snacks. There are quite a few healthy choices as well as the usual suspects you would find in a hotel shop, plus complimentary coffee. The WiFi is free, but it's very slow, and you have to re-authenticate every 24 hours. If you opt to "go green" and not get fresh linens every day, they give you a $5 voucher every day but your last which can be used towards the food, or you can take the points if you are a member of their loyalty program.
All in all, I would recommend this place if you are open to trying something a little different. If you are a hardened traveller that wants the traditional hotel experience with no surprises, you might want to look elsewhere. But really, after all, you just need a place to stay, right? Why not try something a little different, and give this place a shot?
|