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| - I surprised my wife for her birthday by bringing her to the Ace hotel for a night (Thursday-Friday). The surprise was a hit! Ace has a reputation of quality, uniqueness, and design. You get all of those things from the moment you pull up to the front door of this great hotel (former YMCA building).
1. Valet parking - great experience and $25 a night.
2. Lobby - Whitfield restaurant to the left, bar and seating to the right. The Whitfield is extremely good and priced high. The bar is a bar with a happy hour available (4:30pm-6:30pm, daily). The burger is $10 during the happy hour and that's a great deal! Everything is designed smartly in the lobby, and it is a great place to catch up with friends in the evening or to relax and read in the morning. They serve Stumptown coffee (you have to pay for it), which, if you like coffee, is a fantastic coffee roaster.
3. The room - we got the medium size room. Great, great, great design to the room. Bathrobes. Great view. Excellent smelling soap (this is a must for me). Extra things to purchase from the room. Room service, etc. The bed was very comfortable (firmer than most hotels, which I like). Tv was small.
4. Check-in time is 3pm and check-out time is 12pm (I love this later check-out time).
5. Within walking distance to the best restaurants East Liberty has to offer.
The service at this hotel is great. I let them know the occasion for our stay and there was a handwritten note wishing my wife a happy birthday, 2 free coffee coupons, and a bottle of fancy water (probably harvested from Middle Earth or something). Great experience there.
I gave the hotel 4 stars because, at face value, its priced too high. I reserved a room when there was a promotion and I paid $150 for the medium size room (after taxes and such). You'd probably pay $30ish more on a regular day, and that price isn't worth it to me. It's just not. BUT it seems they run promotions all the time.
Stay at the Ace. If you appreciate design and quality service . . . Stay at the Ace. You won't be disappointed.
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