"1"^^ . "4"^^ . "2015-10-27T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . . . . "1"^^ . "This is an excellent hotel, I've been here a few times for conferences. The parking is convenient in an area where otherwise parking can be problematic. There is a cheap city garage right across the street, but if you figure on coming and going during the day, you need the in-out privileges of the hotel garage. The rooms are always clean and well maintained, the conference facilities are quite good. The lobby is comfortable, the reception and housekeeping staff are the right combination of polite, competent and helpful. Rooms have adequate outlets for charging the ridiculous amount of devices you need if you're in town for a conference. Free Wi-Fi is good, bathrooms are nice, the exercise room is very good. The food is acceptable, the bar is cozy and nice, no hidden up-charges for neat, rocks or whatever, and I have ordered a number of different drinks here so I know this for a fact. The location is very convenient for downtown, government matters, and fairly convenient for the campus. \n We've been return visitors for the academic Annual Conference on South Asia, and this hotel would earn that final fifth star if they could find a way to make an exception for the in-house catering requirement. Not surprisingly, the hotel can't produce authentic Sri Lankan, cuisine, however Madison boasts the only authentic Sri Lankan restaurant and catering (KJ's Curry House) outside of New York City and Toronto, and come on, it's a South Asian academic conference, make a one time exception for culturally specific catering."^^ .