Where do I begin? I guess, I will go with the positives. This hotel is in a great location downtown if you are attending events at the Time Warner stadium. It also allows you to walk around for sight seeing and eating. There were a million restuarants. Do people eat that much in Charlotte?
I was looking for a place me and hubby could spend the night to celebrate our 1 year anniversary since unfortunately we decided to get married during Labor Day weekend and had to postpone our real anniversary trip during less expensive travel dates. So, I was scoping out package deals in the downtown area. I wanted to stay in a 4 star hotel. The packages were running about the same price and I couldn't really decide on which hotel would be better than the other. To be honest, I wanted to stay at the Ritz but couldn't justify spending $300 for one night. So I went to my old standby Priceline and bid on a night at a 4 star downtown hotel.
Well, this hotel is not 4 stars. It's more like 3 stars. It's an average hotel - adequate but nothing to write home about. Check in was easy. Parking was a whole other matter. It was quite confusing figuring out where to enter the hotel from the parking deck. That is certainly a point on the negative side.
As stated in previous reviews, the rooms were small. The bathroom was an adequate size and I thought the faucet was interesting. The shower did have some drainage issues. I love taking long showers but felt uncomfortable with the water stirring around my ankles so I had to end it early. The shower was nice and big so that was disappointing.
The room was clean, but Hubby and I did discover some lipstick on a pillow in the bed. Gross. Don't they change those cases?
I often use priceline but eventually ended up spending about $50 over then what I could have spent had I booked directly with the hotel. After adding a romance package, it cost me $193. The rate on the website for room and package after taxes was about $145.
I must say Room Service did an excellent job with setting up the "romance items" and hubby was surprised. Julie, was very accommodating in helping me to add the package onto my priceline reservation. She also made sure the items were placed in our room before we arrived. If you are interested in the romance package, I would suggest you try the breakfast in bed. Hubby and I ate at the buffet and it was horrid.
Location is key, hotel is OK, rooms are small but adequate. This is one of the hotels you have to stay in and judge for yourself on whether you like it or not.
BTW, parking is $18 even though I never saw an attendant. Why should you pay almost $20 to self-park?
Overall, not bad, not good - just average. Definitely not a 4 star though.
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