My wife and I came down for St Patty's for one night on points. The first bone to pick is 15$ for self parking, or 18$ for valet. Pretty pricey for Memphis. The Holiday Inn on Union is only 10$. The hotel is fine overall. Valet took our car and a porter helped us with our bags all the way to the room. If you don't feel like tipping then carry your own bags. I wouldn't say it was in need of any serious updating. The price you're paying for this room is 1) It's a Crowne 2) location -- There is a Holiday Inn Express farther up Union about 2mi from this that is half the price. There is a free shuttle here which we used once to get down to Beale. The other time we just grabbed a cab which park on the street right outside waiting for passengers (note: the cabs will dock you an addl
3$ fee for travel around downtown) as the shuttle was not readily avilable and have people already waiting on it. If neither of those are aviaible, the trolley is behind the Marriott across the screet and runs to around Beale street every 10 minutes or so, and cost something like 1.50 each way, or you can get a pass. The room was fine and clean. No refrigerator but we didn't request a room with one. Typical Crowne amenites. I'm Platinum (I'm going to miss that status) so we got a coupon for free breakfast on Sunday. It was typical buffet stuff - scrambled eggs sitting in a milky sauce, biscuits and gravy, bacon, etc., all sitting in those silver warming domes. We just stopped in to get some juice to drink. Here's the real kicker though.. our 'free' breakfast would have cost 32$!!! We had to sign the receipt and I was floored at the price. It's no wonder there were very few people there (probobly only those who got it free). There is a restaurant on site but I don't know if they cook a 'real' breakfast or not. There was free coffee near the business center in the morning. There is a bar there with a few beers on tap (one is Yuengling) and some alcohol (limited selction, not a 'full' bar).
Checkin/out were both smooth with no problems. We were in an even numbered room on the 6th floor opposite the freeway, so we had no sound concerns.
All in all, I'd really only stay here again if I was not able to get in the Holiday Inn on Union. I've stayed there many times, and even though it's a little outdated, the proximity to Beale more than makes up for it.
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