This hotel has a great downtown location on W. Pratt St. at Eutaw St. for the Inner Harbor (3-4 blocks west), Convention Center (adjacent), and Camden Yard (adjacent). We got a great deal by booking with Priceline - $70.00/88.10 with taxes - for a room with 2 double beds. The best rate booking through Hilton would have been $159.00, so we felt like we'd hit the jackpot. The hotel lobby and public areas are beautiful. Check-in was quick and courteous. The room was spotlessly clean and well soundproofed from outside noise; comfortable beds, huge flat screen TV, big thick towels. The restaurant - Diamond Tavern - is located in a separate building across a wide sidewalk from the main building - accessible by a skywalk on the second floor if weather is bad. No free breakfast here: continental breakfast was $14.00 for cereals, muffins, juice and coffee. The stone cut oatmeal was very good - hot. Self-parking in the deck was $28.00 a day.
The only negative thing to report (and my reason for 4 stars instead of five) was that when we got to our room after checking in, the room key would not work, and we had to go back downstairs to get them reprogrammed. When we got back upstairs, it took several tries (and a few muffled *@%! words) before the key finally worked. Then we could not get in again after dinner and had to get the keys reprogrammed again. A real nuisance! And two glasses of house wine from the hotel bar cost $22.00, so you may want to bring your own, or drink elsewhere.
We had a wonderful dinner at Alewife Tavern, which is located about 3 blocks up Eutaw St. A nice short walk.
We would certainly stay here again if we could get another good rate through Priceline. Otherwise, it would be too pricey for our budget.
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