I recently stayed at the Palmer House for a week on business with my mother. Our room was incredibly small and only one of us could walk through the room at a time since the bed took up the majority of the floor space. Our "view" was of the hotel's fire escape and other palmer house rooms. I visited a colleague's room and his was a lot larger, but he still had a view of the fire escape and other rooms.
The conference I was speaking at provided me several perks like 25% off food at the hotel restaurant and free wifi for my stay. The wifi wasn't as bad as others have said, but I wouldn't have paid the god awful rate. We ate dinner in the restaurant once and breakfast twice. The dinner was fairly disappointing. I have food allergies and when I asked the waiter for recommendations he just didn't get it and didn't ask the chef or anything. Also, who pairs salmon with onion-filled potato salad? The breakfast buffet was pretty good, so I would recommend that. The lounge was never open while we were there. We tried to go several times and it was always closed.
I also have a very large complaint. My mom was storing various things in the drawer next to the bed, including some candy bars and some hotel toiletries. When the maid came in on the 4th or 5th day, they took her candy bars and all of those toiletries. Be careful what you store here!
You have to pay to use the pool and fitness area which I thought was pretty crappy since the room rate is SO high. Overall, I wouldn't have stayed here if I didn't receive a huge discount for attending the conference.
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