I stayed here on a business trip because there was a huge conference in town and - literally - every other hotel in the area was booked. It was adequate, but I'd only stay here again in similar last-resort circumstances. The location is horrible unless you are going to the theaters - in an up-and-coming area that isn't quite there yet, with hit-and-miss blocks (some feeling rather deserted and sketchy). I didn't have any problem with noise, but it was a Tuesday night and they put me on the top floor facing away from the street. Check-in was pretty good.
The lobby is very pretty - the hotel clearly has some historical legacy - but had a musty natural gas smell. The room was garishly decorated (reds, blues and yellows, with mostly reds) and had very cheap linens. My room was a perfectly decent size - again, perhaps because it was on a higher floor?
The biggest problem I had was with getting a cab - following tips from other reviews, I called downstairs to the bell desk 15 minutes before I needed to leave in the morning, in order to make certain a cab would be there. The phone rang several times, and was finally answered by the front desk. I asked if they would make sure a cab was available for me in 15 minutes, and was told that several cabs were downstairs right then and that they would make certain that there was a cab for me. I went downstairs less than 10 minutes later - no cabs, and when I found a bellman, he obviously had no idea that I had called or talked with the front desk. I waited outside for almost 15 minutes while he tried to find a cab - because of the hotel's location, there aren't many cabs driving by - and finally jumped in a livery car who offered to drive me for a higher price. I ended up late to my meeting because of the poor hotel location and bell/front desk incompetence.
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