Kimpton Hotels are a trendy boutique chain -- which is a bit of a contradiction. They aim for boutique style (bold colors and designs, signature details like the happy hour, free wireless if you give them your e-mail address). But they are a chain. As it happens, I've stayed in two this month -- this one, and one in Boston. Both times someone else made the reservations, so it's not my choice. I have no idea what rates were paid, but in both cases my hosts tend to find the best deal nearby, so it was probably OK. Both were fine places -- newly built or renovated, comfortable beds, decent reading lights, good working desks. I'm not looking for luxury plush in a business hotel, so I find them fine. Here at Hotel Rouge, fitness room was pretty limited -- one treadmill, one elliptical, a weight bench. I found the staff here very friendly and helpful -- a couple of my colleagues checked in about 10 pm on a Sunday night and the staff recommended some local restaurants that would be open at that hour (instead of pushing us into the hotel's restaurant). I wouldn't go out of my way to stay here, but I wouldn't turn it down, either.
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