Ok, so you 're not supposed to expect too much from an airport hotel and I did not expect much more than a clean, quiet room, and a decent meal, I suppose. Let's start with the dated bathroom dated in desparate need of updating. A patched ceiling where an obvious leak had been repaired without regard to how it would look after it waws painted. A blotchy mirror and old style tissue dispenser inn the counter fascia that was in need of repacing due to some rust, lrounded out the tired bath.
The room was okay, and surprisingly quiet. Windows had not been cleaned on the outside for some time and the remnants of some vulgarities were finger painted on the outside demeaning Houston. The bed was okay but hardly upscale, hard and with 150 count sheets if that.
My room service menu enticed me with a description of a special pizza from the mediterranean restaurant downstairs named Basils. It touted 4 cheeses, tomatoes and basil. I ordered it and found it to be a mirage of my menu description. A run of the mill prefab crust with something sweet burned on the bottom. Cheese was present and accounted for as was a hint of basil, but not a trace of tomato unless you count the sauce.
On to the next mornings breakfast. A walk into Basils to review the buffet. Molding strawberries and few fruit flies were evident. When I sat back down at my table I asked for a menu instead and told the receptionist about the strawberries she thought I was kidding. Finally another waitperson overheard our discussion and told her to pull them form the buffet.
At that point I began to wonder, do I really want to order something form this same restaurant? No, I left and headed out to the airport early. At least you know what you get with an egg McMuffin.
And last to top it off. I found a Sheraton postcard in my desk drawer that I thought I would send to my boy at home letting him know I would be coming home soon. It said no stamp required just bring to the front desk. I handed it to the person on my way out.
No, we never got the postcard at home, just as you would imagine.
My advice is to find a cheaper hotel away from the airport and to pay for a cab. You will probably be more satisfied and the price will be about the same.
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