The location is great--central to all the main downtown attractions. The hotel has a storied past.
BUT . . . how disappointing.
Our room was grim. Dark, worn, rather cramped. Sad. The public areas? Like an oak-panelled bus depot...cavernous and busy, but with no warmth. The hotel is screaming to be loved by an Arab sheik or a Russian oligarch who can pour in capital regardless of return and make it a fine place again. For now, however, some accountant rules and guests pay.
The price was quite competitive, so perhaps I should not complain too much, but I was sorry to see a grand hotel in such mediocre shape. It's not an utterly horrible place, though. Just not what you would call very nice.
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