Recently my family stayed at the Blake Hotel for a weekend long event hosted at the hotel. The service was very good. The desk staff was courteous and professional, providing information, offering suggestions for a dinner spot, and cooing over our young son. The restaurant/bar staff were knowledgeable of the menu, helpful with our son, and even uncorked a bottle of wine we had brought down for us, no charge. There were no high chairs, but they had booster seats. We ordered room service both mornings we were there, and we enjoyed the coffee and food very much. The first morning they were very late and backed up in the kitchen and they didn't charge us for the breakfast and they were very apologetic when they arrived.
The room we got was a city view, and it was a gorgeous view. The room itself was a good size, the furnishings were sleek and modern, very functional. It was clean and there were plenty of places to put our things and have them out of the way. The bathroom was tiny, but lovely to look at with a modern trough sink, high end mirror and lighting and tile. The shower curtain was oddly a plastic tension bar. It was functional, but very small. The air conditioning worked well despite being a very old system.
Our event took up the entire hotel. We spent time in the stylish lobby, all the halls, event areas, ballrooms, etc. The hotel has a wonderful sense of historic bones with modern updates. It feels like an old hotel, and I appreciated that quite a bit. However, it was very hot in the event. Very, very hot. There were so many people, fans going, and it was sweaty gross hot.
I was a huge fan of the snack and drink bar in the lobby, the ability to charge it to our room really was convenient and we didn't have to leave for a water or red bull. I loved the comfortable, modern fixtures throughout the hotel and the employees were a delight.
It would have been more comfortable had it been cooler, but I would absolutely stay there again and actually plan to next year for the same event.
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