I stayed here for six. nights. At first, I hated the room, it's dark, too dark to read at night by the light. There's no overhead light, which is crazy dark. In fact, I took a picture, without a flash of the room, as i saw it, and it looks creepy. So, when I had to fill out my business papers for the next morning, it was, quite literally, difficult to see. I finally filled them out in the dim bathroom. I don't think this is a business hotel at all cause of the poor lighting. The internet worked fine, and is free.
The furniture is really pretty, but I couldn't see it very well, unless I pulled the curtain wide open. I despise dark rooms. I had dark socks, and I had a hard time seeing them. There was a light in a square where I sat my suitcase, then 2 lamps, then a dim desk lamp, and a couple of lamps near the bed, not bright enough to read by. I like to knit, but there's no way I could do that. There was a bright overhead lamp at the entrance where the refrigerator, microwave and sink was.
The lighting in the room does not compliment the attractive furniture, which I really liked. I though the furniture was beautiful. But the TV was where I had to sit on the bed to watch it..okay, now I'm being picky. The coffee table was oak, and the couch had oak accents and so did the bed. The bathroom was incredibly dim, until they replaced the fixture on the last day of my stay, then it lit up.
The incidental fees, which I paid by cash, doesn't reflect the dim lighting, or lack of iron. I had to rewear clothes I had kind of gotten dirty cause I was there on business, and my clothes remain ironed. I think I got tired of asking for my key to be reset, atleast 6 times while I was there, that I decided to mention the fact that there's no iron in the room here in this review.
$100 incidental fees that they almost didn't refund me this morning, but finally did, are too high for this hotel. I've had problems getting refunded from a Best Western before, when I paid with my credit card. This chain of hotels will hold your money for over 10 days, and be hesitant to pay you back your cash refund when you leave. And this hotel is guilty of that too. I did get my money back.I had to stand there for 20 minutes, when I should've been driving to the airport.
I am a single woman, and I've walked all around New York by myself, and New Orleans French Quarter. I've climbed mountains, and done other things alone. Yes, this hotel is a bout 5 minutes from the Riverwalk, which I discovered by walking to Macy's. Macy's opens to the Riverwalk, and there's a doorway to the side that opens to the Alamo. No one at the hotel could tell me this. Yes, it is close, and I walked it 4 times, but the underpass felt like something bad had happened under there. It was creepy, and I was certain to be back in my room by 6:00. I am alone, not with a group.
I was told by the front desk to take the bus. That seems kind of dumb, when you can see Macy's right there, yet they had no idea you could walk to the Alamo. Do it, but know your surroundings, and be cautious. A taxi is only $4.25 there, and $4.25 back if you don't feel right.
The hotel parking lot, provided you can get a space is well lit and free. The hotels surrounding the Alamo area cost a whopping $20.00 a night to park...(Laquinta?) The free parking is nice. I would never want to park a rental car paid by my company in the overfill parking, which is available, but no one could tell me exactly where. One day I had to park on the street. But I was there to do work, and my hours are not the same every day. I have a carry on with a company laptop, and I get jittery if I don't go directly to the room with it. I don't like walking down the street with it and shouldn't have to if there is parking.
Once I walked over to Sunset Station, which is the opposite way of the Riverwalk. I ate at Aldaco's Mexican Restaurant. I walked back to the hotel, alone, and was approached twice by vagrants asking for money. I never did that again. It was around 4:00.
The breakfast was free, and actually good. Infact, I forgot to get the potato recipe. There was potatoes at nearly every breakfast. I don't eat much meat, and I was pleased. Very pleased.The chef is a really nice guy if you talk to him.
I would never stay in this hotel by myself cause there are safety in numbers, but I would stay there cause of the free parking, provided I get my incidental fees back immediately. I would stay there if I had someone accompany me to the Riverwalk. Walking that by yourself isn't the greatest. The woman at the front desk this morning almost made me late on my schedule to the airport due to trying to say they made a mistake with the incidental fees, and refunded them on the company card. Really? this hotel isn't that great to have such high incidental fees. save that for the Marriot. Plus, I would bring my Ott light, if I didn't fly, I probably would anyway. And chances are, I'd not fly to San Antonio.
I wouldn't bring an iron and ironing board, that is asking too much. The hotel is ultra clean, room too dark, but I'm not sure the area is that safe, when you are a female alone. ...And yes, you can easily get to the Alamo from the Riverwalk. But do remember, safety in numbers. And don't walk to Aldaco's.
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