I traveled to Charlotte for a conference that was held at the hotel. My co-worker and I arrived at the hotel that evening. Check in was typical, but the desk clerk gave me the the directions and information about the hotel at a very fast rate. After we parked in the garage for $12 per night, we took the elevator up to our room....or so we thought. The elevator in the parking garage only took you to the different levels of the parking garage. After being informed of this information by others riding the elevator and oh yeah probably by the clerk at check in who talked entirely too fast and too soft to comprehend, we walked all the way around the hotel until we made it back to the front entrance. My co-worker and I even passed by a bar with plenty of "happy" people hanging out outside as we carried our luggage through the crowd. Talk about embarrasing.
The remodeled decor of the hotel was nice, but not very functional. I did not like the fact that after using the bathroom I had to open the bathroom door in order to use the sink. I also did not like the fact that there was no fan in the bathroom after a hot shower and there was only one trash can in the room, which was located in the steamy bathroom. The overall room was average and we both slept okay.
We ate at Cafe Sienna our last day there only because it was raining and we didn't have an umbrella. The menu seemed decent, but way too pricey for the portions. The waiters were very nice though, the soups were tasty and not too expensive.
At check out we were told that we didn't need anything else because all charges had been taken care of, well no one bothered to tell the agitated ticket collector at the exit. When we told her we did not have a ticket, she just went off. She had a very bad attitude towards us for no reason. My co-worker had to return to the front desk and get a validated ticket before she would let us out or we would have had to pay an extra $15. The location was very good (directly beside Bobcats Arena), but unfortunately that is about the only thing good I have to say about this hotel. Holiday Inn disappointed me and my co-worker.
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