Joe M.
Yelp
I stayed here for 45 days for work so I really got to see how this hotel operates. This should be a long review.
I checked in and the check-in went smoothly. The employees were very friendly and helpful. I am a Hilton Honors member, so I got to pick my room before I arrived, which I liked. I proceeded to the garage and loved that I could open the garage gate with the Hilton's app. Much easier than dealing with card keys. The garage is very tight, so drive carefully.
I then got to my room. Again, loved being able to use the app to open the door. The room was spacious and clean and had the basic amenities. One thing it was missing, which I didn't expect, was the refrigerator and microwave. However, I called the desk and they provided both, at my request, free of charge. No problems.
After a day or two, I was talking with a colleague and found out that he was getting free parking and breakfast, while I was told that parking was $10 a day and no free breakfast. That irked me a little. So I asked at the desk and they said, 'Oh yeah, since you're a rewards member and staying for an extended time, you are entitled to a free breakfast and parking. I'll add that now." That's great, but I was still a little angry that I had to bring it to their attention instead of them offering it at check-in. The moral is make sure you ask when you check-in if your entitled to those perks. I'm still not sure exactly who qualifies, so always ask.
Next my biggest and most annoying complaint...the elevators. Lest start with the building. The 1st floor is the lobby. Floors 2 through 6 are the garage. Floors 7 - 17 are rooms. They have three elevators. Two that hit every floor and one that only serves floors 1 and 7-17. It does not stop at the garage. Just my luck, every morning when I left my room on the 7th floor and wanted to go to the garage, I inevitably got the one elevator that doesn't go to the garage. There is only one call button, so I can't call a specific elevator. I had to step onto the elevator, press 1 so it would go to the first floor, jump off the elevator, and then press the call button again to get one of the other elevators to the garage. I'm really not sure the need for an express elevator when there are three elevators for a medium size building. Not sure how they would fix this, but it was very annoying every morning.
Throughout my stay, the staff in all areas were very friendly and helpful. I especially want to compliment the waiters at breakfast. The restaurant was almost always full in the morning and I only ever saw two waiters on a given day. They were extremely overworked and ran their butts off trying to take care of us. I think the biggest issue I saw was that they had to not only wait tables, but bus the tables as well. It was insane. Management...if you're ready this, please hire a busboy. I think if you just had someone to bus the tables, the waiters would be able to take care of patrons without running around. Just a suggestion.
The buffet breakfast was adequate. The normal staple of cereal, fruit, yogurt, muffins scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage. All of it was good, except for the link sausage. I just didn't like it. What I really liked is that they had one dish each day that was labeled 'Local Dish'. Everyday a different local dish was available such as tamales, breakfast enchiladas, cheese tarts, etc. All of the local dishes were very good and it was refreshing to have at least one thing different each day since I was eating there for 45 days.
Overall, I enjoyed my stay. It is a nice hotel and even though I had a few issues, the staff always took care of those issues; except the elevator. No idea how to fix that. I'd stay again when in EL Paso.