Jonathon G.
Yelp
This is supposedly some sort of hipster, upscale hotel. It's acceptable, and that's about it.
The room size is fine, it's clean, it's kept up well, there were no bedbugs. So that should get you three stars. But I gave it two. Why?
Upon walking in the door and registering, they hit us with some sort of $250 facility fee charge for a week's stay. We had prepaid for this room on super.com. Super.com specifically stated that that would cover everything. Apparently, it didn't. Obviously, standing with our bags at the registration counter, we weren't exactly in a position to say no.
Because of all the many little things that weren't right. You might call these petty annoyances. But when you have enough of these, they stop being so petty.
There's a mini-fridge in the room, but no microwave. So, you're eating takeout or you're getting doggie bags at the restaurant - because, you know, you're in a hotel room and can't cook - and then you want to warm that something back up the next day? Too bad, so sad. Instead of spending $50 on a microwave for every room, the instead chose to have an iron and ironing board. Poor choice.
Think I'll sit down and have a bite to eat of some of that cold food. But what's this? Only one chair in the room? And no table? That means that one of you has to eat in bed, thus proving the aphorism, "I wouldn't throw her out of bed for eating crackers." Because there's gonna be plenty of crumbs in the bed.
Gee, after eating that cold food, I'm thirsty. But, you guessed it, there are no cups in the room. Gotta bring your own. How about putting some ice in those cups you brought? Well, there are some ice makers - not on every floor, mind you. But there's no ice bucket. Good luck catching that torrent of ice into a little cup - or the mouth of your water bottle.
After all that eating and drinking, it's time to go to the bathroom. Well, there's a vent, but no fan in the bathroom. Now it's kinda stinky in there. Better let that air out for 20 minutes -right back into the bedroom - before going in. Oh wait, so there's no fan? That means that you get a bonus - mold. What a nice surprise for those that are allergic - a nice sneezing fit every time you use the bathroom. Lovely.
Okay, I've eaten my cold food, I've drank my tepid water, and I've taken care of business. Now it's time to sit down and get to work. Hmmm, there's no desk chair. Just a padded stool. That's pretty low to the floor.
But here's the worst of it. There's no light in the room. Oh, there are light fixtures, lamps - four, count'em, four of them. Two night stand lamps, an overhead lamp, and a free-standing lamp. But even when you put all of these on, and turn on the closet lamp and the bathroom lamp, it's very dim in there.
So dim, that when I called up to complain about the lighting, they already knew about this, and were quick to bring up another couple of free-standing lamps to the room - that they just happened to have in reserve in case anyone complains. Even with the extra light, from those lamps, it was the room was still barely lit. I had to swap out a lightbulb from the hallway into one of the nightstand lamps to get it acceptable.
This is no way to run a hotel. What a crock.