Heidi Tangen
Google
UPDATE: I'm changing from 3 stars to 4. The hotel reached out to me and we had a great discussion. Andrew took the issues seriously and made it right with us. Great staff and hopefully with all of the improvements they're making it will be a 5 star hotel.
The hotel itself is beautifully done and extremely clean and crisp. The staff are very friendly and always willing to help when they can. We did run into several issues, however. My husband and I took an overnight stay for a date night out and decided to stay at the hotel Savoy. First, we hadn’t thought much about parking and did not realize we would have to pay for parking. I don’t recall it being mentioned when we booked the hotel. If we wanted to pay $10 or $15 we had to walk several blocks and otherwise we had to use the valet which was $39 plus tip. Next, we had several issues with the elevator. You have to use your key to be able to use it. That wasn’t a problem, but it there were several times we would push the buttons and it would not work. Sometimes we were in the elevator several minutes and then eventually push a button again and get it to work.
Next, we had issues with the room itself. The beverage refrigerator did not work at all. We tried to put water in there to keep it cold, and after several hours, it still was not cold. The front desk said that it would work automatically when something was put inside of it, but that was not the case. We also tried to use the TV and while you could watch regular TV, the guide did not show what was playing on each channel, only the station like ABC, CBS, etc. We tried to use one of the few apps that showed were available to be able to watch a movie, but none of them would work. There was no way to connect our phones to the TV and the web remote also would not work. We contacted the front desk and they sent someone up to look and the gentleman, though very nice, was unable to help us. He stated that the TV apps had not been working for at least a week And there was nothing he could do about it. He also said he knew that the refrigerator wasn’t working. He did offer to bring us a mini fridge if we needed it though. There are no ice machines available, but they did say they could bring us ice upon request. Lastly, the biggest issue we had was the temperature of the room. It was a very hot day, 95+ degrees. We turned the AC down overnight and no matter how low we turned it. The room did not get below 75°. I understand some of these things are governed but 75° seems a bit high. We were so hot all night that neither of us slept well or even used blankets. Had there been any airflow in the room to where you could feel the air blowing across you 75 probably wouldn’t have been so bad but there was none.
On a positive note, I enjoyed that they had a slightly better coffee machine than the average hotel and the windows and curtains were beautiful, and gave the place a very elegant feel. The upscale soaps and lotions available as well as robes being provided were also very nice.
All in all, it’s a beautiful hotel with a few nice amenities, but definitely has a lot of work needed!