Kaja A.
Yelp
So disappointed, I want to cry. We booked this hotel as a "highly recommended" from our American Express Platinum card. It was one of the few 4+ stars in Fort Worth that I could find. From the start, it was far less than 4 stars. Maybe 2 stars, if we count the historical factor and location. First of all, we drove up for valet parking. The valet attendants barely greeted us. No one helped with our bags. They scuttled us through mumbling that we needed to check in on the 24th floor. While we were tired, sweaty, tons of bags ... Not one of the 3 offered to help us. So we went to check in. At the desk, Brandon was "okay." No stellar 5-star greeting, barely answered our questions, the bare minimum. My son asked if there were any good places to grab a quick bite nearby. Brandon hesitated, made no effort to answer his question, but rather said, "Well, a lot of bars, not for you" (since my son is obviously underage/teenager). I just shook my head and we walked away to our rooms, dejected. (Yet hoping to find restaurants on our own, which we did ... there ARE many nearby within just a few blocks ... Brandon obviously had other concerns, like, not talking to guests.) Husband and I had a king suite city-view and the boys had a 2-bed "essential" room. But there was only one bed in their room. So we went back to tell them that we specifically requested the 2-bed option for the "essential room." Brandon did not apologize, did not act like he cared; instead, he just kept repeating "Oh, that's house choice, we choose your room." (That is NOT how it was advertised.) So I begged for 2 beds, since the 16-year old teen boys did not want to share. But, they had no more rooms. Did Brandon apologize? NO. Not a single "wow, sorry," not even a "sorry there was a misunderstanding," nothing but a shoulder shrug and "tough luck." Alas, the boys are sharing the bed and trying to laugh about it. So we got to our room. Thermostat was set at 61 degrees. SIXTY ONE. It was freezing. So we turned it up to 74 degrees, left the room to explore Fort Worth and get a bite to eat. It's a nice location, downtown, near a lot of restaurants and bars. We returned to the room an hour and a half later, expecting it to be comfortable temperature. The temperature was .. 61.5 degrees (but reads "set at 74"). This is not a joke. So, I had to call Brandon back again and tell him the thermostat was broken. (Did he apologize for the inconvenience? No, of course not.) He said, "I'll let engineering know" and hung up. After a couple minutes, I called him back to see if we could get another room or had any other options (this room is absolutely freezing!) He said, "Well, you just called me a minute ago and I already told you, I will tell engineering!" I said, "I understand that, but please, can't you do anything right now? We are miserable!" He said tersely, "I said I would tell engineering. That's all I can do." And hung up. So here we are. In a nice room that feels like Antarctica that we paid almost $1,000 a night for ... for not just sub-par service but terrible service. I feel disillusioned and disgusted. Please please please save your money!! There is an 'Aloft' just two blocks away that my husband and I actually stood looking longingly at .... wondering why we paid triple for this awful experience. If I could do this over, in a heartbeat. It's worse than Motel 6, from what I remember in my college days, if service is a primary goal (and it is always ours).
Addendum: it's 30 minutes later, we are still freezing, no one has checked on us or bothered to care that our room is 61 degrees. I feel like contacting Better Business Bureau or something (it's really that bad).