Cindy B.
Yelp
This is a mixed review. Three stars for the good. The location is fantastic! You can walk to everywhere downtown and the the river. The staff are welcoming and very willing to be there for anything you might need. They do not clean the room every day, but will come by to see if you need anything. The mini-splits provided perfect air conditioning. We had a one bedroom unit, thankfully, the studios looked to be very,very small.
Now, the challenges, and there were a lot. First off, if you have bad knees and cannot do stairs, this is not the place for you. I wish they would have put on their website the fact that they have stairs, and the other issues if you are in any way physically challenged. I would not have booked had I known. They are there to help you bring your bags in, but as you go in and out for your stay you will have stairs, which was hard on me as I need a knee replacement. Ok, I can live with that, but what I can not live with is there were NO drawers to put your clothes or belongings in. NONE, and there was plenty of room to do so, so that was perplexing. I get the clean, sleek look they were going for, but that lasts for about the first 30 seconds when you first enter the room. I don't like to live out of my suitcase so I unloaded my clothes on the kitchen table so I could access them. In keeping the clean, sparse look, the bedside table could only fit a cell phone and bottle of water. There was plenty of room for a bigger table (with maybe some drawers) so that would have been nice if they had put one there.
The closet (with 5 hangers) is in the living room, and there was a table there that could have easier been drawers, but no, nothing. Such a strange decision to make. The kitchen had some things that made you think you could cook there, but not enough at all. No bother, we were not going to cook, but if you think you can live for an extended stay here you are a better person than I am.
We also had to sign our devices into the WIFI several times a day, and the workspace on the table is really small. The bathroom was very cramped, but I don't fault them for that. But since it was so small, it would have been nice to have a sink that was built in with drawers. Definitely no drawers anywhere here. The water pressure was so so, but the hard part of the shower was it was either scalding hot or lukewarm. My husband even noted that, so we just took lukewarm showers.
The TV was pretty small and low quality, and there is no TV in the bedroom. The plastic chairs at the kitchen table were very hard, and that whole space was very cramped. For this trip I was WFH for three days and it was pretty rough. I would not stay here again. It was more expensive than the Marriott's down the road, and not a comfortable stay.
I found myself wishing the three night, four day stay was over by day two. That said, younger people who don't mind living out of their suitcase will find this location to be really nice, with Lola's bar and food trucks, music, all within steps/stairs of the room. It just isn't my vibe.