Matthew U.
Yelp
Oh, my...lanta. I have not been having the best of luck with hotel stays recently. Yikes. Let me preface this by saying that I did not pick this hotel, I came to New Orleans for work and I was not initially put up in here. I was put here by my work to fill a contract.
The location of this is not bad. It is somewhat central to wherever you might want to go if you are sightseeing. Casino across the street, Bourbon Street a few blocks away, waterfront a few blocks away, and there a restaurants and shopping galore.
The view from my room was a bit on the spectacular side. Which I hope is one of the first things you will notice about this place as well. Once you focus on the room, you will be second guessing things about this establishment.
Like other reviewers have said, this place is dated. It is also in need of some TLC. How did I know it was dated, the alarm clock. This wasn't your run of the mill, USB having alarm clock. This thing was straight out of the late 90s, early 2000s. This thing was a CD, AM/FM alarm clock. Like, what? I didn't bring my CDs with me, I didn't know.
The wallpaper in several locations was peeling off the wall, more so in the bathroom. Speaking of the bathroom, my toilet paper holder was hanging by a thread. The one corner in there, closest to the shower, was rusting through the wallpaper. How does that happen? My toilet clogged at one point.
Then there is the noise. Depending on what room you get, you may have very close neighbors. If you have very close neighbors you will definitely hear their conversations in the hallway and the continuous slamming of their doors at the latest hours possible.
Breakfast is not included, but if you want to spend $22 you can attend their omelet bar in the morning. The pool area, yikes. It is nice they have a pool, but the hot tub looked like it hadn't been scrubbed in some time and there was kind of a film on the seats in it.
The shining spot in all this was the staff. They were always there to greet you at the door, asking how your stay is going, and just genuinely smiling. They do some quirky things here to help you out, like having umbrellas at the ready in case it decides to spit some rain.
Thankfully my work had me busy at another nearby hotel so I didn't notice that the Saints were using the hotel as their base for spring training. That probably contributed to the noise.