Arthur A.
Yelp
There are only five reviews for this hotel, but they were all so strong that this is the first time I feel the Yelp community disappointed me. :/
This isn't a bad hotel, but there are just so many flaws that I can't justify giving this place even three stars.
Valet parking: 32 dollars plus tax per night. You can call for the car from your room and they'll have it in front for you. But the estimates they give are WILDLY off. One time in particular, they said 20 minutes, but it was more than an hour. I eventually called again, and they said "yes, the car is downstairs, just got here." But previously they called the room to let me know my car had arrived. The inconsistency was frustrating.
Pools: 2 very small pools, and a similarly-sized jacuzzi in the middle. The jacuzzi doesn't have very many streams to relax. One the first day, one of the pools was dirty.
Gold bar: closed during the week it seemed.
Housekeeping/front desk: forgot my two bottles of water. Called the front desk, and they said they'd have the water up to my room. Almost two hours later, nothing. So on my way out, I tell them again, and they say housekeeping will send up water. After coming back later that night... still no water in my room. Call them again, and they said "no one was in the room", so had to come back down to the front desk, where they had the bottles in a cabinet. So frustrating for such a minor thing (and yes, when the water is part of the 15-dollar a day resort fee, of course I'm going to use it!)
Beach towels: very small and not clean.
Room: the air conditioning never really worked well. Not that it didn't work at all, but I would set the thermostat at 65 and it never got cold in the room. I could also see the water condensation from the AC vent. Also, the AC was very loud.
Shower: the hot water was very inconsistent. Sometimes I had a good amount of hot water, and sometimes the water never got hotter than lukewarm.
Again, this place wasn't terrible - the room was clean (a bit small but i was solo traveling so it was fine for me), bed was comfortable, staff were all very friendly. Also, I got a decent rate for this place (about 90 bucks a night, which is great considering the location), and the lobby was well-decorated and had ice water available. But this is definitely a case of "meh, I've experienced better"