Stephen J.
Yelp
Hotel is very nice in terms of aesthetics, but several problems significantly lowered the quality of our stay. We paid a significant premium to upgrade to a suite with a deluxe bathroom, and that was a definite mistake.
The lighting is beautiful, but the lights in the bedroom and the main room are on the same switches. When I woke up early and went out the main room, I inadvertently woke up my partner when I turned on the light. We couldn't believe it, but there is absolutely no way to have light in the living area without also having the bedroom completely lit up.
In the bathroom, the problems started with the shower, which did not have any kind of curtain or full glass door. The minimal glass water shield was wildly insufficient for keeping the water in the shower, so we ended up spending a lot of time mopping the floor with the single tiny bathmat.
However, the bathtub was the biggest disappointment. We had been looking forward to using the gorgeous soaking tub, but when we got there, the drain stopper was encased in enough grime to be off putting. Despite that, we decided to soldier on and attempt a soak. After running the hot water at maximum pressure for 20 minutes, the tub wasn't even half full, and we decided we had better ways to spend our time. The final kicker is that the tub's shape prevented it from draining completely, so we had a nice shallow pool of standing water in there for the remainder of our stay.
Other problems include: the staff trying to convince me that the down pillows were not in fact full of down, the strange stains on some of the furniture, the fact that the heating system sounded like a jet engine (earplugs strongly recommended for the heating noise as well as the shriek of the nearby train), and the lack of TV in the bedroom.
Overall, if we'd gone for the most basic room and gone in not expecting much, we probably would have been fine. However, after paying $400/night for a premium suite, we were very disappointed by the decidedly less than premium experience.