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Jeremy Neisser
Dec 5, 2025
I arrived at the hotel around 2:00 PM hoping to check in. I was told check-in wasn’t until 4:00 PM, but to return in 30 minutes. I came back at 2:30, was told to return yet again, and finally at 3:00 PM a room was available.
When I was finally given keys, the front desk employee offered me two warm cookies as a gesture for the wait. Unfortunately, the cookies had the density of a warm Lego — thoughtful idea, not-so-great execution.
Once I went up to the room, things only got more complicated. The room was freezing, and the thermostat didn’t work at all; the screen was completely dead. I called the front desk at 3:05 and was told someone would be sent right up. I waited for an hour without unpacking. After calling again with no answer around 4:05, I went back downstairs. The staff informed me the hotel was sold out and they couldn’t move me, so the heat needed to be fixed. Someone eventually arrived around 4:30, confirmed the unit couldn’t be repaired, and by about 5:00 PM I was moved to another room. Thankfully, everything in the new room worked properly.
Later that evening, I went to the hotel restaurant. The menu in my room clearly listed a grilled steak salad for $18, but my bill showed $27.50. Had I not questioned it, I would’ve been charged nearly $10 more than the advertised price. The staff corrected it and apologized, which I appreciated, but it was concerning — and makes me wonder how often this happens unnoticed. No small gesture (even something simple like an iced tea) was offered after yet another inconvenience.
Another note: the elevator buttons are labeled 1, 2, 3, and L. In nearly every hotel, “L” means Lobby — but here, the “L” stands for Laundry. If you assume “L” takes you to the lobby, you’ll instead find yourself standing in the laundry room. Whoever decided on that labeling might want to reconsider, because it is genuinely confusing and counterintuitive.
The next morning, the shower worked, but the water pressure was comparable to a Super Soaker on its lowest setting — technically functioning, but barely.
Overall, while the staff were polite and did eventually resolve the issues I brought up, the combination of long waits, poor communication, malfunctioning room, incorrect restaurant pricing, confusing elevator labeling, and weak water pressure made the stay far more stressful and disappointing than it should have been.