Misleading photos
Just for a quick background on myself:
I am not a wealthy man. I make roughly 20,000 a year and have stayed at some of the cheapest hotels, ranging from $40-100 dollars.
My room at this hotel cost $149 per night, which I could only afford because the company I work for would reimburse me.
I thought this would be one of the finer hotel experiences I'd experience, but I was sorely wrong.
Upon walking in the building, an estranged clerk looked at me, and didn't say greet me, but rather looked at me and mumbled something along the lines of a confused "yes?"
I said I had a reservation, and the man finished the rest of the transaction without so much as a smile or eye contact (no, he was not busy).
When I got to my room, it was dark, smelled a bit stale, and was not incredibly welcoming.
it is advertised as a retro 50's look, but as some other posters concluded, it's ugly and dank,
If by looking "vintage 50's", perhaps they meant they left everything in there as it was 50 years ago, and never cleaned or repaired it. The floor had large gashes and felt tough, like carpeting near a pool.
The bed was advertised as a "king", but it was a full. The sheets also felt like sterile hospital sheets.
No air conditioner. If I were staying here during a hot summer, I doubt I'd sleep very well.
Toilet has weak flow, I didn't even put toilet paper in it and it plugged up. I went to the counter to ask for a plunger. He looked at me annoyed and reluctantly called someone. They left the plunger outside of my room when they were done.
The TV us useless you want to pay for every crap movie that's available.
The wireless is TERRIBLE. I had to switch to the cable for internet, and it was STILL incredibly weak, and can't even stay connected because the wire is so beat up.
They boast about their free coffee and tea at the counter, but it's packet ad empty cups, just like any cheap hotel anywhere.
The placement of electrical outlets is terrible, if you're person who needs to charge their phone before bed, good luck finding a non-awkward place to do so.
Lastly, the pool. It looks great in the photos, doesn't it?
The part you don't hear about or see, is that is only goes as deep as 4 FEET. That's no hyperbole. That wouldn't be a problem, except if you're looking to get some exercise, it's only about 25-30 feet long. Yes, it was warm as advertised, but they don't advertise how chlorinated it is- TERRIBLE.
All in all, a bad experience. It was like something out of a movie, where you find out everything is not as good as it looks, or even as average as it should be. This is a fine example of a hotel that may have been nice back in the 50's but was bought up, de-boned of it's actual luxuries, and taken over by cheap-skates who disguise their terrible investment as "retro!".
My friends had suggested West Inn or The Rex, and I regret not having taken them up on those suggestions.