Overpriced, Dated Rooms, Terrible Bathrooms, Never Again & Hotel shop sells IVORY
This has to be one of the worst hotels i have stayed in. We recently booked a 3 night stay here and were really looking forward to it as we have seen online good things and good reviews...how let down were we? 
When we first arrived, the hotel lobby is so dated like its not been touched from the 80's and it reminded me of an 80's film...thats how dated it is. We received an excellent service from the reception staff and they were the only thing we could not fault. 
When we got to the room, it was awful...floral sheets, worn carpet, wallpaper hanging off and the bathrooms were awful and definetly not been updated for at least 15 years minimum. The shower bath was clean...thats the only good thing about it, it was like staying at your grandmothers and for $295 a night plus tax, thats not a good thing. 
The concierge was very useless and rude and gave us no recomendations for restaurants but to be honest, memphis is a pretty awful place and the only 1 decent place to eat was a pizza place called Aldo's and it was always busy. 
We cut our stay to 2 nights and managed to get an early flight out of the hotel. We did not visit the restaurant but it looked good. The duck thing is a bit strange...they parade them through a lift and make them stay is a tiny hotel lobby fountain for most of the day...animals are not toys and i felt sorry for them. 
The worst thing about this place is the fact the hotel shop sell IVORY and huge elephant tusks....it was so bad they say they wont have duck on the menu cause of the ducks they parade in the lobby but they sell ivory from really old elephants....what a disgrace. 
I would not recommend this place, ever.