Wonderful.....until you hit your room, UGH!
The hotel is stunningly beautiful, the ceilings are amazing. I would highly recommend going for drinks and to look around.....but I would NOT recommend staying there. Check in was incredibly slow - but it gave us plenty of time to see the video of how beautiful the rooms were going to be. They were obviously streaming ones that were upgraded and refurbished because we actually laughed at our room when we got there. Yes, I get it, it's an old historic hotel, I should have expected the rooms to be teeny tiny, and the bathroom teeny tinier. And I could have overlooked it had the rooms been updated and not so dingy. So here, in a nutshell, is the good and the bad.
The good - the bed was comfy, and the pillows were soft and comfy. That is it for the good.
The bad.....well after you get over that "old man" smell that permeates the entire hotel, the room was dark and in need of a thorough cleaning. The windows are all original, so it is really noisy. We were facing the courtyard and could hear the cars whizzing by on the freeway. The TV has about 20 channels - 3 of which are dedicated to the ammenities of the hotel. There are no mirrors in the bedroom - which was a pain for me, because when my husband was getting ready in the bathroom I couldn't put my makeup on or do my hair. The bathroom is ridiculously small - enough room for one person to stand in, with a pedestal sink - and little thin counter, so forget putting a shaving kit or makeup bag on it. I'm sure I looked like a clown after putting my makeup on in such dim lighting. Lastly, the thermostat looked like it was from the 60's - push a button in for on/off, air/heat - only the button looked the same in or out. It wasn't working in any setting, so our room was hot as hell.