Really? Not in a good way....
The hotel name sounds like an elegant old hotel. I found out it is an outdated hotel from the 60s. 
I was booked into this hotel by a local business that I was visiting. I had a 4:00 meeting scheduled and I arrived at the hotel at 2:50. I later found out that the hotel had doormen, not because there was anyone to open the doors when I came in. There were a group of people hanging out at the front desk some employees and their friends. After seeing me trying to approach they did eventually step aside. The front desk person starting checking lots of things on their computer and after several minutes informed me that check-in time is 3:00. It is now 2:55 … Really? He said that there should be a room available in 15-20 minutes; I wanted to clean up after my flight and be on time for my meeting. I asked if there were any other options and asked if an upgrade was available. He said that if I paid for an upgrade that he could get me in right now. It wasn’t much, so I agreed to it. He made the comment, “I won’t be disappointed.” He was right, disappointed doesn’t begin to describe my wish to find a new hotel. As I left the front desk I noticed a large pile of newspapers. I asked if that was the Washington Post. The answer was, “yes, but I have to charge you $4.00 for it.” Ok, now I am getting a sense of the place I am staying.
The hotel room was a blast from the past. It had a sitting area for the “upgrade” and a full sized stove and refrigerator as well a kitchen set up squeezed into the place. This all explains why the area for the bed was tiny. Speaking of the bed, are hotels still using cheesy polyester bedspreads that never seem to be clean? The cooling system for the room was under powered. I even tried to place the desk lamp close to the thermostat to convince the system to engage. This list could go on for pages… no feather pillows … you get the idea.
I was only staying for one night; I certainly won’t have considered a second.