STAY AWAY- FAR AWAY !! BUYER BEWARE
Myself and my Husband decided to to make it a romantic weekend and stay close to home but in a nice Hotel so we can do some shopping. This Crowne Plaza "Near the Galleria " was chosen after I read some of the reviews on Trip Advisor which were quite positive. I think this Hotel has several misleading reviews which leads me to wonder how they all got there !! Hmmmmm
First of all we were expecting to be around the Galleria area like within a mile of it, but OH NO ! this hotel was approximately 5 miles from the Galleria Mall and THIS HOTEL IS LOCATED IN THE GHETTO !!!! As we walked in for check in we were greeted by an asian lady with a name tag that read "Cindy" who was busy polishing her nails and day dreaming. She was very distant and we had to say HELLO loudly to get her attention. She acted like if it was not for us hers would be a great job !! After this horrible check in we were given a decent room, nothing spectacular but the sheets were dirty and the housekeeping the bathroom was horrible. I cllaed down and Cindy answered the phone and said that Housekeeing will be right up. I would have preferd to just change rooms but we just did not say much. Now with the dirty room surroundings I kept my light on at night since I am phobic about bed bugs. We decided to make the best of the situation and decided to take a romantic walk outside BIG MISTAKE ! Did I say this hotel is in the Ghetto !! This hotel has virtually NO BUSINESS within a walking distance unless you consider IKEA a great business which is on the other side of the freeway and a good ten minute walk through this scary neighborhood. We were quickly approached by two bums who pretty much chased us for a sometime before we walked away quickly and the ROMANTIC WEEKEND was turning out to be Far from Romantic.. We did drive to the mall and found a very nice restaurant but we like to have wine with dinner in a nice restaurant and we never drive even after a single glass, so we just sipped on our ice tea but did enjoy the food.
UNFOTUNATELY THE WORST WAS YET TO COME !
Our Car was broken into sometime during the night and the thieves had rummaged through the glove box. The only thing they took was the GPS, but unfortunately they broke the lock on the steering column. When I reported this to the front desk, they offered to call the police and a Tow truck and the desk clerk was very clear in letting us know that THE MANAGEMENT WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE and WE HAD PARKED AT OUR OWN RISK !!
Well I do not have to tell you that this was the icing on the sour cake and after about five hours of dealing with Tow truck company, insurance etc. etc. we took a cab.
MY ADVICE STAY AWAY FROM THIS HOTEL. We wish we had done what we usually do for romantic getways and stayed in the Sugar Land Area Hotels. The Marriott in the Town Square in Sugar Land is very nice and you just walk downstairs to one of the nicest shopping and dining areas.
Avoid this Crowne Plaza "Near the Galleria" at all cost