Not the Williard
This hotel has a grand and gracious presentation to the street. It also has a fine history. However, for those of you familar with other Intercontinental Hotels, it is not the Willard in Washington or the Barclay in New York. The rooms are spacious and comfortable enough (I had a 1 bedroom suite). But they have not been given the benefit of a thoughtful update. The compact poorly placed Plasma screen in the bedroom is an example. The food options are suprisingly ordinary. Room service menu is narrow and unimaginative. There are no real meal facilities in the hotel - the Top of the Mark restaurant does not satisfy and the Club Lounge is disappointing. In the context of these disappointments there was nothing to lift the hotel out of the ordinary.