Not my favorite
The location of Aloft was great for visiting The Domain for dining and shopping. I went to the bar at the end of the night I arrived to find out more about the hotel. There was a full bar and the bar tender and guests were very nice. Although the hotel room was clean, I would not stay at an Aloft again. I love modern decor, but my room was more of a basic dorm room. I was not bothered by the noise from the corner bar, but it was incredibly loud just passing from the outside. I had a horrible view of a vacant lot behind the hotel, but that must have saved me from the night noise. The room was dark, there was only one chair, which was a desk chair and it just was not a comfortable place to work. I found the bed very uncomfortable and slept poorly both nights. I paid about $200 and I heard a colleague stayed at the Westin for $170, and although they are part of the same chain and a few blocks apart, the Westin is a huge upgrade. On a positive note, I found an outdoor location at an umbrella table to work one evening. The hotel is missing a lot of basic amenities. Simple things were missing like no cream rinse, and no standard closet. I also needed to make a FedEx shipment and the hotel did not have any FedEx shipping boxes and did not make an effort to get any. Those boxes are free, and it is a common courtesy for hotels to have FedEx boxes for guests. This was inconvenient for me. I found a box, and was grateful that the desk could tape up the box.. I felt that the bare bones experience only benefited the hotel owners financially and not the guests.