I won't stay here again
This hotel is a bit or a paradox. I am guessing it's 50+ years old, but by no means as old as other hotels in Philly. I normally stay at the Marriott Residence Inn which is older, but much nicer. Unfortunately they were booked.
Anyway, the in-room furniture is in need of replacement, the return and vents for the aging in-room air conditioner/heating were caked up with lint/dust and badly in need of cleaning.
When I went to use the bathroom sink, the cold water handle fell off in my hand. And when I first turned on the bathroom light it was a dark pink and took several minutes to go white.
The signage is very poor, not easy to locate ice and vending, or even your room for that matter.
The elevators and common areas (hallways) outside of the lobby have caked on dirt (which some simple green or formula 509 would clean up easily).
The maid staff is very noisy, my room was right next to their closet and they were very inconsiderate in the amount of noise they made early in the AM.....
BUT....there are some good things....
The doorman was very friendly and helpful, the front-desk clerk was also very friendly. The restaurant has a very limited menu, but what I had was decent.
The lobby area has some nice cozy sitting areas and the bartender was quite friendly (as they all should be) and made nice pours.
It could be worse, I'd really give this a 2.5, but it's definitely under average for $220/night.