The wife and I spent a night at the Utica hotel and were very pleasantly surprised. The hotel is 100 years old but has been nicely refurbished and shows quite a lot of it's earlier splendor. The lobby is beautiful, lots of marble and a piano. Hotel also offers a nice bar and resturant. Tried the bar but not the... More

Got engaged to my wife in this old dame...unfortunately, some of her beauty has faded (the hotel's, not my wife's). Needless to say, there's plenty of atmosphere & charm, including tiny creaking old elevator, high-ceilinged bar, and cool mezzanine area with places to lounge and read books. Many famous power brokers of yesteryear have stayed here, and ghost sightings are... More

Located in downtown Utica - it must have been something in it's day. The lobby boasts 8 huge chandeliers, towering marble pillars and a mezzanine. We appreciated it's history and were therefore willing to overlook some things. Our suite was huge - so big in fact that the kind size bed looked like a twin and it was clean....dated but... More

On our way to visit family in New Hampshire for the weekend we wanted a room around the half way mark to break up the drive. I had mapquested to Hampton Inn in Utica, but drove right by it as it is tucked off the highway, so I ended up downtown, something I normally would have avoided, but curiosity drew... More

This hotel maliciously charged us a smoking fee despite the fact that we never smoked in the room, and offering not a single bit of proof that we'd smoked. We checked in for a long weekend, and while we smelled some smoke in the bathroom, we simply assumed someone in the room next door was smoking. The entire room smelled... More

Great lobby and balcony right out of the past glory years. Takes you back to a different time. Rooms, however, could use some updating. I stayed in a king suite not really large enough for that title. The sitting room was about the size of a walk in closet. Had a King bed with a nite table on each side... More

I stayed at the end of September traveling on business. I have stayed here several times over the past five years or so. Although the staff is courteous and the rooms quite large, the room maintenance is inconsistent and the furniture/draperies are in dire need of switching out (furniture edges threadbear/draperies on the tall windows never work properly - I... More

I stayed for one night in October 2011, and had a good night's sleep. The rooms are well sized, clean, comfortable, and quiet. There's barely anything to do in Utica so I can't fairly comment on whether or not it's in a good location, but for the concert I was attending at the Stanley Theatre, it was an ideal place... More

Next year--2012--will be the Centennial for this grand old hotel and I hope that some special events are in the works, as my wife and I have enjoyed several stays over the past few years. Front desk staff are invariably friendly and helpful. We always try to get one of the corner rooms so that we have as many windows... More