We reserved room number 1107 ten months in advance and I was very happy that they did indeed assign that room to us! Great front desk...the manager came over to greet us as well. The room was nice and had a great view. The location was perfect and close to the train station. The walls and windows were well insulated and we slept without any noises. The only two negatives were that breakfast is really overpriced ($20.00 usd pp) so I suggest going a block down to Witherspoons to eat. Also, we had a fire alarm at midnight and we were only able to go down two flights of stairs (we were on the 12th floor) as the central stairwell was full of people. My husband and I started to feel nervous so we retreated back up the stairs and headed for a different stairwell at the outside perimeter. There was not one single person in that stairwell. We ran down all 12 floors and exited the side of the hotel. Two fire trucks were already out there and they let us back in stating that food burning in a microwave was the cause. So, after midnight we made the climb back up 12 flights and tried to go back to sleep. It was quite unnerving to have experienced a total lack of coordination and had that been a serious fire there would have been a lot of people stuck in the central stairwell. Complete lack of communication and direction from the staff could have easily led to panic. I would suggest a serious review of your hotel emergency evacuation plan. So, if you stay there please remember to use the perimeter stairwell in the event of a fire alarm...other than that it was a nice play to stay!


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