If you are going to this hotel for girls/guys night/weekend out, then this might be the hotel for you. Upscale, luxurious right smack in the middle of the action of downtown Charlotte. Although you dont get what you dont pay for, you should expect that at a facility like this one. My original plan was to go to spa weekend with my best friend but plans changed and I ended up going with my hubby and kids. Our room was right across from a club that was sort of outdoors. The music and noise was so bad for anyone going to bed before 2am who happened to be on that side of the hotel. I called once to complain about the 'noise' the first day in a room below and the hotel took care of it right away. But the noise from the club, i knew they could do nothing about it. Day two, I prepared a little for the noise and just made sure our day lasted longer. Noise was worse than ever that night and apparently the new hotel guests next door was having some sort of crazy party that lasted to the wee hours of Saturday and thru to Sunday early morning. I did complain about that noise Sunday am cause i was fed up. Although the hotel said it would send security to the room, the noise kept on for at least another hour. By that time we were on our way out of there. My reviews are usually more to the point and descriptive of the room, area, service, etc. But its hard for me to talk about that stuff much since the noise was a huge issue for me. However for the price of the room, which was really good for the value otherwise, if you are looking for a party and upscale and dont mind paying for the additives, this hotel is for you. If you are looking for peace and quite, you may want to go elsewhere.

After having a bit of trouble with the parking we got inside. The parking situation was a bit confusing. Valet parking was $18/ day there. If I was staying longer , maybe I would have had that to avoid self-parking. The spaces were also small.

Anyway, once inside we saw it was a really nice lobby and the front desk people were really friendly and had all the answers to out questions. There was a nice looking bar in the lobby also, they also had a Starbucks which wasn't open on the weekends I'm guessing. A minor negative.

We had a king room with a view of the surrounding buildings. The bathroom had the standard soap, conditioner, shower cap, etc. It wasn't huge, but not too small either. Water pressure in the shower kinda sucked though, but still it wasn't bad. The beds were really comfy, but they had a lot of covers on them, after getting under them it felt like 30 lbs of cover on top.

There was some kind of party going on in the meeting rooms, people milled about dressed up and later I heard the music from in there. Its kind of cool that they aren't all fussy about the noise. Usually in the nicer hotels such as this, they're kind of strict on noise.

After we got settled in, we decided to go have dinner and instead of getting back in the car and driving about, we walked downstairs and over to the EpiCentre. The Omni is really located in a great place. Its within walking distance to a lot of nightlife and restaurants. We ended up eating at the EpiCentre and going to one of the bars/clubs there. It was raining and we walked above the road on the skywalks to the EpiCentre and didn't really get wet. Its literally a 5 minute walk!

The walls seem a little thin, cause we could hear a few guys being rowdy after we got in, but it wasn't bothersome.

Check-out was a breeze. They have the express checkout but we dropped the keys off at the front desk since we had to pass it anyway.

The location of this hotel was excellent, centrally located to everything. The rooms were very clean. The beds, however, were extremely uncomfortable. The matresses were really stiff and I didn't get much sleep at all. Bathrooms are also very tiny. And the gaps at the bottom of the doors, could pose a noise problem if you happen to have to stay on a busy floor. But the hotel, being an Omni, is very upscale and elegant, with beautiful decor.

The Omni was an amazing hotel, every amenity you could think of is included. It's situated right in downtown Charlotte and everything is easily accessible by foot. The room was very spacious, comfortable and luxurious. The bed was the softest I think I've ever slept in! The only bad experience was that upon checking in, I had to present a credit card (not debit) and was 'temporarily' charged $300 for incidentals (I guess this is for the mini bottle of wine and M&Ms in the mini bar). Other than that, my experience was great!