When you hear about a hotel being connected to a convention center, your perception of the place immediately heads south. I'm not going to lie, I didn't expect much out of this place when I found out I would be staying here. Boy was I wrong! This place is beautiful! The lobby is very pristine and welcoming as are the front door and lobby staff. The rooms are very nice and include a TV in the mirror of your bathroom. Room service was fast and excellent and I enjoyed my entire stay. I can only hope that my boss puts me back at this hotel when I'm in Dallas!! The hotel is connected to the convention center via sky bridge (5 minute walk from room).

Spent 3 days at this friendly place. Besides the beautiful premises (including magical Christmas decorations), there are friendly and kind staff everywhere. From Nick and Christy in the cozy bar to Alwasi the concierge to the restaurant, front desk and housekeeping staff every single employee made me feel important and valued. Way to go Omni - outstanding customer service!

Hotel is beautiful, staff is exceptional, food is delicious and menus accommodate varied allergies, plus feature regional cuisine. Food prices aren't bad. Breakfast buffet $11, had blueberry maple sausage, chilaquiles,bread pudding, great bacon, plus they had biscuits & gravy, fruit, breads, etc. Lunch buffet $19, had fish with chimichurri sauce, cilantro whipped potatoes, great fresh salads, couscous with a vibrant lemon, glazed carrots, a great shepherd's pie with spicy beef filling, breads with housemade butters and olive oils, outstanding blueberry cobbler, varied chocolate desserts, lemon cake, etc. This is all at Texas Spice, next to the lobby. They also have a sports bar and a high end steak house, plus a Starbucks. Rooms were comfortable... minor complaints that lighting is dim and they have shower only (but a large walk in one), no tub. Housekeeping was super, as was all staff. What a treat!

I stayed here recently for a business conference. It fulfilled pretty much all of my expectations for a hotel of this class.

Pros
Great location
Great views from high floors
Choice of three restaurants within the hotel
Well appointed comfortable rooms
Comfortable beds with good choice of pillows
Pleasant staff

Could be improved
My room had a bath with a shower head - This was fixed high up the wall, and could not be detached - A shower head on a flexible hose either in addition to or instead of the fixed shower head would have been much appreciated. Also, the water pressure was a little weak. It was adequate for sure and much more than a dribble, but great hotels have decent power showers that invigorate.

Television channel selection - As an international visitor, it's good to be able to check up on the news at home, and it was a shame to note that not one international news station was carried on either of the televisions in the room. Would it have been so hard to have added a BBC news feed?

Room size - By European standards it was average, but was by far the smallest room I've stayed in whilst in the US.

Room facilities - My room was equipped with twin beds - Between the twin beds was a chest of drawers upon which was a lamp, a power socket strip and the alarmclock/ipod dock. Each bed had an adjustable spotlamp attached to the headboard. Unfortunately, neither of the spot lamps or the power strip were functional - I looked behind the chest of drawers and found an awful tangle of cables and electrical plugs - The lamps and the power strip were not plugged in. Rather than call reception, I managed to workout what went where, and connected it up myself. But whilst doing so, I noticed that there was a fair accumulation of dust and rubbish/trash from previous guests, so I would highlight this as something that could have been cleaned and connected better.