I can see why this is rated as the top hotel to stay at in Houston and I am very particular. The location is easy to find and check in is easy and fast. The staff is polite and willing to help with anything. The room was very clean, spacious with about as good a view as you can get in Houston and very quite. We called the day before to tell the hotel that we wanted to meet some of our clients for dinner at the hotels restaurant and we are very glad we did. The food was excellent, presented with class and the waiter made all of us feel very special. It restaurant was also quite, which made it easy to visit with my clients. The next morning breakfast was great to. I will definitely stay here again when I am in Houston on business.

Stayed one night at this hotel for business. I had booked a king bed on the executive floor on the Hilton website. When I arrived, the executive floor was booked, so the front desk clerk gave me a suite with two double beds and a key that accessed the executive lounge. The room was large and comfortable, although I couldn't understand why the couch in the living area wasn't in front of the TV. In fact, no furniture was. But, it had a 2nd TV in the bedroom, so no big deal. Nice upgrade for the same price.

As for the executive lounge, it had a great view but that's about it. It's not worth the extra money for the weak munchies and "honor bar."

The hotel provides a "shuttle" to places close by. I went out the front door looking for the "shuttle" and found a Cadillac waiting for me. The driver was friendly and knowledgeable and not only dropped me at the front door of where I was going, he gave me his cell phone number so I could call him to come pick me up.

Places close by include the biggest mall I've ever seen (the Galleria, 4th biggest in the U.S.) and any shopping imagineable. Also, any restaurant you wanted was close by, although I eventually settled on room service, which was excellent.

The next morning the conceirge checked me in for my return flight then arranged all my transportation for that morning, including to my meeting and to the airport.

Also, this Hilton advertises a fitness center. It's actually no more than a closet with a couple of treadmills. No matter, however, because just across the street the Bally's gives guests free admission. Very nice.

Overall, an excellent place to stay.

I visited for a work-related event and had an excellent experience here. My room was very clean and spacious, the event facilities were excellent, and the staff was extremely courteous even though there was a line of people waiting to check in behind me. I had absolutely no complaints about the facilities. The breakfast buffet was ok but I regretted not ordering from the menu.
However, it is quite a trek from Bush International Airport - somewhere in the vicinity of 45-60 minutes on the highway.

We met up with family in Houston who were on their way to a cruise and I was in charge of finding a nice hotel for the two couples. I needed to find something in the price range of a 2-star hotel but I wanted something a bit nicer. Researched Priceline on biddingfortravel and found that many 4-star Houston hotels are available for bidding at a 2-star price.

Picked the Galleria area since we only had one night to visit with our family and wanted to be near good restaurants but also close to the freeway for easy access to get to the Port of Houston on Saturday morning. Based on reviews I was happy when the Hilton accepted our bid.

The hotel staff was very nice (we were not given poor "Priceline treatment" or treated any less than full-price paying guests). I phoned the hotel a few days before our arrival and requested non-smoking rooms with king size beds. This request was granted and it turned out the entire hotel was non-smoking. When we checked in we were given the choice of rooms fairly near each other on the 6th floor.

Our room was 610 which overlooked the front of the hotel. Both rooms were identical except the balcony views faced different directions. Rooms were clean, nicely decorated, and comfortable. I liked the bathroom design which had a large granite counter area and a separate room for the tub/shower and toilet. Toiletries were Crabtree & Evelyn. A hairdryer was provided as was an iron and ironing board. The only refrigerator was the locked mini-bar so we never used it. A nice coffee maker made one or two cups directly into the mugs. Coffee was provided but there were no tea bags. Like most big hotels Hilton now offers their specialty bed, sheets and pillows which we found to be very comfortable.

It was too cool to use the pool but the pool deck looked nice.

Our only complaint was less than stellar service in the hotel restaurant where we ate breakfast. The buffet was good with a large selection of fruits, pastries, cooked to order omelets, etc. And it was half the price of many hotel breakfast buffets that we've had a higher end resorts. But two of our party chose to order off the menu and the service was pretty slow for that.

Next door to the hotel is a Maggianos Italian restaurant that was great for dinner. About a block up the road towards the Galleria is a large Starbucks. We valet parked the car and didn't need to use it again until we checked out. Valet parking was twice the price of self parking (which is normal so we expected that).

I would recommend this hotel and would stay there again if we ever need a hotel in Houston.