Upon arriving at the hotel at about 3pm, we were greated by the most friendly front desk clerk who explained where our room was, told us about the breakfast available (which we did not eat), the pool/whirlpool/work out center locations, vending areas, shuttle buses available, etc. Once we got to our room (#602) we were pleasantly surprised by the room size. It had VERY tall ceilings and a very comfortable (and clean) king sized bed with fluffy. Carpets were clean, bedding was clean, and everything was tidy & in it's proper place. The room had a coffee pot right by the sink, but what I didn't see was a hair dryer. Upon looking in the closet, one was located next to the ironing board. This hotel offers free shuttles to the area casinos and also to the downtown area (where the shows were playing, as we were in town to see Mamma Mia at the Orpheum). The one thing I didn't like was that each floor did NOT have vending machines or ice machines on them. We did go to the East side of the hotel where the original (and beautiful) staircase was located. That seems like a nice, quiet place to hang out if you wanted to get out of your room for a while. (Maybe read a book or something???) After reading the other reviews, I was unsure about the 'quietness' of the hotel, but our room was so quiet, that it was almost like we were the only ones on the floor. I'm sure that wasn't the case because the parking lot was COMPLETELY full when we got back to the hotel at about 2:30am. We ended up parking across the street in the 'extra' parking for the hotel. All parking was free, also. Check out took all of 10 seconds and the gentleman at the front desk was cheery and thanked us for staying there and asked that we come back. Overall, I felt this hotel is in the ideal location if you were wanting to stay in the Old Market area.









