I spent 4 nights at the Ellis for a conference in downtown Atlanta. This is a cute boutique hotel, and since the large chain hotels look like train stations during a typical conference I was happy to have this as a refuge. The hotel was very modern and I was happy with the room (size, furnishings, TV etc). One huge highlight for me was the friendly staff, who really went out of their way to be friendly and satisfy any requests promptly. I ate a couple of times at the restaurant and found the food and service excellent - it is definitely an upscale restaurant so don't expect low prices and huge portions (order the trout - it's amazing). The biggest downside: the room was extremely noisy both from the Peachtree Street noise and from other guests moving around in the hallways.

Best parts:
Friendly staff
Nice comfortable room
Modern "boutique" feel
Good (but pricey) restaurant
Convenient location
Free wireless

Worst parts:
Very noisy room
No fridge/mini-bar in room
Shower leaked all over bathroom floor

This was a great hotel, but I can't give it five stars due to the issues mentioned in the previous post related to the hot water; specifically, there wasn't any in the morning. This was sort of a problem considering I was there for an important professional conference. I didn't bother to complain about it because I was pretty sure that other people were doing it for me, so what's the point in ruining someone's morning over something they can't seem to fix?

I would knock the hotel more because of this problem, but I had friends staying at both the Sheraton and the Hyatt who had similar water problems, so I don't know how much control the Ellis had about this problem. Plus, I got this hotel at a conference rate which was roughly half the list price. I'm not sure this is a $200 hotel, but then again I'm not sure what would be a $200 hotel in Atlanta. Perhaps the Ritz.

The perks: free internet (don't sleep on how nice this is for a business conference), a really nice, simple restaurant with excellent breakfast, wine tasting, an espresso bar, and very nice, comfortable beds. The TV is fine, the minibar is rather reasonable for a hotel in its class, and I thought the room was nice. It's a small room and I think it's best suited for a single business traveler, not multiple travelers.

Perhaps the best feature of this hotel is its size. It's very small compared to other hotels in Atlanta. This is nice for elevators, quietness, and other amenities important to business travelers. This also means that the hotel staff is not too busy to attend to traveler concerns.

This hotel was really nice. It's newly remodeled and very trendy looking. I stayed here on business in both November and December 2009. From the moment you walk in the door the staff is extremely helpful and friendly. They had free wine tasting every day from 5:30 - 6:30 which I utilized almost every day I was there. The restaurant has a lot of organic dishes which I really liked. The rooms are nice. The only problem was the furnace. When its on it blast super loud non-stop and when you turn it off the room gets cold. If I ever return to Atlanta I would definately stay at this hotel again.