I spent a 3-day weekend at the Alabama Hotel with my 11 year old son. The place is brilliantly located, in easy walking distance to loads of restaurants and bars, the waterfront and everything the city centre has to offer. Em is really lovely and went out of her way to make sure that we had a great time, which we did. The decor of the hotel is super cool, with amazing lounge area complete with bar and balcony to sit out on. But because the decor of the hotel is so amazing, I couldn't help but feel let down when we got to our room. Maybe we drew the short straw, but our room, while very clean, was spartan and drab with more of a feel of a hostel. The windows of our room opened not to the outside world but to a storage room. There was a screen to block it out but that meant no view at all, so it was quite claustrophobic. I'm sure this is not true for most of the other rooms. We were just unlucky. I would definitely stay here again but would ask for a different room.