We had a break in while staying in the Gold room!! Definite safety problems. I’ll explain in full next, but here is an overview first.
Pros:
Location is convenient.
There is a balcony.
Cons:
The bathroom emits a strong sewer smell. Not all the time, but at least a couple times a day.
The bathroom is tiny. You can’t sit down straight on the toilet, you can’t shower without touching the walls/curtain.
The room is not nearly as nice as the pictures make it look.
The bed is hard and uncomfortable.
There is no insulation between the room door and hallway, so you hear everything going on in the hallway.
The location is convenient, but the specific block has become a hangout for the homeless.
Security is a problem!!
So, at 11:30 pm one night a homeless man tried opening the door to our room. He was drugged up and smelled awful, but seemed to think he would be able to crash in the room. Thankfully we were using the chain lock and he could not enter. We are not 100% sure if we left the handle to our room unlocked (and he was just wandering the building checking for unlocked rooms) or if he knew the passcode to the room, either is concerning. He was confused and didn’t leave right away. I got dressed and the went to make sure he left the building (with the cops on the phone). I eventually found him still in the building, locked in the storage room that is supposedly secured (there was a passcode) for guests to leave their bags in when arriving before checkin. I told him to leave, and pointed the cops in his direction when they arrived. They caught him a block away. This guy clearly knew the passcode to the building and to the storage room, and possibly our room!!! I told our host, John, and his first response was “sorry for the inconvenience”.
I would be very skeptical about staying here.
Go get a clean, secure, quiet room with a more comfortable bed at one of the hotels in the area: that’s what we will do next time.