2/5 M G. 5 months ago on Google
As
someone
who
has
stayed
at
this
hotel
hundreds
of
nights
over
the
last
twenty
years,
I
cannot
remain
silent
about
the
progressive
deterioration
of
both
the
quality
of
the
hotel,
its
amenities,
along
with
the
hit
or
miss
customer
service.
Regarding
the
building,
watch
out
for
a
middle
elevator
on
your
way
to/from
the
roof
top
restaurant
owing
it
has
multiple
issues
with
opening,
closing
door
and
even
moving
after
the
door
closes.
Be
careful
of
faucets
in
the
room
that
are
not
secured
by
the
lock
nut
underneath
the
bathroom
sink.
Keep
an
eye
out
for
raised
bricks
around
the
perimeter
of
the
hotel.
Finally,
be
aware
of
several
dated
rooms,
carpet,
walls,
bathroom
fixtures,
patio
doors,
windows,
window
treatments,
and
furniture.
On
to
the
staff,
expect
at
best
every
other
member
to
actually
care
about
the
customer,
including
the
airport
shuttle
drivers
and
phone
operators.
While
I
had
one
shuttle
driver
from
the
initial
airport
stop
when
after
he
saw
me
out
of
the
corner
of
his
eye
still
stopped
for
me
even
after
he
had
already
just
left
the
pickup
curb
location
whereas
the
driver
at
the
hotel
the
next
day
could
not
explain
to
me
that
the
shuttle
to
the
pentagon
city
metro/mall
was
not
reinstated
after
the
COVID
depression
(a
real
service
downgrade
owing
the
sometimes
bone-chilling
walk
from/to
hotel).
Then
separately,
the
hotel
operator
would
not
let
me
know
the
status
of
the
airport
driver
based
on
when
the
driver
called
back
to
the
hotel
to
announce
they
left
the
hotel
or
the
airport
owing
my
over
an
hour
wait
the
next
day
at
the
airport
when
I
had
a
second
return
from
the
airport.
Finally
at
the
hotel,
management
chose
to
close
the
rooftop
pool
in
exchange
for
more
revenue
generating
space
(meeting,
guest
room
or
expanded
restaurant
space)
TBD,
at
least
they
still
have
a
gym.
Then
there
is
the
front
desk
staff
who
included
one
individual
who
said
“of
course
there
is
no
complimentary
upgrade
for
my
Honors
status,
we
are
sold
out”
finding
out
afterwards
that
there
were
upgrades
available
and
in
fact
I
was
upgraded
by
someone
else
later
without
issue.
That
same
initial
front
desk
person
could
not
explain
what
to
expect
with
the
Hiltons
corporate
decision
to
exchanges
executive
lounges
for
$15/day
food/beverage
credit
when
I
asked
if
that
amount
would
cover
any
cold
breakfast
buffet.
Getting
five
oranges/apples
at
$1
each,
along
with
a
protein
bar
and
single
bottled
drink
is
what
I
had
to
settle
for
since
the
restaurant
was
closed
and
the
shopette
staff
couldn’t
explain
what
was
available
the
next
morning
at
the
restaurant.
Nor
could
the
security/concierge
who
happened
to
be
behind
the
shopette
counter
picking
up
his
overstuffed
plate
of
food
without
any
offer
of
assistance
regarding
my
question.
Similarly
the
hostess
at
the
roof
top
restaurant
forgot
to
call
my
room
as
she
promised
even
after
making
a
reservation
about
availability
before
my
reservation
time
if
tables
became
available-
which
they
did
become
available
I
was
told
by
the
waitstaff.
Just
as
bad
when
asking
about
salad
addons
at
that
roof
top
restaurant
could
not
get
a
straight
answer
and
then
ended
up
the
waitress
putting
in
the
wrong
order.
Even
worse
I
only
was
allocated
one
glass
of
water
throughout
the
entire
meal.
Even
after
trying
restaurant
the
next
night
ran
into
same
drink
problem
-
this
time
asking
for
hot
water
which
they
initially
could
not
find
until
someone
finally
offered
to
microwave
a
cup.
Then
the
final
customer
service
failure
was
when
calling
the
front
office
manager
after
my
stay
failing
to
get
thru
to
anyone
in
accounting
about
why
a
second
hold
was
placed
on
my
credit
card
after
I
had
already
checked
out
of
hotel
was
told
“need
to
just
wait
and
see”.
This
same
manager
happened
to
be
the
responder
to
my
Hilton
post
stay
survey
with
such
a
generic
reply
about
how
management
cares
about
feedback
that
I
felt
compelled
to
write
this
review
to
warn
others
about
a
more
realistic
expectation
if
staying
at
this
hotel.