MenderB
February 28, 2024
I'd really hoped to give Hotel Concord a 5-star review. But, alas, the issues kept piling up. First, the positives: Great location in downtown, clean rooms, spacious shower, friendly reservation (lady) the day I checked in, well-stocked, chocolates on the pillows, a fridge for leftovers and an airtight room. Even with a room facing downtown, it was still plenty quiet. Great full length mirror. Now for the negatives: Difficult parking situation (not very handicap or injury accessible). I have a torn meniscus. I had to find/pay for a place to park in front of the hotel to checkin/unload. Then drive around to the garage and hope to find an empty/unreserved spot on 3A. Got lucky because it was a Tuesday but there were few spots on that level (which connects to the hotel) that weren't reserved for other businesses. And getting things back to my car was even more difficult. The bed is so firm, it's like sleeping on the floor. Took forever to fall asleep and then woke with back, hip and shoulder pain. One small pillow was too firm. All the large pillows were too soft. Had to stack pillows and sleep width-wise to get comfortable. The desk chair is very narrow. If you're a curvy person, it squeezes your hips. I had to move to the lounge chair and stack pillows to create a workspace. Height of counters are too high for petite people. I'm 5'2" and the bathroom counter was just below my chest. The height of the shower cubby is also high. Fortunately, the shower head is adjustable. I went down for the breakfast, included in the pricey room rate, expecting a great buffet. Not only was in no better than your typical Holiday Inn breakfast, the fire wasn't lit under the bacon and eggs, so everything was cold. Didn't realize it until I put it on my plate and there was no microwave to heat it up. Said something to the morning reception desk guy. He didn't offer to take it to the kitchen to eat it up. Had to toss the whole plate of cold bacon and eggs. By the time someone came and found matches to light the heaters under, I'd already made myself some toast. Very disappointed and don't feel this place was worth the money.