Best Hotels near Billy Taylor Playground, Providence

The beautiful environment of the hotel is a classic in the century-old architecture. In the literary city center, the interior has modern facilities and the service is very warm. The lobby also provides guests with delicious drinks and desserts. The public areas are quiet and elegant, and the surrounding environment has a cultural heritage. The famous mural wall is in the surrounding area, which is a good choice for home travel.

We typically come to the area once or twice a year and have been staying in the downtown area to be close to restaurants and things to do. This time we tried this hotel as my Husband is a Marriott Bonvoy member and we used points for the stay. We were disappointed when we arrived to find the cafe area closed at nights and only open for breakfast. This was one of the reasons I selected this hotel as we figured it would be convenient to grab a quick bite and drink at night during our 4 night stay. Our room was clean, beds comfortable but could use a renovation soon. Location was great, walked across the street for Waterfire, CVS and Providence Place Mall. We would not stay again for our next trip as there are other hotels that we liked better.

The bed was very comfortable, and it was $22 to park overnight at the parking lot next to it, and you could get change if you asked for cash. The surrounding environment is very quiet, but there are fewer people on the streets in Providence at night, but police cars patrol more frequently.

We stayed here while we were attending the NABC in Providence. The cold buffet breakfast was quick, adequate. Room was neat, AC good, reasonably quiet. At first it’s a little tricky getting around the hotel, having to take an elevator from the room to the 1st floor only to catch another elevator up to the 2nd. This is because there’s East and West wings of the hotel. For some reason they have the escalator connecting the 1st and 2nd floor closed. For me, I’d ask to take it a step further and let us take the stairs to and from our rooms, get some natural exercise. I suppose there’s liability issues with that. Otherwise, we were happy at the Omni for the 5 days were there in July.

Hotel environment is good, location is also very good city center, eating in the United States is convenient, breakfast is very good, but not suitable for our Chinese stomach, but fortunately, you can simply cook, there is a microwave oven, induction cooker, wok and hot water coffee machine, For me, a person who likes to drink tea, is good, my daughter can speak English, has already booked a room on Trip.com, when the daughter is not there, the front desk let me use the credit card to pay the deposit, exchange hard

This was a solo stay on April 20, 2023. I am a Hilton Honors Diamond member, and as such I enjoy trying different properties across the portfolio when I visit different cities. In Providence, I had not yet stayed at this Homewood Suites, so I decided to give it a try. It was a stopover on the way by train to Boston, so I found it extremely convenient, a few blocks away from the station. I was surprised that this hotel did not offer a Digital Key, because it would have allowed me to bypass the odd arrangement of the entrance on the street level and the front desk on the second level. So I had to stop at the desk to claim my plastic old school card key. The desk staff was professional and described the hotel and features, as well as mentioning breakfast down on the street level. My Diamond status was recognized. My room was the one I had chosen during the online advance check-in the day before arrival. As it was a suite, it was certainly spacious. But.... the HVAC was hard to control, if at all. The outdoor temperature went down to the low 40's, and so I would have liked to have my room warmer than it was. Turning the thermostat higher just displayed the higher temperature but did not make the temperature higher. Unfortunately this was realized when I was ready to go to bed, so I wasn't going to contact anyone to rectify it that late. I found the bathroom to also be spacious, with enough room to put my toiletries on the counter. Because of the room temperature I opted not to take a shower that morning, so I cannot vouch for whether there was any issue with hot water. Breakfast.... I did not expect much. It was buffet style but limited selection. I did have scrambled eggs. I was bothered in the morning before my planned departure from the room and well before check-out time by Housekeeping knocking on my door. I thought that they only come in between guests. I had to yell that I would be out within half an hour. All in all, a great location but the lesson learned is to check the temperature control earlier in your stay if possible.

We stayed here for one night to attend my brother’s graduation ceremony at RISD. The hotel is conveniently located and very clean as its a new facility in the town. Staff were friendly and helpful. Would recommend people to stay.

I have to say that sometimes when I’m traveling to an area I don’t know very well, I won’t stay at a hotel if it’s not a name I know. I expect a certain standard when I stay at a reputable chain such as Hilton. This isn’t an awful hotel, but there’s nothing special about it. Our room needed updating. It smelled like mildew. There was mildew or some sort of stains around the peripheral of most of the bathroom ceiling. There were stains that looked like either lipstick or blood all over the outside of the bathroom door. The parking garage was crowded and filthy. The button that you were supposed to use to let yourself in and out of the parking garage didn’t work so you had to call for assistance every time. like many hotels, they are not servicing the room if you stay multiple nights and that’s fine. But I called and requested towels and they never delivered them. The hotel website implies that there is a restaurant. There is not a restaurant. There is a bar that’s open in the evening, and they may serve food in the evening, but that’s not a restaurant. The television was awful. There was no literature in the room or in the hotel about things to do in Providence. this is not an awful hotel, but it’s not a good one, and it certainly isn’t up to the Hilton name.