6/10 Okay
William
21 Oct 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pretty photos but shabby room
The staff were friendly and the pool area is very nice, but our room wasn't.
The room was warm and stuffy much of the time because the AC is weak and shuts itself off after a couple hours.
In a room with weak AC there should be bedding options other than a thick down comforter or a heavy blanket with a brown smear on it that looked like poo. Having nothing but a thick comforter in a warm room isn't cozy -- it's uncomfortable.
The upholstery on both of the chairs had numerous stain blotches.
The wooden toilet seat (looked like what you'd bring home from Walmart at midnight because it was the only one they had left) was missing the pads beneath the seat so it banged down directly (and loudly) on the porcelain bowl.
The bathtub and shower are both visible from the rest of the room. Maybe that's supposed to be funky or sexy but it's really just awkward and uncomfortable.
Even the minibar was weird -- stocked with bottles of soda but no bottle opener. I walked 5 blocks to Ralph's to buy a liter of Coke and we drank that instead of the bottle of Coke that was right there in our room.
Maybe our room was supposed to be "shabby chic" but it was just plain shabby.
If we had stayed at some 2-star harborside motel we would have taken these things in stride and just said "Oh well."
But when you're staying at the "World Famous Palihouse" and paying $900 a night, "Oh well" becomes "What the hell?"
William
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024