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• Location Good for an old hotel

  Submitted on: 05/12/2009

  The hotel was located right downtown just a shame that there wasn't much to do in the area. paid a lot more for my room then others in the ...

  The hotel was located right downtown just a shame that there wasn't much to do in the area. Paid a lot more for my room then others in the the hotel. The hotel is old and really needs some renovations (new carpets!) The staff was great especially the bartenders...the others a little quirky. The pool is great and the best thing going for the hotel as far as amenities. The room was okay...I have stayed in a lot worse so you will get over the initial oh my god feeling that you might have when you first check in. Eventually the charm of the ghost stories will take over. I stayed here because I was trying to save my organization some money...so if you are looking to do the same this would be a good alternative. I would stay here if I had to again but would shop around more before making that choice.

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• Should have been a museum

  Submitted on: 02/04/2009

  Its cute, its quaint and its a miserable place to try to get some sleep. seeing it on a 30 minute museum tour would have been fine. i actually prefer ...

  Its cute, its quaint and its a miserable place to try to get some sleep. Seeing it on a 30 minute museum tour would have been fine. I actually prefer to stay in older hotels with more local 'flavor' than the chain hotels but the Hotel San Carlos was a nightmare. It was so small you could sit on the throne and your knees touched the opposite wall and I am only 5'6"" tall. My husband was stepping out of the cold shower (hot water was nowhere to be found) and bumped the flush handle on the toilet with his knee. The tiles in the shower stall were cracked and moldy. The room was so tiny we had to take turns walking around the bed. All of the guests across the hall from us had to be evacuated during the night due to a plumbing break and the water dripped two floors down to the restaurant where we had to move to a different table because of the water coming out of the ceiling. The hot and cool air was controlled by opening and closing the vent cover...the vent cover was missing so I had to stuff a pillow in it to stop the cold air. The advertised exercise room was two blocks down in a health club where you had to pay $6 to get in, the pool was not heated and was full of leaves and crud. I could go on and on...just don't stay there. The staff was very friendly but maybe it was because they thought it was funny that we were tied into a online travel website ""Good Buy"" deal and couldn't check out early without paying full cost on the room.

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• location, location, location!

  Submitted on: 10/27/2008

  I attended a conference recently, and had the luck that my conference at the phoenix convention center coincided with a concert a dodge theater and i didn't have to ...

  I attended a conference recently, and had the luck that my conference at the Phoenix Convention Center coincided with a concert a Dodge Theater and I didn't have to rent a car! The hotel is cute. It was a nice break from the conventional hotel room with all the history and old photos of Phoenix. The food was fantastic! Not at all what I expected with the low rate I paid for the room. Overall the place could use a little TLC, more counter space in the bathroom would've been nice, but I would definately stay there again. Nice staff, unbeatable rate and fantastic location and food!

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• Charming history

  Submitted on: 10/11/2008

  I found the hotel to be wonderfully charming and the staff was great! i attended a conference at the phoenix convention center and the location is unbeatable -- i could walk ...

  I found the hotel to be wonderfully charming and the staff was great! I attended a conference at the Phoenix Convention Center and the location is unbeatable -- I could walk there in 5 minutes from my hotel. The food was fantastic, although I wish they had had entertainment in the lounge, my overall dining experience was good. The rooms were smaller than the newer hotels, but I thought it just added to the charm. Although the rooms could use some updated furnishings and maybe some minor remodeling, I would definitely stay there again. Compared with the cost of the other downtown hotels I thought it was worth the money, the location is great plus it was refreshing to stay in a place with such history and charm....a nice break from your usual boring hotel.

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• The Good, The Bad, and The Alright

  Submitted on: 08/21/2008

  The good: the room was fine. the front desk was polite and helpful. i loved that fact that the whole place is air cooled. i liked waliking around downtown and ...

  The Good: The room was fine. The front desk was polite and helpful. I loved that fact that the whole place is air cooled. I liked waliking around Downtown and being able to get back to the hotel in only a few minutes. The Bad: If you go over the summer there are pool parties over the weekends that go from late afternoon to 2AM. If that's your thing they're great, though I was on the 6th floor and it sounded like a was at the pool. Also, you can hear conversations in the hallways. The water pressure in the shower was alittle iffy, if you keep your shower to 5 minutes or less you're fine. The Alright: I had a breakfast and dinner in the Copper Door Saloon. It was reasonably priced for what i ate. Downtown Phoenix is a business district, so there's not a lot open except for the pub right next door and the Arizona Center a few blocks away.

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