We booked through hotels.com because of the description provided on their site, which is not at all accurate. Although there were some things that were acceptable, this hotel should not be highly rated as the accommodations simply are not in line with inflated the price it is offered at.
Positives: First, the staff was nice enough and the building was somewhat clean. The elevator worked, the beds are firm but comfortable enough, and the 7th floor breakfast area has a nice view (when sitting down) but don’t look below the window level. The outside air was cold when we were there in February but the staff kindly provided a portable heater, which made a huge difference in our comfort level.
Mediocre stuff: Breakfast was just okay and included cooked to order eggs, fresh fruit, cold rolls, small slices of ham product, cheese, coffee, tea and juice. However, there was no breakfast available at all on the day we went to see the Citadel (even though I verified with them twice the night before). Breakfast is typically served from 6-8 a.m. but the inconsistency left us to scramble for something to eat before we left. We met the gentleman that serves breakfast at 6:20 in the elevator (he was just getting out of bed); he was apologetic and followed us to the lobby to unlock the front entrance so that we could leave the building.
Now, on to negatives:
1 - We made the mistake of accepting an offer to let them clean our room; we were required to surrender our room key fo
