Checked in at 10AM. Hotel is located on Marquette between 9th and 8th. Beautiful lobby!
Mathew gave me a warm welcome and told me I had been upgraded to a Fabulous room. I asked him if I could get a suite if I checked in later. He went to the office and obviously asked if he could upgrade me to a suite. Two seconds later he was happy to announce that I had a Fantastic Suite, 2401. Amenity points offered as well.
Awesome suite. There are only 4 suites pr. floor and I assume that the regular rooms are pretty small since the floors are pretty small.
Internet is 12.95 pr. day. Wireless or Wired. The suite is a corner suite with separate bed room. 2 x 37" LG LCDs, DVD player in the livingroom.
Pink mini bar with bigger bottles in the livingroom.
Red wine, Dynamite from Sonoma, 26 bucks for a 375ml bottle
Veuve Cliquot Champers, 65 bucks (375ml)
Tanqueray Gin, 36 bucks (200ml)
Absolut 100 Proof Vodka and Belvedere (both 200ml)Vodka 36 bucks
Smaller bottles of Patron, 10 can rum and Johnny Walker black (all 50ml, 12 bucks)
Livingroom is large and long. Round diningroom table with 3 chairs, cool chair and huge couch in the hang out area. Room Service menu is not offered in paper version, only on the TV under the Menu. Great idea, but takes some getting used to. You can't order through the TV, you have to call. Ordered a coffee pot up here while preparing for the meeting. Took 10 minutes. Great coffee in french press. Prices are ok, 20% service fee and 3 USD delivery fee.
Bedroom is big, Tivoli clock radio, but no Ipod dock like in the regular rooms here for some odd reason. The bathroom is huge, separate tub with awesome view. Bliss madness in there, 10 bottles at least. The shower is huge.
Half an hour after checking in, a guy stopped by with a hand written note welcoming me and delivered an extra big Voss Water due to my W The Card membership. Great touch!
Fresh, new and great property, highly recommended. Will make my bi weekly visit to MSP a lot fresher. So it's bye bye Westin MSP and hello W!
Will report more after I try room service food and the bar tonight