OK, here's one I haven't seen addressed in any detail on the board: Which concierge lounge, in your opinion, is the best?

I'll lead off with my favorite, the lounge in the Stamford, CT Marriott. Nice atmosphere, but it is the food that surpasses any that I have been in. Peeled jumbo shrimp 2-3 nights per week, hand-carved beef tenderloin at least once per week, free beer and, I think, wine. And they serve plenty, not just one platter and when it's gone, it's gone.

#2 spot, a tie between the Princeton, NJ Marriott Forrestal Village and the Waterfront Marriott in Baltimore. Princeton has food you can make a meal of: baked ziti, shrimp fried rice, and other goodies including an occasional sushi/everything else you can think of blowout for their elite members. Baltimore Waterfront has Maryland crab 1-2 nights per week: crab cakes, crab claws, or crab-stuffed broiled shrimp.

I guess the above is focused on food, which was not my intent, that just seems to be where I live! But judge by anything, please: Ambiance, view, staff, food, whatever. I'd really like to know what your favorite lounges are out there.

-Harry

(edited for spelling/grammar)

[This message has been edited by hnechets (edited 05-28-2001).]