Originally Posted by
astan100
I did two stays here recently and wanted to make a quick mention.
I booked 2 Queens and I asked the front desk if they had any kings available. She said she didn't on the club floor, but then decided to be nice and gave me a "petite suite", which is a very strange room. It's an L shape with a decent sitting area, but has a Murphy Bed...yes that's right...a murphy bed. I didn't know these were still in use, and certainly not in a room that at least 50% bigger than a standard room. Maybe it's for people who have hotel parties?
There is a also a separate room that is the size of 2 small bathrooms that has a coffee maker, small fridge, and sink. Why it's hidden behind some double doors is beyond me - I guess if you wanted to setup a wet bar for the hotel party that required the murphy bed, it would be ideal.
Overall, this is a very very odd suite, but a welcome upgrade for the interesting factor.
Valet is 25 bucks now (I'm pretty sure) and the rooms were recently renovated and pretty nice. There are flat screen TV's contrary to an older post on here (at least in both regency club floor rooms I've been in).
Japengo is across the street and tasty (though expensive).
Like others have said, I'd take the HR Mission Bay over this purely for the grounds which makes it feel like a resort and the diamond breakfast is rockin'. This feels like a business hotel sitting in the middle of a resort area with a so-so Regency Club.
Had a recent stay at the property as well and I also got one of these petite suites. Mine wasn't L shaped, but I had the same strange wet bar hidden like it was in a closet.
Very new and fresh. They asked me if I wanted turn down service, which I replied yes to as we were heading out for a BBQ. No turn down service was done when we returned that night
We also spent some time by the pool, it was nice and busy (t mobile hot spot works great by the pool, free for elites). The pool bar was not open (on a sold out Sunday
), but there was a person taking orders and serving. She "forgot" to mention that she represented room service so our two drinks had a neat 4USD delivery charge + 22% gratuity added
. I mentioned this to the front desk and they removed the charges.
Checked out the club as well. They had snacks (nuts, fruit etc) throughout the day, did not check the breakfast or night offerings.
BTW, got the folio emailed to me and it included both internet and the comped drinks. Had to call to get it removed.
All in all, an OK property, slightly more upscale than the Mission Bay location, but I agree that if you get a good room at Mission Bay, I would rather stay there for the rockin breakfast and better offerings by the pool.