Originally Posted by
boss315
. First, their lounge is one of the biggest I have seen in the chain...it's more like a restaurant than a lounge, as there are no chairs on which to "lounge" other than the tables with chairs set up. ...And it is always packed.!
It is more like a restaurant - because it was a restaurant. This is half of the restaurant blocked off by a curtain. The hotel used this space once when they were remodeling the 18th Floor CL. Then moved back to the 18th floor, then moved back down to the 2nd floor restaurant space.
My experience is that the actual restaurant was never crowded, so what they are really doing is serving you a basic meal in the restaurant. Nothing wrong and I like the CL, but it doesn't have the same feel as a regular CL.
I guess it helps to keep the restaurant going.