Originally Posted by IAN-UK

I was more than willing to fall in love with the place because I think the location near perfect for a short visit.

But the stay was unhappy because of inadequate sound insulation between rooms and/or floors. Clearly, mileages vary on this: I'm a city dweller so traffic noise, drunks singing in the street, I hardly notice. But witnessing conversations (and worse ) from neighbouring guests made the stay miserable. It perhaps coloured my view of rather cheaply equipped rooms: and quirkiness for the sake of being quirky can begin to irritate when the rest of he say isn't going well.

The Hilton's a pretty ropey proposition in terms of the promised luxury in return for a few hundred dollars a night, but although even the executive rooms are shoddy they are quiet: and I'm sure there are sufficient rooms to move to I'd if I were disturbed.

But I don't see Hilton or Curio as the binary choice for BAs: there's lot's of value in the city to be found in no-brand places.