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Old Aug 28, 2022 | 8:20 am
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stimpy
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Barclay New York

Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay ?
Yes

Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Booked queen classic, given king Premier

How are the rooms?
I thought all the premier room were corners, but this was in the middle, over the entrance and seemed larger. It had a huge wall mural, but they covered half of it with an armoire and large screen TV. The bathroom was very nice with Zenology products. There was room for a rollaway and although I booked for two, they graciously added the extra bed for our 3rd.

How is the mini-bar?
Pretty good. Champagne and wine and beer and several alcohol choices.

How is the exec. lounge?
It is open again! Since May I was told. It is nearly back to before, except the do not cook eggs to order yet, nor have cocktails returned. But the wine was better than most hotel lounges in the US. I had a nice Malbec. I saw Hess Chardonnay too. The have several coffee machines including a cold brew tap. They have a candy counter with lots of sweets. The happy hour food was pretty good as was the afternoon tea and breakfast.

What was good and what was bad?
IHG is a big sponsor of the US Tennis Open and it turned out that this hotel is hosting all the players. Lots of very fit young people in the lobby, but none had club access.

I'm sure I went over the mini-bar limit, but no mention and no charge.

Bad
Nothing

Value for $ or IHG One Rewards Points? Would you return?
Excellent value now that the club has returned.
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