Why publish an ecstatic review and then get crabby just because someone disagrees with it? If you put yourself out there, you gotta learn to roll with the punches.
thanks, coach. good pep talk. i think i'm ready to go back in.
no crabbiness, dear, even amongst the snide barbs. but since you asked (why?):
i posted a review (wouldn't characterize it as full on 'ecstatic', i pointed out some real shortcomings and called the hotel a 'surprise' in my title), and the first response ascribed conclusions to me that were not supported st all in my review.
i found this frustrating - and didn't want anyone glancing through to think that short response was in any way a capsulation of my actual review. this isn't a matter of taking offense to someone's else's differing opinion, it's a matter of being misrepresented.
and now that this has been safely banished to the 'non-luxury' hilton confines, all should be right again in the FT universe.
for those interested in the actual hotel, here's my own encapsulated TLDR:
while not representing the very.tiptop end of LA luxury hotels, the conrad offers a really great option for those wanting to be in DTLA. the finishes and facilities are beautiful, the rooms large for a city hotel, the service attentive and discreet.