Originally Posted by pinniped

It's been years since I've been in an Embassy that had a reception that was good enough to care about. Some are 2 drink tickets, some are theoretically unlimited, but it's been absolute crap wine and beer for years so to me it hardly matters.

10 years ago, you'd occasionally get ES that had a good local beer on tap plus hot food. Now it's chips, ballpark nacho cheez, and pretzels.

I still like ES when we're traveling with kids, but only if it's cheaper than other suite brands that can sleep 4 comfortably.