Embassy Suites Nightly Manager's Reception
Jul 19, 2015, 11:01 am
#61
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Logan Airport (BOS)
For the price of the rooms, and no free booze, I would've thought that the food offering might be better than usual ... but, nope! I was there on a Saturday night finding the atmosphere at the reception rather grim/bleak.
Jul 19, 2015, 2:12 pm
#62
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While I do not know for sure the time of that location, all the Embassy Suites I have been to have been pretty consistent with the managers reception always two hours and always 5:30-7:30 PM (maybe some 5-7 PM) but cannot recall ever seen one outside that range. (Granted I now don't stay at ES that often)
Aug 12, 2015, 10:23 pm
#63
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I am now at Embassy Suites Paloma village Tucson. Great reception and nice guests and crew. Superior spirits and nice local foods. I always avoid the low rates embassy suites. They are crowed with family reunions and have infirieur receptions. I've seen some terrible Embassy suites. Some nice ones are Embassy Suites Savannah and Boca Raton. If they are under $100 avoid them.
Feb 17, 2016, 4:58 pm
#64
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Recently stayed at the ES downtown Chicago on State St. Happy hour consisted of 1. tortilla chips and nacho cheese, and 2. some sort of cereal mix (bagel chips, pretzel sticks, etc.) that I did not try. You line up for one alcoholic drink at a time, and you can go back for a second drink but you gotta line up for about 2-3 ppl working the bar.
Location is great but there could easily be better and cheaper places to stay.
Location is great but there could easily be better and cheaper places to stay.
Feb 18, 2016, 2:41 pm
#65
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The worst manager's reception I've ever been to was the ES Fallsview in Niagara Falls, Canada. Each person in the room was given a coupon for exactly one complimentary drink. Anything beyond that was out of your pocket. For as much as they charged per room, they should have given each guest a barrel of beer.
That's the only ES where I've seen them limit you on your drinks, including Chicago.
That's the only ES where I've seen them limit you on your drinks, including Chicago.
Feb 19, 2016, 5:07 am
#66
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Feb 19, 2016, 6:04 am
#67
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Recently stayed at the ES downtown Chicago on State St. Happy hour consisted of 1. tortilla chips and nacho cheese, and 2. some sort of cereal mix (bagel chips, pretzel sticks, etc.) that I did not try. You line up for one alcoholic drink at a time, and you can go back for a second drink but you gotta line up for about 2-3 ppl working the bar.
Mar 24, 2016, 7:22 pm
#68
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I am now at Embassy Suites Paloma village Tucson. Great reception and nice guests and crew. Superior spirits and nice local foods. I always avoid the low rates embassy suites. They are crowed with family reunions and have infirieur receptions. I've seen some terrible Embassy suites. Some nice ones are Embassy Suites Savannah and Boca Raton. If they are under $100 avoid them.
Mar 25, 2016, 12:10 pm
#69
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Third on this hotel. It has a great happy hour. The other ES in Tucson that is now a Doubletree used to have a great selection of draft beers. I believe they had 4 or 5 different choices with some nicer ones(relatively speaking) like Dos Equois and Blue Moon. I will say several of the Embassy's I have stayed in recently have really skimped on the liquor types. They have never been top shelf but normally decent stuff like Jim Beam, Jose Cuervo, etc. I have started noticing a lot of Aristocrat products or even stuff I've never heard of.
Mar 25, 2016, 9:54 pm
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My favorite ES is the CHS airport one. I stay there about every other month. Great breakfast and happy hour and staff always treat me well. The food isn't much during happy hour but saving on my food budget with the free breakfast means I can spurge on dinner. Besides, they normally are able to come in under per diem for the room charges so that always makes the boss happy too.