Hotelsforlife

What is the current best hotel?
I know there is nothing great.

Many thanks.

offerendum

Only know the Rittenhouse (in 2011), nothing I´m too hot to return. At least the rooms are good sized and it seems they did some renovation. Not sure if the RC is really better....

callmedtop

The R-C was all around mediocre, as expected. When we were there in November, only 1 elevator was working (and it's a tall building), which led to waits upwards of 5 minutes every single time we went up or down. It was incredibly aggravating. Breakfast was also very mediocre.

Not sure if the Rittenhouse is any better (it was 2x the price for that specific weekend), but the bar is certainly low in Philadelphia for luxury hotels.

Philatravelgirl

The Rittenhouse has new owners and completed renovations about a year ago - I'm still sad they gutted the Boathouse Bar to make a meeting room.

The Ritz is under renovation
The Four Seasons doesn't come back until 2018

The Logan is brand new in old Four Seasons space on the Parkway - haven't toured it yet but has Urban Farmer as restaurant (I like their Portland location in The Nines). Looks promising

I usually suggest The Sofitel and Palomar (Rittenhouse area) and if you want a cool rooftop bar then the Monaco in Old City

Kagehitokiri

ex FS is managed by same company as RC chicago (and Nines)
"brand new" ? wasnt that big a renovation was it ?
edit - $28mm is not bad, although for 391 rooms

MSPeconomist

Hyatt at the Bellevue is interesting. It used to be a PH, even earlier a Cunard Hotel, and very long ago was the iconic historic old Fairmont that had the infamous outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease. Since then, there's been a complete renovation (but a few of the historic features were retained) with the lower floors being converted to fancy retail and office space. The hotel is connected to a local serious but somewhat luxurious private health club.

There are a few nice inns and B&Bs in the far suburbs, for example in New Hope (an artists' colony and historic small town for good food and weekend escapes, infamous as the place where Jessica Savitch died). Chadds Ford is another nearby small town known for its art.

The Four Seasons was horrible for a long time.

stimpy

I had an excellent stay in a suite at the Sofitel Philly recently. I like the location too. The rooms are better than the old FS at least.

offerendum

That´s not hard

stimpy

True.

Philatravelgirl

The Hyatt at Bellevue is under renovation currently - ongoing work seven days a week as of November

19103_aa

I had a recent stay at the Rittenhouse and was pleasantly surprised. Sofitel is also quite good. Both have excellent locations. The other spots mentioned upthread are definitely hit or miss.

Philatravelgirl

Photo of renovated Hyatt at Bellevue room (all rooms done by April)

Philatravelgirl

Photo of the Lobby at The Logan - really surprised by the makeover - hard to believe it was once the Four Seasons - lots of common space around bar and halls - loved Urban Farmer restaurant

offerendum

To be honest I´m not really impressed

FlyingDoctorwu

Not impressive but unfortunately for Philadelphia one of the better products. When is the new FS slated to open?

Fdw