These are two of the best Rens in the entire chain, and they are a block from one another. Hard to believe there are two such great choices in Mobile.

If you have never been to the Battle House before, stay there. The hotel is beautiful. Plan to stay in the lobby for at least an hour, staring at the dome. There is so much to digest in the dome's interior painting. The rooms are swank, the CL top notch and the service pitch perfect.

With that said, I actually like the set up in the more modern "Other Ren" a little bit better. The views are cool, there are more dining choices in the hotel and the rooms are a little quieter.

Again, you won't go wrong with either hotel. At this point, I go with whichever is less expensive for the night needed.

Thanks, I was starting to get worried as I have my husband booked into the Riverview for the Port Authority conference in October which offered either htoel at convention rates. He's more about comfort than atmosphere, and it is all weekdays.

When it's a conference/convention I usually go w/ what's more convenient, as I'm hardly in the room/hotel anyway. But on holiday or non-conference biz trips, I go w/ the neater, historic, more grande dame properties.

Cheers.

+1 to this. If it's a convention/conference, I go with whatever option is closer and more convenient.

VickiSoCal's husband will not be disappointed with the Riverview.

Who needs a stinking average hotel breakfast when you got these local choices? I may have to plan a road trip to Mobile....

I was thinking the same thing, especially after reading about the Battle House's history & seeing the pics on the website!

Cheers.

I stayed at the Battle House last night (Saturday) on a free night cert redemption.

As a Gold, was upgraded to the club floor (7) and was advised that the lounge is OPEN on weekends - at least for breakfast - and was advised there was a continental breakfast provided. Unfortunately, I didn't get to check it out.

Battle House wins my vote every time.

Thanks - will update the sticky.

Cheers.

FYI, was also advised that this was a *NEW* change. I'll have another weekend stay in a few weeks & will post an update.

Please do; much appreciated!

Cheers.

Will appreciate an update--including from perspective of MR Plat.

I'd also like an update on both since the last review was from 2012.

My issue is that while I'd love to stay at the Battle House, it's a Cat. 6, and the Riverview is still a 5 - and I want to use my Chase 1-5 Cert.

It's been a while since I've been there but the Riverview always took good care of me. That said, the Battle House is indeed a great property and used to be an amazing value when it was a cat 5.

Thanks, for our one night in transit I'm sure the Riverview will be just fine.

We enjoyed a 2 night stay at the Riverview earlier this week. Great staff, great location and great lounge offerings (breakfast, light dinner & dessert offerings). No negatives. Would stay there again.