Office is in downtown Atlanta near Five Points MARTA. It's an easy MARTA trip from the W. In fact, I'm seated at the lobby bar in the W Atlanta Midtown as I type this. My second stay in the past month. I was upgraded to a "spectacular" room on the 23rd floor for my second stay. Only difference from the "wonderful" room that I noticed was a slight increase in square footage and bigger bed.

I like this hotel a lot. Very near the Arts Center MARTA station, and an easy commute from mid to downtown for me at least.

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Trust me ... the 'Darkened' privacy strip is not enough ...

Add me as another -1 for Spice Market. Appetizers were decent, but the Entree was a big letdown. Would much rather eat at Tamarind Seed around the corner, or TAP across the street.

Reviews of the SPice Market have been quite so-so here... but I am currently sitting here enjoying a Kumquat Mojito, and the Black Pepper Shrimp with Sundried Pineapple and it is absolutely fantastic. Spicy, but a great blend of flavours!

Music is great, and the ambiance is good too. Even if there is some guy sitting here typing away on his laptop! :D

Waiting on my Samosas... will report back!

Outstanding... The Cliantro Yogurt is fantastic! And I usually am not a big fan of Samosas!

I visted the bar/lounge on Sat. Very nice. I will need to stay here soon.

I'm new to SPG in general as I usually stick pretty closely to HHonors. That said, I got a great deal on an upcoming stay at The W Atlanta Midtow on the night of June 20... combination Fathers Day Celebration and Date Night with my wife who is expecting triplets. HHonors ATL properties aren't exactly the most luxurious, so given the price, The W Midtown seemed like a winner (less than the Westin Peachtree, or Buckhead, about the same as Perimeter). I do have a couple of quick questions...

1.) What is the parking rate (self or valet)? The property's own website does not mention...

2.) Any chance The Acura Experience would push out to 3 miles? We're having dinner at Highlands TAP and it's 2.7 miles by Google Maps.

3.) What are others experiences with getting The Acura Experience to do return pickup? I called the front desk and they said they'd be willing to do pickup as long as they weren't swamped with drop-offs... any insights on the likelihood of getting picked back up?

Gastropub Cheap, gastropub.
I just used my last 2 FWN awards here and got a Fantastic Suite, room 1808. I can say that the bathroom is very strange with all that glass, although the non suite bathrooms are more of a standard type bathroom and are not like the ones found in the suites. Hotel was packed this weekend, and I enjoyed myself thoroughly, including my 11 year old son who thought it was great since he seemed to be the only kid there. He actually begs me to stay at a W when in town. I guess he is as hooked as I am.

Had a fairly disappointing stay here last week...checked in around 9pm, was told no upgrade possible because the hotel was sold out, despite the fact that all room categories showed available on spg.com. The room was fine, though when I woke up the power was out. Called down, and it came back about 10-15 mins later. Service at the restaurant for breakfast was abysmal -- took forever, forgot half the order, etc., though there were only 3 other tables seated for breakfast at the same time.

The only saving grace was the corporate rate I was on: $109. For that price I'm going to give them another shot this week, but if the stay is as bad I'm done.

Stayed again this week...better than last time but not much. Minimal upgrade this time (from "Wonderful" to "Spectacular", 1 category), when all room categories showed available on spg.com. Asked at the front desk and they said this was the best they could do. I would say Platinum treatment here is pretty bad.

At least the power didn't go out and service at breakfast was better. Cheap Elite, thanks for the tips on places nearby...will try next time if I can.

Overall I would say for $109 during the week it is a good value, but at the "best available rate" (double that when I stayed) I would stay elsewhere.

I disagree Cheap, Atlanta has really been rising in new and tasty restuarants. Even the last Top Chef show had 3 contestants from Atlanta, with Kevin from Woodfire Grill making it to the finals. Kevin Rathburn, also has two places in Atlanta. He beat Blobby Flay on Iron Chef, which is no easy task. PM me Cheap and I can give you a list of some good places to eat, that will not empty your purse.

This is now officially the worst W hotel I have stayed at in terms of Platinum treatment.. check in took 20 minutes, they could not find my reservation despite giving them a print out, absolutely no Platinum recognition or mention of the Platinum amenity, was upgraded from a wonderful to a spectacular room and was told this was the best room they could give me. I checked online and they have still suites available, called the manager and was promptly told that this was the best they could do for me, no apologies and borderline rude..

Alternatively, I stayed there less than two weeks ago. I was upgraded from a Wonderful Room to a Fantastic Suite, without asking. I was asked what amenity I wanted. Was treated very nice!