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Doubletree Hotel Milwaukee City Center
611 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(414) 273-2950
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(414) 273-2950
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4 reviews for Doubletree Hotel Milwaukee City Center
If staying in Milwaukee, I look for a 3+star hotel in the 75-150 range per night. The Doubletree is one of my favorite hotels to stay in downtown Milwaukee. I have stayed here several times over the last couple of years. If I have to actually book a room at a list rate instead of on priceline, this is my preferred choice for ~125.
The other options which I can get on Priceline are the Intercontinental and the Hilton. The Hilton can be had for sub 70 on priceline, but it is old. The intercontinental is 150+ on priceline and it is nice and brand spanking new.
Bathrooms here are a bit smaller than used to for a Doubletree or this class of hotel. I do find this hotel to have great location and very clean though so I am more than happy to return here for future stays.
So when I travel with a certain gal pal she has this tendency to put us up in places like the Doubletree. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with clean bedding and mini-fridges, but hell, I was about to settle for the Super 8. Anyways....
~ nice staff
~ clean, spacious room
~ tiny, awkwardly narrow bathroom
~ neutrogena products. holler.
~ liquor store across the street (closes at the ungodly hour of 9 pm)
~ city bus to Miller Park picks up in front
~ valet was convenient and "user friendly"
~ obnoxious tv that uses the weird Hotel TV Network or something and is impossible to navigate when intoxicated.
~ too rich for my brokeass blood, but if you got the cash - go for it.
Think that about covers it.
So we just had to get away from this town for a couple days and Milwaukee got picked for our outing. Just me and my mom, out to eat poorly, drink muchly, and get a sunburn.
I guess this hotel used to be a Holiday Inn, but now it's a Doubletree. No matter, I was just looking for a hotel in Milwaukee that fit this basic criteria:
1. Must have bar (preferably attached to a restaurant) on site
2. Must have an outdoor pool
3. Must have smoking rooms
4. Must actually be *in* Milwaukee (no, Brookfield doesn't count)
You'd think this would be an easy task, but it's really not. Anyway, I think the Doubletree was one of maybe two that fit the bill. Book the room, I did.
First the bar. Good beer on tap, all Milwaukee's finest. Nice touch. Best damn fried appetizer plate I have ever had. They had cheese sticks wrapped in wontons and fried, Awesome. Fried cheese curds, awesome. Fried fried fried, yum yum yum.
Next, the pool. Very nice, seasonal roofdeck pool. Empty except for us for most of the many hours we were out there (nighttime was actually more popular). We joked that it was 'ours'. Cozy chaise lounges, tables, chairs, towels. Warm water, decent view. Awesome. Yay pool.
Smoking room wasn't smoky smelling, good for mom. Bed was super uber comfy, with a feather toppy-thing, and tons of feather pillows.
Lastly, and I didn't know this when we booked, but they give you cookies when you check in. They were out when we were checking in, but they told us to make sure to come back later, because 'they are SO good'. They ain't lying. For the rest of the weekend, we devised plans, theorized shift changes, contemplated busy times to see how we could get MORE COOKIES with LESS EMBARRASSMENT. We had three each over the weekend. It turns out, many people are way more ballsy than us in cookie requesting. Some people even say 'gimme'.
Anywho, earlier I've said I would stay here again just for the cookies, but I actually found the recipe and made a batch last night. So, I'll stay there again, but not JUST for the cookies (though I will certainly not pass them up whilst I'm there).
The wrapper doesn't say it, but the recipe tells me they are 401 calories each.
Awesome.
I've stayed here twice now and I've decided that I like it.
*good location
*friendly service
*valet guys are great
*clean rooms with new furniture
The rooms are a little on the small side, but it's an older building so you just have to deal with it. It's just big enough.
