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Embassy Suites Hotel Minneapolis Downtown
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7 reviews for Embassy Suites Hotel Minneapolis Downtown
20-25 years past a remodel. They're supposed to have remodeled it... oops, not yet! Beyond dated interior.
Good place to stay at if you're inebriated and crawling from a game at the metrodome and you like big made to order breakfasts.
Aside from the aforementioned hideous art deco interior - this place was an ok place to crash while I was attending a Pilates educational conference in the Twin Cities. I chose the Embassy Suites because it was a short walking distance and had more reasonable room rates than the hotel where the conference was being held.
In true Embassy Suites style, they served a bang up made to order breakfast - not just the usual continental carbo-loading style that many hotels offer as their "free breakfast." Their short order cook was great at whipping up eggs any style, pancakes, french toast. Of course, S was in heaven with the all you can drink milk station (he also had a feast day at the Minnesota State Fair at their milk drinking booth).
Downside of this place are many aside from their outdated decor. Sorry that James W. had such a sorry experience. Aside from the mis-match curtains, curtains, carpeting, outdated TV sets and furniture - the room we had was clean. The view we had from our room was of the Foshay Building and other sky scrapers - not a bad panoramic view.
There was a pool and spa area adjacent to our room and I would not recommend even putting your toe into the water. The atrium where the spa and pool were located smelled musty and not well ventilated - I wondered how those people could stand being in all that murky water.
I must say that they did try to make improvements to their workout area. The machines in the cardio room were brand new and flooring had just been installed. There was an area that had clean towels and water was made readily available to exercisers while working out.
I admit that the location of this hotel was pretty funky. The reception area was not at street level and required an elevator ride (at least there was an express) to the lobby area. The elevator was dank and had poor ventilation - we were so glad when those door opened!
All in all, the staff was as friendly and helpful as they could be. It was nice to have a BIG room to stretch out in - and we definitely didn't feel cramped on our king sized bed.
We were told that the hotel would be going through a renovation soon - I may consider lodging here after the remodel is done.
This was one of the worst hotels I've ever stayed in and I cut my stay short to move to another hotel. TV was tiny and broken, as were several of the lights. Smoke detector falling out of the ceiling. Furniture badly worn and outdated, room appointments hideous, and decor comical. Room not properly clean - dustbunnies all over the vents. Too few hangers. Soap was crappy. Room smelled bad. Door damaged and unrepaired. Window overlooked ledge with beer-cans and pigeon feces. Curtains stained. Access required slow elevator trip from street level to lobby before taking second elevator from lobby to room. Atrium dark and unpleasant smelling. There is a "smoker's floor" so a faint odor of cigarettes is omnipresent.
See my photos for full effect.
Breakfast was good though. That's a plus. Staff was very nice.
I found the place clean and bright though very dated (almost comically and camp) in decor. sorry i didn't plan a party in my mega corner king suite.
Staff was great, esp. front desk crowd and Kyle, the friendly, alert dude who makes your omelette to order each morning.
Better than the other Hilton, but not the Marquette.
Filthy, filthy, filthy outdated rooms, bad location, but the staff is nice and the room service is decent which is why I'll give it two stars. Seriously, though, these are the dirtiest rooms I've ever seen at a Hilton - it is appalling.
Reception is lame - popcorn and beer from a stale tap. Overrun by the mullet sporting crowd.
If you value comfort, cleanliness and convenience, not the hotel for you.
It was more like checking into some bad 1980's architectural nightmare than checking into a hotel. Additionally, the hot tubs, sauna, and spa are non-operational.
This is a hotel of last resort only.
This place is just plain ok to crappy. The interior is awful. The furniture is old. The TVs are very old. The bathrooms are horribly laid out.
If you're just here to sleep, it's fine. Don't expect to be awed by this hotel.