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Hilton Oakland Airport
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1 Hegenberger Rd(between Airport Dr & Cairo Rd)
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 635-5000
- Price Range:
-
$$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
9 reviews for Hilton Oakland Airport
So, our fellow Yelper Chris P. has given me inspiration to base my review to the tune of a song. In this case, I'd like to pay tribute to the O-A-K by writing this review to the tune of Too $hort's "Call Me":
(Abby): hello?
(short): its too short baby wassup?
(Abby): hhmmm mmmm, you tell me.
(short): well, Im comin out that way tonight, I'm tryin to get with you.
(Abby): oh, really?
(short): wassup, yeah.
(Abby): you know I waited a long time for this.
(short): well look, as soon as I get there I'ma call you aight?
(Abby): bring me what I need?
(short): yeah (call me, just call me)
(chorus)
When you need some one to talk to, someone to run to (call me)
Satisfaction guaranteed, (just call me) I'll be the help you need (x2)
(Abby)
Your plane touches down at eleven forty-five
I'll be at Hilton Oakland Airport, less than five minutes drive
The rates are really good cuz they're pimps and players
I'm gonna show you the bill when you get here
You should give me what I want and I want the best indeed
All the other hotels cannot even compete
Order room service: pizza, wings and juice
Employees have no idea how I am with food
Imagination is a understatement
Anything you can think of I can eat it
You don't need big money for the record
Long as you're restless
Customer service is bestest
Now when you get here, you know we gon' get buff
The gym's open all night and that's long enough
Its just us
Ya wanna know somethin? It's a big deal, top notch thang
Every time we come
(chorus)
(Abby)
Everybody know Abby knows the down dirty
I wouldn't tell you if it wasn't worthy
It aint a secret
Ask anyone they'll speak it
You know the Hilton is hella clean that the bathrooms gleam
Great staff that treats you just like a queen
Na mean?
Some hotel's on the other line, answer that
If its an offer please just cancel that
You want pure satisfaction they can handle that
They even have HBO and the Adult channel
Heating and AC incase you start to sweat
Hilton Oakland Airport is your best bet
Now check it
Adjust the phone volume or neighbors are sure to bring the nuts out ya
It's peace and quiet here no loud ruckus
I'm very picky. turn down my room quickly.
Slip me some extra coffee, now thats the proper set off
Their services reach out and touch me MCI style
Come here and relax for a day or a while
Tell them what you want, they'll give you what you need
You'll be satisfied indeed
If not don't go and blame me
(but I like it)
(chorus x2)
Short: I'm at the door baby so just open up
Abby: Well since you're late Too Short you better hold up
Short: I got the blunts rolled up
Abby: Ugh so that's that smell
I'm sorry but I can't or else I'll go to jail
I'm not a hoodrat so I don't drop my top
Short: you'd kick me out the door from midnight to six oclock? The way you're lookin' girl you're off the heezay
Abby: get off your kneez-ay, Abby A. ain't eaz-ay
Just pay for the room its 99 not 208
Check out time is 12pm and you better not be late
You're my personal chauffer so you better have my car
Go and get it in the hotels private parking lot
Hilton Oak-land is far from cheesy
They even have a bar for hangin' with my beezies
I'll teach you all about the Hilton in the o-a-k
Just take your money to this telly cuz they sure dont play
(and I like it)
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not impressed. the room smells - like mildew or something nasty. i think i'd rather smell smoke residue from vegas - which I really hate.
Overall, the property is fine - nothing like my now favorite Hilton property - the San Diego bayfront - that's an amazing hotel! Rivals any W hotel. Things are very secure here at the OAK Hilton. The wireless sucks - and the price for internet is obnoxiously high - not to mention the $5 bottle of water on the desk (I ran up to the convenience store up the street and bought a couple of bottles at 99 cents). The room is actually clean and beautiful - just smelly. Maybe it's just my room
Err, isn't this supposed to be a Hilton? Well, its convenient to the airport - that's a positive. But on the whole, pretty substandard as far as Hilton properties go. The bar and restaurant looked like the basement of a YMCA. The shower head was about at chin height. I suspect the shower creates problems for taller folks. Seriously, what's the deal with this place? Not up to the standards I would expect from the brand - I've stayed at Embassy Suites that are much nicer.
No cafe. Restaurant is like I'd died and gone to Jew heaven.
The price is so so, the parking is gated and fee was ok.
There are a couple of restaurants onsite, but is away from the main street is you have munchies in the middle of the night. I wouldnt wonder around at night in Oakland anyways.
Check-in and check-out was fine.
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We stayed at the Oakland Hilton for one night this past weekend. As with many of the previous reviewers, we landed there because of a conference.
Honestly, I was a bit shell-shocked at the overall look and condition of this particular Hilton property, as I know they tend to have a decently high standard and the property we stayed at seemed more along the lines of a Best Western. No offense meant at all, there are just different levels of hotels and the Oakland Hilton property wasn't up to their usual standard.
The property itself is dated, and we found a mixture of old and new as though the Hilton was trying to upgrade but was still in the middle of the process. The outside didn't look as though it had been painted in awhile and the inside lobby of the building in which we stayed (building 5) was straight from the seventies, complete with insufficient lighting. The elevators smelled like an old doctor's office, which was a bit strange.
Entering our room, we were hit by the strong odor of mildew and general mustiness. It smelled as though the room had been flooded and allowed to sit, wet and stagnating, over a hot Mississippi summer. We ran the room fan to try to eradicate the smell but it hung in the air. My beau made the mistake of turning on the light in the bathroom and came bolting back out, shouting about how he needed sunglasses. The lighting, as it turned out, was a huge block of fluorescent lighting that turned our complexions sallow green and lent a horror-film quality to the bathroom. Definitely not good for makeup application.
The bed and sheets had obviously been upgraded and were excellent, we got a great night's sleep and were comfy as bugs in a rug. The bed was the best part of our stay at the Oakland Hilton.
In the future, we'll stay across the street at the Park Place Hotel, it was more modern and fresh and was in the same price range (cheaper, actually) as the Oakland Hilton.
Where do I begin? First off, staying here was not by choice. I was there for a work conference and I realize now that the choice of this property must be in line with cost cutting measures by my organization cause I hope they didn't pay much to host a conference here.
The location is basically right across the street from the Oakland Airport, which by the way is pretty nice (review coming), but of course is good and bad.
Upon arrival the first thing I noticed was the age of the property. Definitely '70's construction. The second thing I noticed was there was no wi-fi in the hotel rooms (big negative for anyone nowadays especially the business traveler) and that it costs $12.95 per day just to connect to wi-fi in the lobby or though the LAN wire in the room (lame). Although the room was clean, it shows it's age although I do think Hilton's new beds are pretty comfy. I heard three things that let me know the walls were too thin: 1) in-decipherable phone conversation from the room next door 2) t.v. sound from the room next door 3) doors slamming.
And what's up with no putting a complimentary newspaper in front of the doors each morning? And what's up with no having free HBO?
Even though my stay was just for one night, I was so happy when their complimentary shuttle took me to the airport and dropped me off.
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Anytime my company has some stupid all employee meeting where they have to tell us we've not made company goals or we've made a profit or we're all laid off or something, we do it here. The food, the ambience, the staff, the smell, the parking lot, the location, it's all sufficiently mediocre.
However. Here's my Hilton story and this is why it gets 5 stars:
I was supposed to meet some of my hood rats after work to watch the basketball playoffs earlier this year at the bar here (the Sports Edition?), and lemme tell you, it was impossible to find parking. I ended up eyeballing a spot next to the dumpster behind the kitchen, but there were all these palattes stacked up in the spot, so I made this dude I was with get out of the car and move them so we could park.
Then we go up to the bar entrance, and there's a frickin bouncer. He tells us the bar has reached maximum capacity, no ins and outs.
I was all, "But my friends ar..."
He was all, "I don't give a shit who you're meeting in there girl."
Daaaaaang. But I wasn't about to give up hope. I'm tryna see Shaq!
So I walk over towards my car, and I notice people coming in and out of the kitchen. So I drag my friend over to the back door of the kitchen, and we bang on the door. Some guy answers, and I'm like, "Dude, you gotta let us in, our friends are in there. We'll be hella quiet."
He doesn't say anything, he just looks all around and pushes us through.
So we're quietly and calmly and quickly trying to manuever through some random kitchen. We finally find the back (unsecured) door of the Sports Edition and we hook up with our thugs.
This bar was too much. Hella rowdy and ghetto. Every dude there had some hot ghetto mess by his side. And for some reason every outlet coming out of the wall had a cell phone charger plugged into it. Everyone was charging up they phones!
Y'all shoulda seen it when the game let out and the bar closed. About a mile of Escalades decked out with murder dubbz trying to get through the pay gates.
So my bright ass had an idea. I noticed over by the dumpster where I was parked, there was some kind of random pay gate no one was using. So I thought me and my friend could drive up to the gate, I'll get out and run to the other side, push the green button, grab the ticket so the thingie goes up, and then we peel out.
So I get out to push the button, and nothing happens, of course because it's probably broken. So my friend is like, "Shit lift it up!!!" So it takes helluv my girl power, but I lift the thingie up and my friend pulls through. As I'm scrambling to get in the car, security comes running over. And he's all, "Haaaaaay Haaaay I got your plate # punks!!!!!!!!!!"
I stall like a damn deer in the headlights for a sec, but then I jump in the car and we peel out.
We never heard anything else about it. We were paranoid for weeks about getting some kind of fine.
So...not getting in trouble = 5 stars.
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The rooms are a bit dated but the staff was pleasant and they have a decent sized gym. We had meetings all day here and the meeting room was actually comfortable and the food and beverages was decent.
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