The Fairmont San Jose
- Price Range: $$$
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Los Gatos, CA
"FANCY! I stayed here for my wedding. I booked a suite and it was just gorgeous. It's worth the money. The hotel is near the quaint downtown…" read more »
57 Reviews for The Fairmont San Jose
3.5 stars. The Fairmont is a nice hotel. The lobby area is fancy and full of marble so it looks pretty classy and old school. The hallways to the rooms are kind of vomit colored but the rooms are fine. The suites are better. The Miller Harris bath products and the bathrooms, particularly the bath tubs, are nice. However, they have old TV's in the rooms so don't expect flat screens, no hot tub anywhere and rooms on only one floor of one of the buildings has wifi, which I think is odd. Also, they may give you a baby crib for no reason.
Not a bad place to stay if you're in the South Bay. (Thanks.)
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The service at this hotel is exceptional, and the concierge is a very nice feature. Every staff member we encountered was friendly and helpful. The outdoor pool is small but very nice. Although there were a lot of people sunning at the pool side, there weren't too many people swimming. The pool isn't too deep (3 - 5ft). The in-hotel dinning options are all a bit too expensive for what they are, and the use of the business center is not free. Our room was nothing special -- pretty generic hotel room, and the bed was comfortable. The bathroom, on the other hand, was very spacious and nice! I loved the separate shower, bath, and toilet lay out. The lobby decor is opulent and romantic. However, the guest rooms and hallways are nothing special. Overall, it's a perfectly fine hotel for the price.
I've never stayed in a fancy hotel in my life, this is probably the closest that I've gotten.
Tight:
-The lobby is pretty.
-It's located downtown, close to this great seafood restaurant and a bakery. Right across the street from the Tech and Modern Art Museum.
-The room was nice, view of the city, not entirely breathtaking but it's fun being voyeuristic as you watch people at the park or walking outside.
-Separate shower and bathtub in the bathroom.
-Health club is pretty cool. I don't like how they arrange their cardio machines though. There's a separate sauna & steam room for the ladies, I'm sure the men have one too.
-The pool area is nice. The pool itself is a good size, you can get some laps done as long as it's fairly empty.
Wack:
-Parking is $26 a day, unless you can find street parking somewhere, good luck!
-$25 if you want to use a cot for the night (you know how we do it, trying to stuff extra people in the room)
-No fridge but there's a mini-bar which I didn't touch.
-Poolside beer is $10 and took forever for them to bring it out. I might as well have touched the mini-bar. Still can't believe I paid $10 for a lukewarm beer, a domestic one at that!
This place for the lovers. I think I'll come back with my beau next time. I'll whisk him away to the romance capital of the South Bay, San Jose!
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This place is quite the getaway. As soon as you step in the staff waits on you hand and foot. To a quick check-in and luxury rooms this place has it all. The afternoon tea service was on point in every way. The concierges are very familiar with the City (they gave us some great recommendations). Very upscale and theres a lot of restaurants and nightclubs in walking distance. The beds were very comfy and the room-service was phenomenal. I love this place until the next time.
I have stayed here a couple time in te past on business, but just the other night me and my wife took a night off from the kids and got a room here. The movie service on the TV was busted (sad as hell that we get a night off from the kids and consider watching a movie in our room, so plus one star for killing that idea). Really the rooms are very nice, the beds comfy as hell, the view from our window was good, the outdoor pool was nice. The sauna off of the health club did not go quite hot enough for my tastes, but its nice just to have one so I am nto complaining. There "things to do" in the hotel like te bar downstairs, the afternoon tea they do, etc. are all on the expensive side, but they are also pretty nice. And if you want cheaper, walk out the front door... down town San Jose is actually pretty nice.
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My co-worker Tara booked a weekend here for the eHarmony love of her life. His name was Adam and he lived in Nebraska. They had been chatting intimately on the phone for a few months, when he booked a plane ticket for San Jose so they could meet and see if the two of them had the sizzling chemistry eHarmony is known for.
She was nervous, not because the pictures she had posted were from 50 pounds and two chins ago, but because they had already rounded a few bases during their late-night phone chats, and she was expecting to go all the way that night. I reminded her that this was technically the first date, and nice girls shouldn't spend nights in hotel rooms with boys they have just met. She told me to f*ck off and booked her hotel room. At the Fairmont. For herself and the future Mr. Tara J.
She drove south 300 miles to pick him up. He called from the airport and said he had arrived. The freshly-waxed and powdered Tara cruised up in her BMW (that she'd just had detailed) and Adam hopped in. She smiled and he noticed that she was curvier than expected, but still blonde and beautiful. He smiled and she noticed why his profile photos had been taken with closed mouth grins. You see, Adam had summer teeth. Summer this way, summer that way, summer missing, etc. Most women would look past this and see all of his wonderful qualities -but not Tara.
When Tara drove up to the Fairmont, Adam ran into the lobby to check-in while Tara parked the car. Instead of parking, she dropped his bags next to the entrance and drove 300 miles home.
She text-messaged Adam and said the vibe just wasn't there. His flight didn't leave until Sunday and so he was forced to take a cab to San Francisco and go on solo trolley rides all weekend.
Fairmont, thank you looking just like your photos - beautiful, inside and out.
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Large rooms with excellent sheets, and a good corporate rate to boot. The pool is nice. An opulent lobby that borders on . . . well, it's not the minimalist style I prefer. Think Greco-Roman with Liberace thrown in. Good corporate rates. I think I said that.
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*Afternoon Tea Only*
A lovely afternoon with two lovely girlfriends of mine. Dresses, heels, purses and excited to do afternoon tea - three good friends walked into the Fairmont.
It's a beautiful hotel, grand old style rather than comtemporary. Ornate, golds, big couches, tall ceiling and quietness hushed over the few people around at 2pm in the afternoon. We were soon seated at our reserved table, no waiting. A small lowered table with a couch and chairs around it, cute and plenty of room. Though hardly anyone was around and no one for tea.
We decided on the regular tea option and ordered a bottle of Chandon (about $37 - fair price for the Fairmont). Or waiter was akward though, nice was akward. He just didn't have the presence for serving tea and was more of a distraction than a help.
The food was either too bland or way too sweet. You get three little plates. The first one being a little sandwich plates - only one was good. A scone for the second plate - fresh but too sweet. And a desert plate - just didn't have the freshness and everything was too sweet. I hardly touched any of the food. It simply wasn't worth it ($28).
The tea was great, you get your own pot with a cozy over it to keep it warm. But it's hard to mess up tea for me, yummy!
It was fun sitting around drinking tea but the food just wasn't good nor was the service great. I'd find a different place next time, even if it wasn't as fancy as the Fairmont.
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the fairmont has a special spot in my heart. I remember high school parties where I fell asleep in closets, and one unfortunate but wonderful night (my birthday actually) where we used the shoe buffer on a drunk guys head. there were more charges for room damages than the room cost, but, hey we had a lot of expendable income at the time.
fast forward several years later. My bf is visiting from out of town and I want to take him somewhere romantic. We end up at the Fairmont, and I have no complaints. okay, just one: parking in their basement garage is pricey. but I love the view. Ive never made it to the pool, altho I have an urge from time to time when Im in the area to slip up to the 4th floor and take a dip, then leave.
The location isnt that hot. there are restaurants around, and bars, but there is a distinct sewer smell across the street in the pavillion, in front of johnny rockets, and lots of homeless and druggy people frequent the area. Bijan bakery, downstairs, is tasty. you can have coffee and watch the city go about its business.
miller harris products in the bathrooms, woohoo. i've been to this hotel a million times for various events such as dance conventions when i was young, to law proms, to weddings, and it's always been pleasant. service has always been solid, and for a sj hotel, it's definitely nice.
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Although, I got kicked out here one time for partying they still kicked us out with class. I can't count how many times my friends and I've stayed here and prepartied or after partied prior to hitting up the bars or clubs but this place is the place to stay if you're staying in San Jose.
This place is beautiful, clean, and the staff is very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. The lobby has grand but cozy at the same time. You just wanna sit there, hang out, people watch, drink a couple of drinks and listen to the live band or pianist. The rooms are big, and plush. The view of downtown SJ @ night is quite the sight...for San Jose anyway.
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Martini, Martini, Martini.
They have a lovely little lounge in the lobby. It is cozy. It has couches like your grandmother had in her parlor. It has, most importantly, Martinis. Like 500 different martinis. Some are about as appetizing to me as windex and draino, but others are delicious.
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I've never stayed here, but I've been to events here and hung out at the lounge with friends. The banquet halls are nice and food served at the events are good, but I really enjoyed hanging out in the lounge. It's very open and inviting. We got drinks and dessert and talked the night away. It's a great place to meet up and catch up with old friends.
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Great place to stay, the rooms are nice and big, the bathrooms even have a separate Tub and Shower. This fairmont isn't as opulant as others, however, the service is excellent and they have great in house restaraunt - The Grill - just make sure someone else is paying, it's $$$$. The only thing I don't like about the place is the Gym. It's kind of small and cramped, and if you stay in the new tower it's quite a hike to get to! They hotel has two towers - the main one and one next door. And despite being in the flight path of the airport, I've never heard a plane!
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Beautiful hotel near the convention center. Had a gorgeous suite with a separate livingroom from the bedroom. Nicely appointed room with all the amenities.
Wow, who the hell knew the Fairmont would be ghetto fabulous? I grew up in San Jose and this was the she-she place to stay. I stayed here on my dreaded honeymoon night many moons ago. We had a bad time but I thought it was because it was a bad relationship (that turned into a bad marriage).
We did the valet here and went to get the car around 2am, stopping at the bathroom first. There was a toilet paper roll in the toilet. Yah like at any downtown club! Then I went out to wait in the hall and some chick is FLIPPING out at the bar screaming how someone didn't treat her right. Her man wanted to take the guy outside. I quickly ran back into the bathroom to get my friends, so they wouldnt' miss the action. :-)
Heading down the elevator to the car smelled soooo bad. Is this what it's like to be rich?
Again. Did I raise my standards or did they lower theirs? I'm definatly a Hampton Inn girl from now on!
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I loved my stay at the Fairmont. The boyfriend treated me to weekend of relaxation in San Jose for our one year.
The hotel is amazing. The interior is so amazing. Even more beautiful during the holiday seasons. I love the marble columns, the grand chandeliers, and the flights of stairs. It's exquisite.
The even had an 8 ft tall gingerbread house in light of the Christmas Season.
Our room was even more beautiful from the huge whirlpool tub to the steamed shower. I was in love with this bathroom.
Robes were included in the room. Put that to good use. King size bed with a view of Christmas in the Park and the Ice Skating Rink.
I have never felt more welcomed or relaxed at a hotel than this one.
Valet was included for overnight guest, I think. Or maybe we got it free? They were prompt. I know their valet have bad reviews, but we did just fine.
I mean with everything, never leave your valuables in the car. I always abide by this rule at any hotel, restaurant, or shopping.
Maybe it's my lack of trust in this society that I rather carry everything on me? But at least nothing got "lost" while we were hear. Room service was great. The bed was so compfy and convient.
I would love to stay at any Farimont because of my wonderful experience here.
Oh and the cute bakeries and shop near by adds to the experience and convenience.
I want to echo Eric G's comment from Oct 2006. Had I read his review back then, I probably wouldn't have ended up with the situation that happened last Christmas.
I was living down south in LA last year and I drove up to visit with my little sister who lives up here in the bay area. Her husband was sweet enough to hook us up with a night at the Fairmont Hotel for so that we can spend Christmas Eve together. I was following up my trip by visiting my parents in Fresno before driving back to LA. I had several gifts for everyone - some that had more sentimental value than monetary value in addition to the usual laundry and stuff I keep in my trunk.
The Fairmont Hotel only had valet parking service for an exorbitant amount of $24 a night. We parked, I never opened my trunk (I was more embarrassed about the laundry than worried about showing that I had stuff in my trunk) and as always, I figured that noone would be interested in rifling through an older Civic.
We had a great time that night, walking around, seeing the decorated trees downtown, ate room service for breakfast, etc etc. Well the next morning when I had my car pulled up, you wouldn't believe the scene - my entire care had been rummaged through. Not only had it been rummaged through, but they had done it hastily as all of my stuff from the compartments in the front of the car was EVERYWHERE. In addition, every last piece of anything that was worth ANYTHING was gone from the trunk. The new shuffle I had bought myself that was hidden under all of my knitting junk, the sentimental gifts, the DVD I was hoping to watch at home, and even my garage opener.
Not only was it humiliating to have your car rampaged, outraged to have your presents stolen on christmas eve, the Fairmont Hotel did NOTHING. They basically stated that the valet service was not a part of their company. I stated to them that regardless of whether the valet service was part of their company or not, it was all part of the EXPERIENCE of staying at a hotel like The Fairmont.
They try show elegance and grandeur with their name and physical construction, but can't even take care of their customers most basic parking needs. Now that's a shame.
I now refuse to stay at any of their properties anywhere in the world.
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Had my cotillion (aka 18th birthday - filipino tradition) here in one of the ballrooms. I swear it felt like a wedding! Haha. Thought it was funny how next door was Independence's junion/senior prom, some of which would cotillion crash. Haha... But I didn't care. I was having wayyyy too much fun with my family and friends, all thanks to the Fairmont. Well, okay.. not ALL... but they were a great help to make my day a special one; in fact, it's still my greatest and fondest memory of my life thus far.
Anyway, the Fairmont staff were fabulous. They always attended to us when we needed them and always made sure we were okay, making sure I was never in "stress mode".
Food itself was above average and not your typical reception dinner.
Ballroom was humongo!! It was very spacious, and I loved how the square footage of the dance floor was quite big. It was big enough to do the whole "train" dance around the dance floor with 2 songs... Hahaha. I'm kidding... Haha.. Kinda.
Our suite was realllllly sweet! Hehe. My entire cotillion court and I slept here after the party was over, and we were soooooo freakin loud. We even had a drum set in there!! And still, there were no complaints..surprisingly....
If I could re-visit this day, I would in a heartbeat.... and I would totally recommend this hotel if you're ever thinking about holding some type of function or event...
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A friend of mine has been a bartender at the main lobby bar for a few years now, so I make a trip to the Fairmont to visit from time to time. I think there is a live band performing every night except for Sunday nights, and depending on who is playing it can sometimes be way too loud, or just about right.
The drinks are generous, but expensive, and the sushi cart on the side is so-so. Otherwise, for a hotel lobby bar, it is quite large and spacious. The only time it wasn't was during GDC 2006 when the entire lobby was flooded with people, and it was virtually impossible to reach the bar.
Attended a conference at the Fairmont:
Food exceeded my expectations! Had great desserts, tiramisu and cobbler. Asian fusion lunch actually decent. Chicken was tender. Fish was moist. Had cool dressing: creamy kiwi mango pineapple.
Loved the fact the conference participants (who did not stay at hotel) still had free wifi access.
Staff pleasant, friendly, willing to help. Valet service fast!
The only reason I docked them a star: bathroom sinks didn't work, and toilets not too clean.
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Definitely one of my least favorite Fairmonts. It does have a great lobby, but the valet parking is in the basement and they don't bring the cars up to you. It's like you are paying for valet, but they don't bring the car up to the entrance for you. The lobby is pretty decent with bar and large plasmas, but don't be surprised if you get lost trying to find the elevators. Great variety of cocktails including the famous Fairmont signature drinks. The room's are medium size with regular tvs and all the rooms I've stayed in have tub and shower separate. Room service is definitely not up to Fairmont customer a service.
I do like the flat screen arrival and departure info at the front desk, very convenient. Workout facility is quite old, but they do have a little more machines than most. Pool, men's and women's wet and dry suana. Still a better than average hotel, but not Fairmont standards.
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ive never actually stayed at this place cuz im not a millionaire, lol, but ive been here a couple of times just to chill after walking around downtown for awhile. most of the time, they have live entertainment which you can watch for free...sometimes dancing which is always fun! the drinks are a bit pricey so i suggest just going there to just catch the view.
Staying here tonight for the week. Nice hotel and good service. I just ordered room service tonight and the food was good. Not typical hotel style food at all, but sure is pricey. Geez...
One thing you should note is that this hotel ha san old wing and a "new" wing. I payed the upgrade and stayed in the new wing. Its nice and extremely quite. Almost too quiet. Anyway, the place is clean and the beds are pretty comfortable.
The main lobby looks like the place to go when it comes to hanging out. Festive looking right now with all of the christmas stuff up and it was completely packed last night probably due to the conference that I am attending. Who knows.
I have a *fair amount* of history with the Fairmont - tada!
Last time here I celebrated one of my Indian friend's wedding - parading about market street during the Barat, wearing a funky turban, and dancing in front of a horse drawn carriage. I also tackled a 10 year old boy to save his shoes from being jacked during some other crazy ritual. On behalf of the groom's family, permit me to apologize again... My bad...
During the lengthy reception the Fairmont seemed HUGE, luxurious and schmancy.
This week corporate set me up in a phat corner room for my week long convention. It was the first time I had stayed here.
A few observations...
-even though I wasn't in the new part of the hotel I still found it quite sumptuous
-I enjoyed the views of surrounding mountains
-The cleaning service was spectacular
-No safe in the room
-The cable reception was a bit fuzzy and the selection of night-time soft core porn was absolutely abysmal! (just kidding, but I did miss basics like the comedy channel).
-OMG! When will upscale hotels stop charging $12.99 per day for internet??? (see point above re: abysmal selection of softcore necessitating highspeed download alternatives)
-The coffee bar downstairs was a total rip-off charging $4 for a stale plain bagel and a banana
-dueling pianos in the bar rules
-sign up for the Presidents club free to receive free internet access on your next stay
-shower pressure was a bit mediocre but the temperature control was consistent
-I felt really bad for my co-workers staying at the nearby Hilton. Blech!
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My friend had their weddiing recently...
The food was good, except that all the servers were swarming around the table. If no one watched ur plate, it was gone...
After the reception, my friends and I had two rooms for the after party. Finding the rooms was like going through a corn maze. At one point, I went to go get ice and my friend went to the other room to gather the troops, and we see each other from across the hall and was like what the hell...
The rooms are clean and decorated well...
The view is so so...all you see is San Jose State...
The lobby is nice, the rooms as nice, but this hotel is not at the same level as the other Fairmonts I've been to. Something is missing.
I am Bay Area guy who had met people in the lobby for meetings for years, but this was my first stay. The room was excellent, a true four stars. Not a high end suite, but very good for $199 plus all the taxes.
Now, the service, that is what knocks it down a notch. They are very much doing you a favor, you know, by having you, when in truth they are also studying for their (pick-it) law degree, nursing school, hospitality degree, whatever. Frosty and indifferent reception overall. And I expect recognizable english from their operator in this class of hotel, but didn't get that.
My boss was joining me from out of town, I felt like his money was not particularly well spent. In the same class of hotel, the nearby DeAnza is far better.
I know the cost of living is high here, and it is hard to find good help, but i would think the Fairmont could find more people who actually like working in a service industry.
This is a review for the High Tea at the Fairmont in San Jose.
Not good. So-so tea selection, substandard goodies, very poor service.
The details: We were greeted expansively by our lovely host, who seated us and assured us we could each have any tea we wanted, with refills, and could even try new teas if we didn't like our current selection. Good deal! However, when it came time to get more tea or more hot water, our server was nowhere to be found. When one of our party asked for a new kind of tea, she made a little face and eventually brought some back... we never saw her again.
Veggies stay home. We had called ahead for reservations, telling the staff that one of our party was a vegetarian, which usually isn't a big deal at most Tea places, because there are a great many tea offerings with no meat. Another of our party has no restrictions, save he doesn't eat beef... so he got a veggie serving. Normally not a problem, but the why did he have to do without the prosciutto and lox offerings? The staff was basically just too lazy to figure out the ingredients of the food.
The food wasn't too spectacular either. An inital four pieces of savories (lox on a cracker, prosciutto on something, carpaccio on something, a little cucumber sandwich), then a course of a single scone (!), followed by a bunch of pastries. The pastries were okay, but not great: madeline, a tiny custard tart, a tiny cream puff, and a pastry (a palmier). So: a whole lot of pastry/dessert, kinda lame savories.
And the little things: the tea is served basically in the lobby lounge. We sat in chairs which would be comfy in a living room, but made slouchy Tea seats that made conversation difficult. The settings are not china. There is no jam caddy; instead you just get those little single-serving jams that come in little jars. No lemon curd! There was clotted cream though/
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The next time I want to pay $269 a night to interact with pubescent reception staff with superior attitudes, I'll let you know. Thanks.
Seriously, though... there must be some kind of management problem here (I'm actually here right now). I don't think 19 year old kids learn on their own to be snooty reception staff; even if they do, a good manager would have rectified it by now.
Also, the meeting rooms & banquet halls have been positively freezing so far, which would be good for suits, but this week's convention is more of a flip flops and t-shirts crowd (all of them shivering).
"Booo" is all I can say. I've paid a lot less for a lot more.
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I went to the Fairmont earlier this year for the guy I was dating at the time's awards banquet. Due to all the debauchary and drinking he reserved a room for the night so that we could also get ready there and not rush.
I absolutely loved the rooms, the spaciousness of them, and the fact that you couldn't hear any noisy neighbors!
The bathrooms are big and I loved the vanity area to get pretty at.
As for the food, it was ok, my favorite part of the meal was the dessert, the cream brulee that sucker was so huge that even I couldn't finish it!
The shower-head in my room was so calcified it threw jets of hard water at very sensitive parts of my body in random spurts of high pressure...and not in a good way. NOT FUNNY.
But they DID have a swanky phone in the toilet cubby, which I took full advantage of...
ME: (ring, ring)
MOM: Hello?
ME: MOM! MOM! Guess where I'm calling from? You'll NEVER guess! I'll give you a hint...(singing) WHEN YOU'RE SLIDING INTO FIRST, AND YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING'S BURST, DIARRHE......hello? HELLO?
It's true, the rooms are quite roomy and the beds are soft and plush, but I wasn't completely happy with the hotel itself. I have to admit, it may have been the circumstances of our visit.
We were there for the CAEYC (California Association of Educators of Young Children) conference, and the place was stuffed to the gills with good-natured pre-school and kindergarten teachers. YOUR kindergarten teacher was probably there, in fact!
If you don't already know, in order to be a pre-k teacher or TOT WRANGLER, you have to be just a teensy bit...as Laura B. says...CRAY CRAY!
So when the saintly, goody-goody teachers of the future of America get together in one hotel, which has a big ol' BAR in the middle of the lobby, they start gettin' all HOOOCHY MAMA GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT and party their panties off...maybe not literally.
Or DO they?
Ooh, I KNOW you're imagining your 65 year old Ms. Bindergarten from elementary school throwing her thong into the ECE orgy right now!
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Do I have to actually place a star to rate a place? Well, if you see one star, it means I do. No stars for tea at the Fairmont!
For years I heard how wonderful it is. Well, people lie!
Food: all sugar. Too many sweets, next to no savories/sandwhiches. The pastry was uneventful. It looked nice, but...
The teas were not very good. Potentially stale. The service was HORRIBLE! The price way to high. For $28 a person I expect a fair amount of food and good tea. Both of those were lacking.
Save $11 and go to Captain's Cottage and get the fabulous experience there!
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Ok, so I had to go to the annual CAEYC (California Association for the Education of Young Children) conference this weekend and since everything is paid for by my company, I decided to go all out and booked the Fairmont! My co-worker and I were impressed with the Fairmont. The hotel was absolutely beautiful! One star was taken off because we requested 2 beds in the room, but they gave us one queen size bed! I had to warn my co-worker that I may accidentally molest her in the middle of the night thinking she's my hubby. The bed was very comfortable and the bathroom was very well stocked in soap, shower gels, shampoo, lotions and other goodies that I swiped, of course! The shower had really good water pressure and very clean! Too bad I didn't find out about Kristina R being there till now, or else I could of spend the rest of my time there secretly stalking her from afar...:)
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I've been to the Fairmont a few times for various occasions, and I've always been impressed at the hotel. I've never been in a room, so I can't comment about them, but everything else about the place is great. The staff is very professional and the environment is posh (everything I expect from a 5-star hotel). This is a place that San Jose really needed. It adds quite a bit of class to a downtown that is in the process of being rebuilt.
Though I do wish they would bring back their massive chocolate display in the main lobby during Christmas in the Park. That was a highlight of my childhood!
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I stayed at the Fairmont for business and it was a good, solid business hotel. You get free Wifi if you join the President's Club, otherwise you have to pay for it (an extra $14 bucks). The closet I had in my room (a queen bed) was gigantic and the bathroom was great. I also always like the shampoo/soap that they use in the Fairmont.
The bar downstairs had live music the night we were there, which was cool.
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I wasn't impressed, but I was too disappointed either!
The rooms at the fairmont are a lovely size, they are very accomodating and much better than the closet sized room you may find yourself walking into at a fancy hotel. The beds are quite comfy and I love how you can't hear your neighbors fighting or having sex in the rooms surrounding you.
E&Y had their Holiday Party here on Saturday evening and the food was okay. I loved the 2x3 inch slab of Salmon and 3x4 inch cut of Filet Mignon that we ate for dinner, they were extremely large especially when you have an appetite of an asian girl who hasn't seen food all day because she was busy cutting peoples hair!! LOVE IT!!!
E&Y has been known to have fabulous parties and I'm not quite sure if its because they tried to up the venue to a much more smoozier location, but I wasn't too impressed. The service in the banquet halls are all in all the same after three or four glasses of red wine.
The elevators in the place are extremely fast so if you have had a few glasses of wine or a few cocktails you might find yourself needing a barf bag after the ride because its been known to make stomachs fly to back of your throats.
All the Fairmont rooms have extremely large bathrooms as well as a vanity to get primped and proper. I would've expected the walls of the rooms to have a little more decoration and pizaz, but I guess they had to skip out on it to make sure that they could accomodate guests with 430 sq ft. rooms. Too bad the beds aren't larger than a king size, then I can really have a good night!!! **WINK WINK**
Like I said, I wasn't impressed nor was I disappointed!! Never got the chance to order room service here because I didn't want to pay $34 for a breakfast...
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I just wanted to warn people to never use their valet service. I used to work here as a valet parker. Let me just tell you we used to scratch up cars ALL THE TIME. The parking spaces in the garage are so tiny, and the workers are in such a rush to park cars, that it was very common that 2 to 3 cars were scratched per day. I also had a few co-workers that would rummage through people's belongings while parking their car in the dark underground garage. Also, please be aware that on your parking card, there is TINY little print that says "once you drive out of the garage, the Fairmont is not responsible for any damage to your car or lost items". So, if you do decide to take a gamble and use their valet service, at least do yourself a favor and inspect your car both inside and out before you drive off the property!
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my family booked a suite for new years and it was amazing! 3 rooms! amazing! We ordered room service at like 5 in the morning and it was delicious. with windows in every room and a great view of Christmas in the park, the Stanford suite in the Fairmont was the best hotel i have ever stayed at. I never saw a normal room. I would not go if i was paying though.
