In February, I had to go to a conference in Stamford, Connecticut. I
wrote here that I would be staying at the Stamford Hilton.
If you are driving, I don't recommend driving up to the front of hotel (pictured); instead drive down to the garage and park first. The entrance has a very tiny driveway and one can be stuck in their car waiting for someone else to move their car.
I used the conference rate and got my rooms for $115 a night.
The lobby is large, spacious and full of light:
The lobby also provides many places to sit:
My room was on the 9th floor or the executive floor:
I was given a spacious corner two bed room:
The first thing you see when you open the door is a long hallway.
And the hallway continues:
To the right in the hallway is the bathroom. The bathroom was typical:
My luck with hotel bathrooms is not great. This one was disgusting:
When I arrived, I only had 15 minutes to change before a meeting. Needless to say, I stopped by the front desk and asked them to send someone up to clean.
The rest of the room was standard:
My room rate was only good for double beds, but I could have up to four people in the room at no extra charge. Why is this important? Well, my gold status with Hilton gives me free breakfast benefit and since I put down that there was three people staying in my room, I got to treat two friends with me at the conference to breakfast:
The hotel has club, but it is only open Sunday through Thursday's. The other days of the week, members with Gold Status get complementary breakfast (the buffet) in the restaurant downstairs:
There were both cold and hot options for breakfast plus an omelet station:
The hotel has a small gym and a pool. The gym is open 24/7, but the pool is open only from 6am to 11pm:
The gym has treadmills, elliptical, and some free weights.
One needs to go through the gym to get to the pool:
The entire hotel had amazing photographs in the hallways:
Overall, the stay was great. This is the second time I have stayed at this hotel and each time has been great. Why would someone stay here? First, there are a ton of businesses in the area. Second, Stamford is not far from New York City via MetroNorth. Also, the Jerry Springer Show is taped down the road.
The hotel was spacious, the room was somewhat clean and my status was recognized...overall, a great stay!
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