This was my family's second visit to the Best Western on O'Donnell St., and it will be the last. We stayed there because of the shuttle service to/from Johns Hopkins Hospital where my father was undergoing an operation. However, unlike our first visit several years ago, the hotel shuttle no longer keeps early hours (if your operation is prior to 7:30 AM, you're out of luck). We had been told when making reservations that the shuttle ran 24-hours. Not so.
This hotel has seriously deteriorated in quality in the four years since we were last there. Would not recommend it for anyone who cannot easily get around on their own.
Other problems with hotel:
- Room not clean: found a long hair hanging out of the coffee maker.
- Housekeeping skipped our room for no apparent reason, and no explanation was given. By the time we returned (after 4PM), my father was convalescing on the bed and it would have been inappropriate to have housekeeping come in as they offered to do (after 4 PM!)
- 50% of the light bulbs were burned out in the room.
- Wireless service intermittent.
- A simple grilled cheese sandwich ordered in the restaurant came out cold and with a strange taste. Other food barely edible.
- Lobby bathroom out of order our first night there, which meant a trip back upstairs for elderly people.
- Hot tub not working in the "pool" area.
- Surly front desk staff the morning we checked out. A simple question was met with hostility and attitude.
- Very little service orientation at this hotel. Some staff are friendly enough, but it's clear that there is no real management of services. Definitely do not recommend eating at the restaurant unless it's the breakfast buffet (the only bright spot about the place).






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