Rebecca Gee

Review of The Desmond Hotel and Conferen...

A friend and I arrived Sat. for a 1 night stay to ...

A friend and I arrived Sat. for a 1 night stay to attend a concert (Garth Brooks) we got to the hotel about 1:30..our room wasn't ready which was fine, the gentleman at the desk checked us in and took my cell number and suggested that we grab lunch...we went down the hall to the dining room where we met our first friend in Albany - Miss Pat...she seated us, we asked what was best on menu..she gave us great suggestions - we went with the Po'boy Special, An Apricot Chicken Salad Croissant Sandwich, the Calamari (scampi sauce) and New Eng
Clam chowder...dessert creme brulee and the choc. Chip cookie skillet with Ice cream...it was all delicious and we got the call our room was ready right after food arrived. Pierre and the rest of the restaurant staff were funny and sweet..very welcoming. We went to desk to get key, Tiffiany and the Gentleman whose name we missed.were very helpful and arranged for a can to take us to our venue...we went for a stroll through the facility to work off a bit of lunch and then sat by the heavenly fire in lobby. Room was wonderful, cab arrived on time, concert was incredible - only complaint was cab was requested to bring us back..we called and called and stood out in cold for 15min then hailed a cab with 2 other couples from other hotels that had also used Prestige and had no answer. Not hotel's fault..but we did inform the desk next morning. We had breakfast before we left - also delicious (little jelly jars were a huge hit) and gave Miss Pat a Garth Mug as we learned she was a fan too...we would definitely return there...we said we felt like orphan Annie in Daddy Warbuck's house...it was truly a treat.