Shantell Marx

Review of Doubletree Hotel Spokane City ...

There are definite positive and negative points ab...

There are definite positive and negative points about this hotel. The location is convenient, beautiful views of the river and the city. You have to pay for parking, a public garage attached to the hotel/convention center. I have stayed in other hotels with a similar set-up and they paid a lease fee for parking for their hotel guests, and, I'm sure, passed the cost on to the customer in their room fee... whereas here you straight-up pay for the parking, either do-it-yourself (and have to walk through the rain to get back to the lobby-speaking from experience,) or valet at a higher cost.

The rooms are well-appointed, a little dated, comfortable, and the bed was comfortable. I asked for a couple extra pillows later in the evening, which came quickly... but after they were brought up I realized I needed to ask for pillow cases as well.

If you're not a member of their (I can't remember the name of it) club you have to pay for internet in your room, $8.00 per day for the slower speed and $15 for the higher speed-I did not use this service, I just ended up setting up a mobile hot spot when I needed access. This is the first time in the past 8+ years I've stayed in a hotel/motel, etc... that has not had free internet with our room. This hotel DOES offer free internet in public areas... which is... something I guess.

We had dinner in Spencers, the restaurant in the hotel, and it was great food. Dinner for 4, with 1 appetizer, and 1 large Cesaer salad that we split among the 4 of us and drinks cost as much as the 2 suites our group were staying in that night.

The hotel conveniently provided a shuttle service to the concert we attended that evening, and picked us up afterwards as well.

I'm not positive I would stay at this hotel again, and I don't think I'd recommend this hotel without a heavy warning about the additional charges that get tacked on.