Phillip Marshall

Review of Hilton Alexandria Mark Center

I stayed at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center beca...

I stayed at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center because i was there for a school competition my son was competing in. Let me break down for by category why you don't want to stay at this hotel.

First lets discuss the hotel facilities.

1) The temperature varied 15-20 degrees depending on the floor you were on in the 'Retreat building" The 3rd floor was somehow located in what i can only assume was the article circle, while the 5th floor reminded me of a old trip to Iraq temperature wise.

2) It was rainy outside....and inside since as you walked around the hotel you would see buckets all over catching rain coming from the ceiling. Decor i honestly wasn't expecting for a Hilton.

3) There are no water fountains. Literally 0 in this hotel. This of course is not by accident and designed to get you to buy their $6 bottles of water.

4) The elevators are so incredibly rickety and creaky that literally every person i got in them with seemed nervous.

5) The gift shop (if you want to call it that) is the only place to get water as the vending machine was perpetually out. They sold all of their water for $6-7 a bottle there. Which is more than it would cost at the movie theatre.

The Room

1) Whoever does the room cleaning and manages it is asleep at the wheel.

2) We had bug traps COVERED in bugs.

3) We had a wadded up hand towel stuffed in a drawer. (one can only imagine what that had been used for).

4) The AC had been turned OFF in the room so it was incredibly hot and muggy for the first night we arrived.

The Restaurant

1) The Finn and Porter is the worst hotel restaurant i have ever been in. Go look at their yelp reviews and sort by recent. Be amazed.

2) In 3 days i was unable to have a breakfast there. Day 1 we went in the restaurant, they lost our ticket and only realized it 35 minutes later when we asked. By then it was too late and we couldnt wait for them to start over.

3) Day 2 we figured we would skip the restaurant and try the room service. We were sent a COMPLETELY un-toasted english muffin and burnt eggs. With all the fees the $25 breakfast became $40.

4) Day 3 we tried the restaurant again and the kitchen set off the fire alarm burning the breakfast potatoes and the whole hotel had to be evacuated.

5) They claim to have great sushi but who in their right mind would even try it.

Do not stay here.

Seriously, i wish i could get my money back this is not worth saving a few bucks over a hotel that actually gives a damn about its patrons.