I've stayed here many times. I liked it better be...

I've stayed here many times. I liked it better before the renovations. The entire hotel is an ugly boring white now, every single interior surface, whereas before it had color and character. The renovation for the most part seems to have been just painting over the old. The food has never been very good, and still isn't. The best part of the place was the fully open atrium in the middle of the hotel, cozy, but they ruined that in the renovation. It is now an ugly business center and a closed off room. The rooms themselves, I can't tell if they were renovated or not. If so, it wasn't done very well and again they just painted and laid carpet....but much of the old is still in the rooms...countertops, faucets, etc. The desk staff are very nice and helpful. This used to be my preferred haunt when in Raleigh on business, probably not anymore. It is not bad, just not good enough for the extended stays I have.