Paul Cardosi

Review of St Julien Hotel & Spa

Be careful if you are using the bar at the St Juli...

Be careful if you are using the bar at the St Julien and also be wary of the staff. I have been conned twice as described below:

I was in the lobby a few weeks ago celebrating a friends birthday. There was a big crowd of us so we all got separate bills. My wife and I had a couple of drinks that came to $22. I gave the server $40 and made the mistake of not asking for change. I also DIDN'T say keep the change. I stood for at least 15 minutes waiting for the change and the server was no where to be seen. I asked another server and she said she hadn't seen ours. The server had "assumed" I was leaving an 80% tip. I left disgusted at how brazenly greedy she had been.

This past weekend I went to an autism fundraiser, a wine tasting at the St Julien. It's an event I attend every year. Superior Liquor are the flagship sponsor and donate wine for the wine tasting. You pay a ticket to get in ($150) and then sample lots of wine as part of the ticket price. The event closes the wine tasting at a certain point and then transitions to a live auction. Any wine that is left is given to the St Julien to serve to the fundraiser guests at no charge. When I went to get a glass of wine the server at the fundraiser charged me $10 for wine that had been donated for the event. When I protested she insisted I pay. They were charging for wine donated for free.

The moral is be very clear with the staff on what you expect. If not they will take your money and smile. Its Boulder and this is a swanky hotel and they think everyone is loaded and can milk them for their cash.

Both incidents leave a very poor taste and I won;t be back anytime soon.