Jean Jackson

Review of ink48 - A Kimpton Hotel

Every once in awhile you come across a place that ...

Every once in awhile you come across a place that causes a dilemma. Do I write the raving review and let everyone else know how wonderful this place is and risk it becoming too popular and expensive or do I keep it a "secret"? Well, my experience this weekend is well worth that risk. I was lucky enough to be a guest of my friend who was staying at this hotel. It was her first time staying here as she made the reservation after doing some research online. We are long-time friends and she is a world traveler and I am not as much but when I travel, I am a hotel snob. From the moment we walked into the hotel, we were pleased. The check in was easy and the staff was friendly. They upgraded us to a bigger room on a higher floor. The view was breathtaking and the room just lovely. We rested a bit and headed out to have some wine and appetizers, stroll a bit, have dinner and then head to the theater. As we began our journey, we stopped at the front desk again to get some wine bar/tapas suggestions from the front desk. All I can say is that you seldom come across someone so knowledgeable, personable and happy to do their job as was Stephen ~ The Hells Kitchen Expert~ he made several recommendations for wine bars, neighborhood bars, restaurants printing off suggestions at the touch of his finger. He asked us to please stop by when we returned to let him know how our evening went. He shared his experience of seeing the Broadway show we were going to see and even gave us some background on that. When we returned from the theater late that evening we were momentarily concerned when we saw the long line outside the hotel. It was a Saturday night and there is a roof-top bar. We went into the hotel and after letting Stephen know that he was spot on with ALL his recommendations we were taken up a separate elevator to our floor. We did go and peek at the rooftop bar, which looked great with spectacular views. When we finally got back to our room after a great evening we had the pleasant surprise of a bottle of wine and some snacks which just made the evening absolutely perfect. My friend said several times during our overnight stay, "I hope I read the price for this correctly". Stephen went out of his way to make our girls weekend spectacular. What a find!! We will be back