My entire family just stayed here for a long weeke...

My entire family just stayed here for a long weekend, occupying 5 rooms. While the general stay was "fine", there were some oddities I found with the hotel. Starting with the front desk. In general, the staff came across as clueless about procedures such as check-in and it took a total of 3 people to complete my check-in. The rest of the family had similar experiences at different times of the day.

My room was fine, and while it faced Canal St, it was still quiet enough. However several family members who stayed across the hall in interior rooms that were much larger found the rooms to be relatively sparsely furnished. All rooms only had a single lounge chair with no side table. The bigger rooms had ample space for a small dining table and chairs, instead, the hotel simply left the space empty.

Other than the grand lobby, the rest of the public spaces that I observed had a look of being half done. If it was a design choice, I'd call it a fail. And I kind of couldn't get the sense of "The Shining" out of my head, nor the line "Red Rum Red Rum" from the same movie.

My general take away, it felt like a hotel that was well on its way to being renovated, and that they simply ran out of money and were forced to stop.

Would I stay here again? Possibly, but it would not be my first choice.