Halley Shaver

Review of Double Tree by Hilton Berkeley...

The double tree hotel is great. We paid extra to g...

The double tree hotel is great. We paid extra to get the room with a view of the marina which was well worth it. We had 2 queen size beds, refrigerator, a large smart tv. They also have free wifi for hilton honors members which could stream video on my phone without buffering. They also have premium wifi forvaround 13 dollars a day. You could bring a laptop and use the ethernet cable to connect to the internet but i dont know what that entails. According to the smart tv, you could watch movies from netflix but i did not try this. We walked from the Berkley Amtrak station which was about 1.5 miles. We could have called the hotel to have their free shuttle pick us up but we did not know about this. The hotel shuttle will take you 3 miles from the hotel and pick you up. It is perfect if you want to go visit uc berkeley or around the area. The shuttle starts around 7am to 9pm excluding 11am and 5pm. The parking is around 20 dollars a day. They have commentary bicycle rentals for 3 hours or untill sunset for hilton honor members. If you are not a member, then its 5 dollars an hour. They also have a small workout area, indoor pool, and sauna for hotel guests. I did have some minor annoyance with the hotel. One time, i tried calling the front desk and they put me on hold for 5 minutes before I hung up. Also, the hotel did not say anything about hilton honors breakfast that was in a separate building. I dont know if my member status was to low to access the breakfast. We only saw this area when we checked out.