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Review of Athenaeum Hotel

Not sure why this hotel has such a high rating. Ma...

Not sure why this hotel has such a high rating. Maybe I had an outlying experience. The first room was a connecting room with no deadbolt on my side. People from the other room could have opened the door and gotten in to mine!!!!

The next room had shutters that didn't close so people could see in at night. Dirty, worn carpet. Cracked floor in bathroom. Dirty walls and door. You could see splahes of coffee all over from prior occupant, for example. Just a push button lock for the door made me nervous.

I had a much cleaner, more secure and better maintained room at a Choice hotel I stayed at elsewhere in N Y on that trip.

Also, be sure to check if they have any private events, as they kick you off the porch when those happen. I had planned to spend an evening on the porch looking at the lake and was told I had to leave even though I was a guest at the hotel and was just sitting there because apparently someone was hosting a private party and I wasn't wearing a badge!

Had planned to stay for a week but left early. Not at all a good experience for me.