3 years ago
Six of us recently stayed at the Hotel Jackson for...
Six of us recently stayed at the Hotel Jackson for what was to be a three night stay. We had three rooms- a suite at 1200$/night and two rooms at 600$/night. On the second night of our trip we went to Smokin Iron for dinner- what we were told is a hotel restaurant in the back of the hotel. We were seated by a man we later learned to be Dorion Darwiche, a self proclaimed part owner of the hotel and son of Jim Darwiche the owner of the hotel. Our waitress asked for our drink order with Darwiche over her shoulder. I asked for a beer in a bottle. He abruptly said they only had draft and when I didn't want that he rudely looked at me and said " what's the difference?" And told the waitress to get me a draft beer. He then gave us menus and told us that their food was great but they were out of almost 50% of their menu- they are a bbq place and they were out of chicken and another meat. When we said that was a problem he became agitated and zeroed in on me, one of 3 women in the group. He looked severly at me asking what was the problem then put his hand on me ,said he was Dorion a part owner and asked what the last name of my reservation was. I felt uncomfortable and unsafe with his touching me and his controlling tone, so I gave him a fake last name. So, not having received our drinks, we Decided to go to another restaurant. He told us we could not because our drinks were coming. We looked at the bar and there were no drinks so we got up and left. We went and had dinner and I was visibly upset over Dorion Darwiche's' behavior towards me. We returned to the hotel and my husband complained to the front desk manager Lyenne, who Dorion had already talked to. She said he had come to the front desk and asked for my room number...and she gave it to him! So my husband demanded to speak to the owner, his father, and he was called. Jim Darwiche and his wife denied any rude or inappropriate behavior by their son and claimed we walked out on our drink bill which was a lie. We left because of Dorion Darwiche's rude, inappropriate and threatening behavior. My husband asked to meet with him and his son and he refused. The next day we all got up and decided to leave given the incident and lack of customer service, making all of us feel unsafe, threatened and mistreated. The management staff refused to refund our money for the night and when we got our bill Dorion Darwiche had added the bill for the drinks ($18) onto our bill- we never saw or signed a receipt, never saw or received any drinks - but as owner he can add unincurred charges. Unbelievable. and having spent over $4000 for a room it was not about $18-
Dorion Darwiche and Jim Darwiche do not care at all about their guests. In my opinion Dorion Darwiche is rude, inappropriate, comtrolling and unethical in his business practices. The management staff are mere puppets of the owners and are useless. Do not stay at this hotel. Read other travelers negative reviews- there is a common theme of terrible customer service. I wish I had.