Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs

We love the Hotel Colorado...and make a point to stay there whenever we are in Colorado...it's a " feel good" place for us...If you want new and luxurious...go someplace else...it's historic and well done..great food...great bar and outdoor cafe...and we have always been comfortable...summer or winter....WE LOVE THE PLACE !

Many of the negitive reviews here are right on the money, I wish I had read them before I booked. Any positive review is clearly done by someone with some financial interest in the hotel. Oh, and getting a electric shock from the UP button every time from the elevator was awesome.

I think Hotel Colorado is an amazing hotel to stay at with family and friends. It has wonderful service and it's also very clean too. My family and I are so far having a great time. The location is very good to because it's right by the pool and next to a Mini Golf center.I really,truthfully don't have any dislikes about the Hotel Colorado. The one thing that did kind of scare me is all the noises in the hotel on the 3rd floor But other than that no complaints.

My disappointment has nothing to do with the service or cleanliness, which seems fine to me. Others might like what I dislike, which is that it simply isn't modern and pretty. I'm in the room right now and thinking I would sure hate it if I was here for a romantic getaway! No hair dryer, no clock, teeny-tiny toilet and shower alcove, old fashioned looking sink in the room itself, with exposed pipes, radiator in the corner, painted pipes running the length of the ceiling, furniture that isn't historic looking--just cheap and old, no ice on this floor, a closet that is awkward to use with an old, chipped rod and dirty feeling hangers. (Nothing else seemed dirty though and I think housekeeping has done a good job.) And the noise from the hallway, other rooms, water running and doors opening and closing, seems to never stop! Thank goodness for my "white noise" machine, which is the only thing making it tolerable. That, and the fact that I DO have an excellent wireless connection! (Overall, this reminds me somewhat of European hotel rooms, only the room is a larger.) I ate at Baron's--good meal and attentive service. Great filet with blue cheese for $31 and excellent side dishes. It's a historic hotel, no doubt about it, and the downstairs certainly plays that up nicely. A photo on my floor of the original 1864 Bridal Chambers points out that what is considered luxurious in hotels has changed a lot. That's really the main issue. It's fine for what it is, and I'd hate to see it close. But, I don't consider it a good place to stay when there are other choices. It's no one's fault, there's just only so much that can be done, for a reasonable cost, with a very large, old, old hotel in a small mountain town.

I stayed at the Hotel Colrado and as we were leaving I was at the front desk where they had one agent on duty and there was a VERY unhappy guest who had checked in two nights before and after the 1st night noticed bug bites all over her and her children and requested aother room which the next morning more bites were on her and her children contacted a doctor in Glenwood and was told they were bed bugs. Once you have bed bugs it is very hard to get rid of them you have destory the beds and pretty much everything in the room and they attach thenselfs to everything they can, so when the guest was givin a new room she transported the bugs to the new room with her. I am very happy to say I did not get bed bugs. Other things that I am disappointed about. The management or there lack of, the front dest is horrible the bar staff is horrible and the resturant staff is horrible. Also, I went to walk my dog at about 4 am and noticed another "guest" walking his 2 big dogs in his underware.Later tat day when I was in the lobby I noticed the "guest" who was walking his dogs in this underware and that was the manager John Burns. I will never stay at thishotel and would reccomend you didn't either

We were terribly disappointed with our stay at the Hotel Colorado. Our experience started with an interminable wait at check-in, as the check-in clerk is also forced to answer phone calls, leaving us all waiting while she takes another reservation. The desk clerks were pretty much useless when it came to information. When asked how we could order movies in our room, the reply was, "I don't know, I'm not sure you can." As it turns out, you cannot, surely making the Hotel Colorado one of the few hotels in the US where one cannot order a movie. Inexplicably, there is no food/beverage service available anywhere in the hotel from 2-5pm. Everything is closed. When I asked at the desk if there was anyplace in the hotel where I could get a Coke or a beer between 2-5pm, the answer was, quite simply, "No". The rooms are hot, noisy and sporting quite possibly the most uncomfortable bed I've ever encountered at a hotel. There were vending machines out of order and the ice machine on the third floor was not working, either. The quality we received from the Hotel Colorado was what we would expect from a cheap motel, not from a supposed first-rate historic hotel. Save your money; stay someplace less expensive and just stop by to visit the Hotel Colorado for a quick tour.

We stayed here in October 2008 and the nights were cool. There was no heat and maintenance was slow to respond. When the radiator worked it was hissing and belching worse than my Aunt Bertha at Thanksgiving dinner. The staff at the front desk said that the radiators did not work most of the time but that they tried to get a little heat out for a few hours each night. The room was dirty, carpet stained, mold and mildew in the bathroom and no hot water without running it for 20 or 30 minutes. The hotel rooms were billed as historic but the furniture is the kind you had in the 1970s and your friends spilled everything on it. The lobby was impressive, the historic aspect very nice, but there were room service dishes sitting out for 2 days on the second floor hallway. I wondered what else traveled the second floor hallway at night! I bought a wonderful quilt at the Hotel Denver and my husband and I huddled under that at night and tried not to think about the sheets.

We spent the weekend during Strawberry Days at Hotel Colorado. Our experience was totally fabulous. The wait staff at the Courtyard Cafe were wonderful, friendly, and very attentive. I have read some comments about the lack of air conditioning. My thoughts are that you are staying at a historic hotel with all the unique qualities of the old time hotels. Sure it was warm but we asked for a box fan and it did wonders! If you want air conditioning stay at the Holiday Inn! We also loved the fact that they are pet friendly. The Glenwood area is fun and very inviting to families and couples alike. There are tons of activities to participate in especially the hot springs. I would highly recommend the Hotel Colorado to anyone who would love to be well taken care of by the staff.

I had never been to Colorado before, but heard that it was very beautiful. The Rocky mountains exceeded my expectations. We stayed at the Hotel Colorado which is a beautiful hotel that reminded me of the hotel in that movie - Somewhere in Time, with Christopher Reeve. It's historic and quiet and calm, and right across the street from the Hot Springs. It was a great time and I hope to go back someday :)

I love the history surrounding the hotel.The decor is beautiful.The food is wonderful and the hotel is not far from the Hot Springs Pool.The service was great.The rooms were beatiful.I love Hotel Colorado!