A choice for the desperate
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 02/26/07
I attended a planning meeting for a city convention at the Executive meeting center and stayed for two nights at the accompanying Hilton. The meeting center was beautiful, comfortable, well equipped, and the service staff was fantastic. The hotel was the opposite. I was told the hotel completed a renovation last year, but there was no style or class. The carpet looked like hand-me-downs from the Vegas Stardust in the early '70's. Nicely matched to the Oriental, African, and Modern art. My room was delayed being ready when I checked in at 5pm. When I got into the room, there was just one towel and no toilet paper. It took housekeeping almost 30 minutes to get some to me. Walls are thin enough to hear the next room's wake up call. There was wireless for an outragous charge. It's located on the outskirts of the harbor with no food or entertainment within walking distance. No concierge to help you find some. According to the valet, it's not wise to walk around Long Beach after dark. Hilton needs to take another look at this hotel. It doesn't live up to the standards I'm used to from the name Hilton.
