Never to return
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 8/10/06
Located in the middle of downtown, the historic Monte Vista looks great on the outside and now sports a new coffee shop/bar. On a recent trip, I was initially impressed but a visit to our room proved disappointing. The decor featured wild colors and decor, and was somewhat tacky. Our room - on the second floor - was just above the coffee shop/bar. With no door separating the 2nd floor hotel rooms from the bar below, the noise in our hotel room was very loud until 2 a.m. When I complained at the front desk about the noise (i.e., could they turn the noise down particularly given there were about 5 people in the bar, I was told that there was nothing they could do and that I should have somehow known (i.e., it was my fault) that the room would be noisy because of its above-the-bar locale. A good location was overcome by lack of sleep and surly front desk staff.