Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville, Nashville

Loews Vanderbilt Hotel 2100 West End Avenue Nashville TN 37203 (615) 320-1700 Hotel Room Review: This review is for a stay that took place in the month of January 2010. It was for a weekend stay, and the rates posted from Loews own website started at $160.00 per night. The hotel is rated 4 1/2 stars. We arrived… at the hotels entrance a valet gave us our receipt for the car. The lobby of the hotel is nice enough with granite and high ceilings, and a hint of class as there is a large white winding staircase (to the left of the check in desk) leading up to a second floor. But, First impressions and lobbies of stone do not justify a 4 1/2 star rating! As you will see from the images that I have include in this article, the rooms are more or less standard or equal to most other 2 or 3 star rated hotel chains. In some respects this room was inferior to rooms I have had at other hotel chains and at less than half of Loews published rates. The Room: Sized at about 15’x22’, plus the bathroom. It was not in any way special or large. The walls were wallpapered with several different colors and the furnishings were decent but again nothing special. The TV was a flat screen style. The comforter on the bed was decent but the sheets were very plain. The rugs were ok. There was a coffee maker in the room that you had to pay extra to use. And there were snacks in a drawer that you had to pay a premium to take/eat. There was WiFi available, also for an extra charge. The bottled water would also cost you extra. The view was of a parking garage. The bathroom was slightly above average in style but smelled slightly of mold and had an extremely poor caulking job around the tub. The shower curtain was constantly falling off as the curtain hooks were all bent out of shape and failing. Shampoos and soaps were average. The bathroom door hinge was rusting away, and there was water damage to the inside of the bath door. Hallways: Narrow and dirty looking… poor lighting! So…. Why is this hotel rated at 4 1/2 stars??????? Is it because they charge $26.00 a day to park your car for you? Maybe the $9.00 martini lemon drops? Could it be they get 4 1/2 stars for location? When I called hotwire and expressed my disappointment, the response from the Hotwire was something to the effect of “service that the hotel offered”? What service is that? When I booked this room I was expecting that a 4 1/2 star hotel would have some class, or luxury, or something special about it. Maybe a rooftop pool or jacuzzi? Maybe flowers in the room? Possibly special chocolates on the pillow? Anything that would justify this almost perfect rating? This place didn’t even have a pool. Nor a jacuzzi. Not even a Jacuzzi tub! Loews Vanderbilt in Nashville might have rooms that offer that little bit of extra luxury, but they probably are on the top three floors of the hotel where you need a special key to enter. And the price is most certainly very, very, very special. Seriously… I feel like I was legally robbed by this hotel… and Hotwire. Not necessarily just for the cost of staying in an inferior property, but also for the loss of honesty in advertising. Hey, I realize that everything can’t always be perfect. But I expect a 4 1/2 star rated hotel to have more class than this property has had in a long time. Loews Nashville is not worth staying at. I will not ever again believe a Loews rating or grade. Nor will I ever stay in another Loews property. They are resting on their laurels and charging much higher prices than other nearby hotel properties because of what they may have used to be. $200.00 a night rack rate is absolute theft! Seriously Disappointed!

Too expensive for what it is. I have stayed in equal for half. Rooms no larger or nicer than most chains. They charge for nearly everything. $16.00/night to park. $1.00 for each local call. Internet not free. No pool. Liter of Fiji water in room for $5.00. CD player but if you didn't bring your own they had 2 in the room they would sell for $17.00 each. Very expensive snacks in drawer. If anything is missing, it is added to your room bill - bathrobe $85. My business associate had 1 bottle of water in his room the first night. The second night there were 2. They tried to charge him for one of those even though he didn't use it. We were there for a business meeting. The group arranged for free parking and passed out tickets. When we went to check out, we asked why we were charged for parking. "All of our guests are charged for parking. That only applied to those not staying in the hotel."

It is an ok hotel. but not for the money.

This place is too expensive for what you get. Not much to do at the hotel. No free wireless. Room reminds me of a Holiday Inn except for the $220 /night price. You'll never get my money again, next time I want to spend a lot of money on a hotel room, I will stay at Opreland or similar.

View of a broken down fence from my second floor window. Small room, No pool, What a rip off. Say anywhere else.

Make wireless free you bunch of swindlers. This hotel is overpriced for what you get. Not a good dollar to value ratio.

I absolutly think this is the BEST hotel I've ever been to! The 'Lowes Loves Pets' program is perfect for someone who has a big dog, like my 100 lb. sled dog. I would any day tell you this is the best hotel in Nashville!

I absolutly love that they will take any dog! I thought I lost all hope to find a hotel that would allow a 100 lb. Alaskan Malamute, but I found it! And it's perfect for parents who are visiting thier children at Vanderbilt Unervirsty...it's right across the street! The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have a pool. Other than that, I highly reccomend it for travelers with dogs, and Vanderbilt families.

We liked this place because the service was great,food was awesome,and the people were so nice to us.So clean and homy.We cant wait to come back and stay.

Even though I live in Nashville, When I want to just get away from everyone and anything I go here. Sometimes for the night, sometimes for weekend. My friend Melissa takes care of me everytime but more importantly, everyone that works there is fabulous people. And I mean EVERYONE!!