If you gotta be away from home, this is teh place to be... best thing I like is the 2nd floor, smoking. It's at roof level, over the conference rooms or lobby maybe, but all gravel, so it's almost like having a deck or something. Grilling would a wonderful idea, but probably wouldn't go over well.
In any event, has that old charm... ...

I recently had my Wedding in St. Paul Minnesota, while the reception and ceremony were not at the St. Paul Hotel our family elected to stay there.

The first thing that strikes you as you pull into the driveway was the gardens that flank the entrance way, the bellman consistently arrived at your car and had the door open before you had a chance ...

The St. Paul has a wonderful reputation but the service we got there was poor. We stayed 2 nights and another customers baggage delivered to our room and later were locked out of our room when she checked out. I stepped on a shirt pin in the carpet. In their favor, they offered us a free nights stay in the next year. After our experience there, we chose not to use it.
The one thing we liked was the proximity to St. Paul nightlife.