We booked this hotel off of hotwire. The lobby area was quite nice and the lounge was convenient for a late night snack. However, the lounge service was pretty lousy. We waited probably 30 min hoping the waitress would come over to refill our drinks. When she finally came around and brought us our bill we ended up waiting probably another 15 min for her to come get our credit card with no luck, so in the end we left our money minus a tip and went back up to our room. The food, however, was decent and we received a massive sized nachos which was probably quite a good deal for the price.
The pool area was nicer than most. It actually had windows unlike many other hotel pools we've seen that are in a basement dungeon. Unfortuantely the hot tub was out of commission which was disappointing.
The room itself was pretty standard. Not a ton of space but was clean and modern. My biggest complaint was that the bed was about two inches from the wall on the one side so I could barely get in and out. There was a handy little mini fridge though that we made good use of. The beds were comfortable. Only complaint is the room we booked from hotwire did not include wireless internet. You could pay for access or use it for free in the lobby area though.
The location is not bad but one could probably argue it is on the less desirable side of downtown. However, we walked over in about two minutes to chinatown for a nice dinner at the silver dragon, so from that point of view it was convenient.
We paid well under $100 a night for the room booking through hotwire which was a steal. I would probably say the hotel would be worth $120 a night though if you were going to pay. It is nice enough but there are definitely higher end hotels in downtown, but if you are looking for a decent, slightly upscale place to stay and don't want to pay the big bucks at the Fairmont, Sheraton or Westin, I'd definitely recommend the Delta. Actually, I'd put the room almost on par with the one we stayed at in the Westin about a year ago, but give the Westin the upper hand for location and probably hotel services as it has a better restaurant.
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