It started great. When I first saw the room I thought it was the loveliest hotel room I'd ever been in: historic, architecturally interesting, and charmingly quirky. Little did I know that it would turn into the worst hotel experience I've ever had. First of all, we booked a two-story suite and after we had unpacked and settled in, a band started playing in the bar at the top of the building. There is a non-working elevator (empty shaft) that runs from the bar venue through the rooms on that side of the building. The noise was unbelievable. The pounding and thumping of the sub-woofer was enough to make me feel ill. I like a good concert as much as the next person, but this was maddening as the sound level was like a band playing in your living room but the amplified sound felt like jackhammers, not instruments. We couldn't believe that they would book a band up there, in an old building that has thin walls and transmits noise and vibration like crazy. We called the front desk and they offered to move us and discounted our rate by about 10% for the inconvenience. So at almost 9pm we packed up our stuff and moved down two floors. The noise was still very bad, but there was a slight improvement. So we again, unpacked and tried to settle in. The band finally finished their gig and we thought we were good. We went up to our loft bedroom and got ready for bed. After getting under the covers and flipping on the bedlamps we discovered that the top of the duvet had been soiled by a previous guest -- in the way that you don't want to think about. I have photos, but I decided against posting them. OMG, it was horrifying. But the front desk person had told us earlier that he was leaving at 11pm and it was now 11:15. So we just pulled the duvet off, put on warmer clothes and went to sleep. It is totally unacceptable that they do not clean (or even check) the duvet covers between guests (they are standard white cotton linens). When we mentioned this disgusting experience during checkout, they kind of said 'sorry' but didn't really seem to mean it as they mentioned that we had already been given a discount on our room but that they'd give us another $8 off. We were so appalled by the place that we canceled our tour reservations and left early. The two things that you want from a room are peace & quiet and clean sheets. We got neither. It was one awful night. And we still ended up paying almost $200 for the experience! This is not a professionally run hotel. Stay elsewhere.

As an architect, the Price Tower in Bartlesville, OK was always on my radar. It's hard to not be in awe of this architectural gem, and having the chance to actually stay here since its conversion to a hotel was as good as it gets.

I was on my way from St. Louis to Dallas and I made a special trip to Bartlesville to see, and stay at, this unbelievable masterpiece. For anyone that may be a Frank Lloyd Wright fan as I am, this building is an absolute MUST-SEE if you're even remotely in this area. Bartlesville is cool enough on its own with a super history and lots to see, but for the Price Tower to be here too, that's almost too much to take.

The conversion to a boutique hotel could not have easy, or inexpensive. They did a fantastic job on it, keeping the historic details and spaces like Mr. Phillips' top floor office suite, but converted quite a few rooms in this tower for lucky guests to be a part of history. I can't say enough about staying here, it's literally one of the coolest hotel experiences that you will ever have. It wasn't that much more expensive than staying at a chain hotel and for an experience like this, price was no object to me.

The view is to die for, and so many of the spaces and fixtures and furnishings are original, it's literally like stepping back in time but with all of the modern conviences that a traveler expects. The bar / restaurant had a somewhat limited menu but the two-level space that it was in was super cool. I was there in late fall so there weren't a lot of other guests there, and the wind was really howling outside the windows, but physically and mentally I was warm and cozy just being in this space. Everything is so cool and unique that it'll blow your mind to stay here, I can't recommend it enough.

The whole city of Bartlesville is historic due to the Phillips family and Phillips Petroleum and there are a lot of things related to that in town as well. Also, Bruce Goff, another super famous architect, did several houses and buildings in town and the area that are worth driving by. I can't wait to return here with my wife sometime. Thanks so much to the folks that are keeping this treasure in such great shape for the whole world to experience!

My husband and I planned on just stopping by to see the Price Tower (we are Frank Lloyd Wright fans), but we ended up staying the night at the Tower. When I originally checked to see if room were available before leaving home, all the rooms were booked. Upon our arrival, Art, the night employee asked us why we weren't staying overnight - my response "because when I checked you were booked". He indicated that they were full due to an all class reunion, but a couple had cancelled and they had an opening. He gave us a $20 reduction on the room and we said - "book us for the night".

He was so thorough in his overview of the Price Tower, explained the history, gave us some fabulous restaurant recommendations. And the room - WOW - very cool - was a real treat to stay in this hotel. A very cool bar in the hotel and great two piece jazz group was performing as well. You can also get small plates of food which looked very yummy. In the morning a continental breakfast is available on the same floor as the bar and you can sit outside (on the 16th floor) and get a great view of the area.

In the morning my husband and I worked out - he ran (on a trail nearby), I walked in the downtown area which was a great tour in and of itself. Lots of Phillips Petroleum history in this town and very safe.

Highly recommend a visit and overnight stay at the Price Tower.

My significant brother and I stayed here while roadtripping through Oklahoma on an architecture tour. We drove from Texas, saw some Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in Tulsa, then continued north to Bartlesville to stay in Price Tower.

Bartlesville is a quaint little town with a vibrant town square that is peppered with life-size concrete bulls that have been painted and decorated. Bartlesville is very clean, and the people are very friendly. If you live in Texas, where every other person on the road is a gun-toting Republican with one foot on the gas and one hand on a cell phone, you will be stunned... STUNNED... at how calm and friendly the Oklahomans are on the road. No one honks. No one flips you off when you drive. No one gesticulates at you when you have to drive slowly because you're looking for an exit or a street. I feel these things have to be said, because they certainly made our trip to OK more pleasurable.

Now for the hotel. If you know anything about Frank Lloyd Wright, then you know he was not about ergonomics or comfort or things being "pretty". He was about functionality and spartan decor and melding nature with design. If you stay here, you have to stay with the mentality that you are spending the night inside a piece of history. You are not staying in a luxurious, restful hotel.

There's no mistaking that Price Tower is a Frank Lloyd Wright creation. The copper, the windows, the uniqueness of its appearance-- it is every inch a FLW building. We were given a room on the 13th floor. Our room was a two-story suite. The temperature in Bartlesville the day we arrived was 101º. Our room was about 85º. The air-conditioning system did not work as well as I would have liked for it to work. In fact, even after shutting the curtains, lowering the thermostat as low as we could, and turning on the fans the hotel provides, we could not get the room cool enough to sleep in. We had to switch rooms to a lower floor. We ended up forfeiting our two-story suite to stay in a single room on a lower floor. It was slightly cooler, but still in the high 70s. Although the beds were comfortable and the room's amenities were fine-- I had a miserable stay. It was just too blazing hot to be comfortable.

The bathroom is not luxurious. It is tiny as well, and there's no way a woman could shave her legs or juggle multiple lotions and potions inside the shower. There's just no room. If you are used to staying in hotels where the bathroom is plush and spa-like, you will be disappointed in the Price Tower.

The elevator was the big ender for me. It is literally about four feet by three feet. I am terrified of tiny, enclosed spaces and I nearly burst into tears every time I had to get into the elevator. Keep in mind-- Frank Lloyd Wright designed it. He saw no reason to have a giant elevator and I understand that. But between the heat and the smallness of it-- I panicked every time I was in it. Furthermore, after certain hours you have to use your swipe key to make the elevator work. There were a few times when the elevator door closed and our swipe key wouldn't make it work and we were trapped in there with the door shut until the swipe key decided it would allow us to push the buttons and go to our room. Those were long, scary moments for me. But remember, I'm claustrophobic.

There's a bar on the 16th floor of the hotel called Copper. We went for drinks and light appetizers. Both were awful. We ordered queso and chips-- the queso was goopy and hardened and the drinks were just average. We really expected the bar to be top-notch but it was really a disappointment.

The hotel staff are WONDERFUL. Friendly, helpful, informative about Bartlesville, and willing to do anything and everything to make your stay as good as it possibly can be. The hotel gift shop is WONDERFUL. There's a smallish exhibit of FLW furniture and some photos on the bottom floor of the hotel as well. This would have been WONDERFUL as well, had a very rude woman not emerged from the business offices there and griped at us for having water to drink. Lady, it is 101º outside and Price Tower has an ambient temperature of 75º. No way are we going anyplace without water. Not only did the lady gripe at us, she FOLLOWED US until we left to make sure our water left with us. I found that a bit ridiculous.

To sum up-- I'd like to try to stay in Price Tower during late fall or winter when having an airconditioner doesn't matter. The heat really ruined the stay for me. If we subtract that and the elevator and the crazy lady in the business office-- I'd have a five-star experience. I'm leaving it a 4 stars because of the climate control.