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2.5 of 5
3510 Millpond Rd, Madison, WI 53718 (Formerly Grand Hotel Madison)
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Magnuson Grand Hotel
Ranked #29 of 61 hotels in Madison
4.0 of 5 stars 34 Reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Great place to stay if in Madison on east side.”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 February 2012
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I recently stayed 3 nights at this hotel when in Madison on business. This is my second time staying here, and I will return again. I selected this hotel originally due to it's proximity to the company I was visiting on business, and secondly, because of the great rate it offered on an upscale suite.

I stayed in one of the Jacuzzi suites. These have a King bed, separate sofa and chair, small fridge and microwave, and a two person oversized jacuzzi tub in a second room of the main. There is also a standard bathroom with shower and vanity as well.

PLUS:
Very large room, with the huge jacuzzi tub to relax in at the end of the day, or to play in if traveling with another.
Fridge and microwave to allow you to have snacks or drinks, or to store perishable medicines if you are a diabetic.
Very comfortable bed with lots of pillows.
Good location just off the interstate.
Low rates for a suite - paid only $16 more per day for a jacuzzi suite, than nearby hotels or motels were asking for a standard room.

NEGATIVES:
Internet Access was free and wireless, but the signal strength was poor in my room, making connections slow.
A/C was rather noisy when running, but room temp was comfortable even with outside temps at zero.
Poor lighting in room - could use higher wattage bulbs in one or two of the desk lamps.

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  • Stayed January 2012, travelled on business
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Palatine, Illinois
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“great experience”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 October 2011

staff were all friendly, hotel was super clean, breakfast was good, met all my expectations.

  • Stayed October 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Amazing place! Would return asap!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 September 2011 via mobile

This hotel was magnificent. Staff was super nice during every shift I encountered, always willing to please the guests. Rooms were very clean and the jacuzzi is big and very inviting. Special thanks to Aaron the hotel manager for making out stay a memorable one. Will definitely come back any day!

The one thing we didn't like was the breakfast. Could improve on that department.

  • Stayed July 2011
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Aaron Pruefert, Manager at Magnuson Grand Hotel, responded to this review
16 September 2011
Thank you so much for the feedback! I am so happy that your stay was positive overall. I would be grateful for some further feedback on the breakfast. We are always looking to change up our breakfast items to meet guest preference. I hope to you have stay with us again soon. Let me know what we can do to improve, we always appreciate all feedback!
-Aaron Pruefert
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“Nothing "grand" about this hotel”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 August 2011

Our room smelled disgusting, very musty and stale, perhaps it was previously a smoking room. The pool was ok, nothing fancy, but the hot tub smelled moldy and dirty. There was hair (from the previous guests) in the tub and on the bathroom floor. We didn't sleep well as the matresses were uncomfortable and the pillows flat. The popcorn in the lobby was nice. The hot breakfast was good, but like another reviewer mentioned, I was suprised that there wasn't some sausage or bacon to go with the eggs!

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Aaron Pruefert, General Manager at Magnuson Grand Hotel, responded to this review
10 August 2011
If you feel previous guest smoked in room, please contact us so that we can move you immediately! Unfortunately this does happen from time to time. For your safety, public hot tubs have chemicals in them but these chemicals do sometimes emit an odor. Guests sometimes complain that our pillows are too fluffy, I have never heard that they are too flat but we will gladly bring additional pillows anytime a guest requests it. Our breakfast offers eggs, either biscuits and gravy or corn beef hash, various yogurt, cereals, oatmeal, donuts, Belgium waffles, bagels, muffins, English muffins, toast, fresh fruit, juices, teas and coffee; all included with stay. Please give us a chance to address issues during stay when they arise and we will do everything we can do resolve them! Thank you for your feedback!
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“A bit of a scam”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 July 2011

My mother and I stayed at this hotel for 3 days. It was a very hot week (heat advisories), and I was really looking forward to air conditioning, but the room we were given didn't have an a/c unit that worked properly (it blew out cool air, but not cold air, which was needed in the 90+ temperatures with humidity). Since my mother is 70 and disabled, I helped her to the room and lugged all of our stuff in before discovering that the a/c wasn't working (all a/c is off in the rooms when they're not occupied, so it was initially quite hot in the room). I went to the front desk and was given another room. The second room had fine a/c, but the room safe was not working (the panel had been torn off and there was tape on it to keep it in place). I'd borrowed my husbands netbook for the trip because I knew the rooms had safes and although normally I might hide the computer in my car without a safe, it was far too hot to be able to do that. The desk clerk, after a long wait, came up and tried the safe, but couldn't get it to work either, and she said that there was no one there to fix it. I ended up checking two other rooms and one had a safe that didn't work and the other didn't even have a safe. The desk clerk was pleasant, and said she'd try to look for another, but it took so long for her to help the first time, and it was getting late and we hadn't eaten dinner yet, so finally I told her that we'd stay in the room for the night and would change to one with a/c and a working safe the next day, and I asked her to take off the room safe fee for the night. I then had to carry the netbook with me when we went out, which although it's not heavy, was not fun in the heat and while helping my mother. We also didn't totally unpack since we knew we'd have to move, so that wasn't ideal. The next day a different desk clerk gave me a room to try, but again, no working safe. She then tried to find one that did, but couldn't. She was going to have me go back downstairs with her to give me other keys, but I told her that I'd wait in the room for her to find one (I'd left my mother alone all of this time). After quite a wait she called me and said that she and the manager had checked all of the available rooms (and there must have been quite a few since not that many people staying there during the week we were there), but none of them had a safe that worked. None of them!? So we stayed in the room, and they let me keep the netbook in the hotel safe (which meant I had to wait at the desk every time I wanted to leave it or pick it up). On the second day as we were going out in the early afternoon the manager asked if we wanted someone to come and fix the safe in the room, but since my mother didn't want anyone to go in while we were out that wasn't feasible, and I asked why we weren't told that someone could have fixed the safe earlier in the day since we'd been there quite awhile. The manager, whose first name is Aaron I believe, was rather rude and said that I should have known someone could come and fix it since I'd been told the day before that the person to fix it wasn't there that day. Am I supposed to know their maintenance schedule? Since I had many interactions with the clerks and with the manager, they could have easily said to me when they could send someone to fix it, but they didn't say anything at all.
Now while this is not earth-shaking stuff, what is interesting to me is that they charge $1 per night per room for room safes that don't work. Most people aren't going to make a fuss about such a small charge, but when you add it all up across all rooms, they're making quite a bit for something that they don't actually have.
There weren't too many other issues with the hotel, although the tub didn't drain.
On the good side, the breakfast was nice, and the guy who was there all three mornings was very friendly and helpful. But for me that isn't enough, so I'd have to say that I wouldn't stay here again.

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  • Stayed July 2011, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Aaron Pruefert, General Manager at Magnuson Grand Hotel, responded to this review
10 August 2011
We took care of A/C problem by promptly moving guest to room that blew colder air during heat wave. Almost every hotel in the world offers a safe due to potential liability of lost items. Guest happened to have problems with their safe when maintenance was off duty. When we offered maintenance at any time over an 8 hour period when maintenance was on duty, guest said they would be gone during those 8 hours and didn't trust maintenance in their room while they were gone. We cannot resolve issue if guest will not allow us into room. We accommodated guest by locking up laptop in hotel safe at the desk. Our guests leave their laptops out in their room everyday and none have ever gone missing. I understand desire to keep the laptop safe and we did that by keeping it locked in the hotel safe. $1.00 safe fee refunded anytime upon request and fee is much lower than most hotels. We care about our guests experience and do everything in our power to accommodate.
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Address: 3510 Millpond Rd, Madison, WI 53718 (Formerly Grand Hotel Madison)
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