Figuring spending $100 a night for a hotel, I didn't expect the Ritz, however this was just pretty sad.

The bed was uncomfortable, with mis-formed sheets that pulled off the bed all night. Upon my departure I found small bite marks all of my skin, and found obvious signs of bed bugs.

The room was 2 rooms away from the elevator, which made a terrible loud noise all night, and I was unable to sleep the whole weekend.

The internet was VERY slow, and went down for minutes at a time.

The "continental breakfast" was old dry pastries, god knows how long they've been serving those.

When we arrived at the Terrace we had to circle the city block three times before we could park. 6th Street is very busy and there is a small area in the front used for valet, but it was full. We went to the parking lot around the side of the building, and carried all of our stuff quite a way. The check in counter is on the 8th floor. We got there only to wait in line for about a half an hour. Then they couldn't find our reservations. Four of us were going to a Reds game and had made the reservations 4 weeks prior. This was a mess, even though we had our reservation confirmation info. They had to make all new reservations for us. We got up to our room on the 10th floor, and at this point I noticed the whole place seemed very run down. Watch your step in the halls, you could trip on the carpet that is coming apart. The room was small and musty, and our orignal reservation was for two king beds. There was one king bed and a couch. We called the desk and they told us the couch folded out into a bed. When we told her it didn't, she told us all of their couches folded out. Guess what, it didn't. After the second call downstairs, maintenance brought us two roll-away beds that felt like sleeping on a sheet on springs. We went to the Reds game and returned to find the bathroom sink (that looked like it was ready to fall apart) had leaked and water was covering the bathroom floor. Of course I was the one who had changed clothes and left them in the floor so they were soaked. I called and complained about all of this, and they did send up a maintenance guy, but did no service recovery what so ever. The bar tender at the very small bar area on the 8th floor was nice, but they closed at 12 on Saturday night. This was the worst hotel experience I have ever had. We have stayed at the Garfield Suite two times prior (they were booked that weekend) and I would recommend that place to anyone. Good luck.

Booked this hotel because the corner suite was roughly the same price as several other hotels' regular rooms. There were little things that could have been nicer, but overall I thought it was nice. Huge bathroom, comfortable beds, great views of the city and river; I reccommend the corner suite for sure. There was a plumbing problem with our room before we arrived, so we were switched to a king room (which was fine) at a reduced rate. I liked that the problem was solved before I ever knew about it, and all they needed to do when I checked in was tell me why there had been a change. Good location, the staff were all very nice and helpful, and we all enjoyed the stay. I would stay here again.

I booked our room at the Cinci Blues Society festival rate of $79. I came to this site and saw the reviews and got rather nervous. But then I thought the Society wouldn't do us wrong, so we came on up from TN. It is true the hotel is an older building, but Cincinnati is an old city and we like old things! The staff was great, the valets greeted us as we pulled up, very pleasant (after I was stressed trying to find the hotel with some streets blocked off for a race) and we opted to self park in a garage across the street and down an alley from the hotel for $9 instead of the valet cost of $20. We unloaded our bags onto a luggage cart, they watched our things while we parked, then they helped us up to the room. It is on the 16th floor, king size non-smoking. It is clean and comfortable, the AC works great, and we have great view of the city. We plan to stay here again next year. The only thing I miss is a self lock safe in the closet. We looked at the terrace and a couple ballrooms, this is an elegant place, but some of the carpet does need replacing. But the location and rate can't be beat, and we're happy! Time to catch a cab and head back to the festival!