This is a great old hotel, and a perfect alternative to predictable cookie cutter chain properties. Now, you can read a lot into that sentence...

It is an old hotel. Not everything can stay in perfect condition for over 100 years. I hope I can look that good when I'm that age. I think the management has done a fine job keeping the original look and feel while making sure the doors seal, the locks lock, and the fixtures function. The updates aren't too out of place, unlike some older-but-updated hotels.

It's an alternative to chain hotels. If you like your soulless predictable room, generic hotel bar, and adjacent parking garage, go book the Sheraton. I've stayed there, it's nice.

The weekend rates are pretty spectacular. We paid $89, and it was well worth twice that. The In-Room Jacuzzi was large enough to bathe an elephant. The rest of the room was quite spacious, the fridge was a helpful touch. The bed was more than comfortable, and the amenities were of good quiality.

As a Saturday guest of the hotel, we were entitled to 50% off Sunday brunch in the outdoor restaurant. It was without a doubt the best $16 meal I've ever had. King Crab, shrimp, steak, desserts, mimosas, all a great experience.

The neighborhood is great, you can easily walk to a Blues Bar, a brewery, nightclubs, restaurants, shopping, but the hotel itself is in a quiet semi-residential area.

I honestly have no idea why the property has rated so poorly here. I think it's great, and I am a highly seasoned traveler--9 months a year for the last 7 years. Maybe I got lucky.

Thought I was going to be staying at a charming old historic hotel -- that's what it looks like from the photograph on the website. And while the façade is a beautiful old Victorian, inside its charmless, 1970s hotel furniture, bad pinkish beige walls and slightly odd smelling. The staff was very helpful, breakfast was great, I was staying there for work in the conference center was only two blocks away. Nevertheless, I hate conference hotels and yet would have preferred it over the Sterling.

One of the worst hotels I've ever stayed out. Okay, THE worst. Worse than most Motel 6's. The carpet felt greasy when I was barefoot in my room. The tub didn't drain while i was showering, so although it looked gorgous, I hate showering with water around my ankles. The TV was fuzzy and the remote didn't allow me to access closed captioning, which is a must for me, as I was traveling with a child and use CC when I'm TV watching when she's asleep. The sleeping portion of the room was shabby, worn, dirty looking. The bathroom was very nice, however.

We attended a party there, and their accomdations for receptions and parties is very nice. So book the reception there, but don't book a room to sleep in.

The first impression was that this hotel was not the hotel pictured on the web site. The impression is of a Victorian house with yard in nice residential street. I might have read too much into it but the hotel looked shabbyier than the picture. The room I stayed in was the same. Not quite what was advertised. The room I was given was adjacent to some sort of motor that went off all night waking me up frequently. To be fair they removed $65 off my bill when I complined in the morning. It did not live up to the web site hype. I will not return.