Description: The Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel is located in the nice Rittenhouse Square area of downtown Philadelphia, about two blocks from the main Market Street, and easily accessible from 17th and Locust streets. We stayed there for two nights in a double room on a Priceline stay that cost about $80 a night.
The hotel looks very impressive from both the outside and the lobby, with a very old-school, elite English feeling to it. It apparently was very recently renovated, and it shows. Our room was fairly spacious and warm-colored, with two double beds, a desk, and decent sized bathroom. The view from our ninth floor room (looking towards the back) was of other buildings, so nothing too impressive.
There were several highlights to the room itself. Both beds were the Sleep Number beds by Select Comfort, meaning that you can adjust the bed to your liking. The room also featured a 32" Plasma Television with High-Definition TV (great for watching a football game!). Other perks included complimentary high speed internet, bottled water, and newspaper.
I had few major complaints with the room I stayed in. The most annoying part of the room was the door to the bathroom, which refused to close properly. Also, the window in the bathroom did not seal properly, so the bathroom became fairly cold in the morning. The room also conspicuously lacked electric outlets in most areas -- there was only one spare outlet near the Ethernet jack. The high speed internet also went out several times (although this appeared to be hotel-wide, as the business center suffered from this problem, too). One final minor complaint -- you have to request express checkout in advance. I had expected a copy of the bill to be slid under the door in the morning, but since I did not request it, no bill was provided until I went down to the desk to check-out. It would have been nice to get a copy to review earlier.
The staff of the hotel were incredibly friendly and a nice asset for my first trip to Philadelphia. They helped accommodate my requests and provided suggestions on where to go.
The hotel also features a bar and restaurant with fairly reasonably priced items, although we did not try it out ourselves. There are vending machines in the hotel with reasonable prices.
From the hotel, it is a quick walk to most of the nice restaurants and shops in the Rittenhouse Square area. Its about a fifteen to thirty minute walk to the Independence Hall area. To get to the hotel, we took a cab from the train station, which took about five minutes.
Overall, I was very satisfied with the Radisson Plaza Warwick and would highly recommend it.
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