Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore
- willow
- First Reviewer
- 4 out of 5
- Avg. Member Rating
- 14
- Reviews
Mixed Review Summer 2008 Visit
- June 16, 2009
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
Compared to hotels I'm used to staying at for business and pleasure, I'd recommend this one. The location is excellent. It's near the airport, but not near enough to be bothered by airplane noise. The building and property, including my room, was well kept up. It has the feel of a nice hotel, as opposed to a motel. Front desk service was prompt, pleasant, and professional. Things that I wasn't so pleased with were the pool, the restaurant, and in-room movies. The pool is small and wasn't kept clean enough. The pool deck area is nice enough, towels are provided, and, fortunately, it was never crowded. The restaurant was terrible during my one breakfast visit. The food was mediocre, way overpriced, and the service was insulting. It was one the few times in my life when I stiffed a waitress. The good news is you can drive a few blocks to a big, new, mall and get an omelette that is twice the size, and twice as tasty, for half the price. My problem with the in-room movies is that they were very expensive. Don't remember the actual numbers. But they charged me more than any other hotel I've ever stayed at, including 5 star properties. To add insult to injury, the charge on my bill at checkout was more than what was quoted on the TV, plus they added an outrageous tax added onto the charge for the movie. In spite of these complaints, I'd still recommend this property.
Maybe I'm too picky
- September 6, 2008
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
PROS: Comfortable bed (very nice, down bedding) Clean Room Clean Bath CONS: Personally, I love going to hotels & cranking the AC, I especially LOVE the 'white sound' those AC's give off:) But this hotel didn't have that at all:( It was a digital monitor, that took (a little longer than expected) to cool down. No noise whatsoever (which is con for me, but perhaps might be a pro for you:)) ALSO The pool boy was cleaning the pool all Saturday morning, at 7am! When I'm on vacation, I like to sleep in, and this cleaning he was doing was EXTREMELY loud. We were on the 6th floor and it woke-and kept-us up...so that was very disappointing. There was also construction going on next door the other mornings...so all in all, mornings sucked, but this is conditional as to where your room is located in the building..just be advised! OH! This was really bad, and I don't think a 'room change' would have helped, buuuuut, the 'black out' curtains...Yea, weren't really keeping the light out...They weren't that heavy duty & after your eyes adjusted to the dark, you could still see out of them-barely-but still...when you see 'black out' you'd expect extreme darkness! BUT! What made it even worse is the front entrance to our room, which had a huge gap under the door, and on all four sides of the door really, allowing the brightly lit hallway lights to come pouring in our room, even into the wee hours of the night! We had to put the pillows down to cover the crack on the bottom, but were out of luck with the rest of the cracks....That was also disappointing...The bathroom door lock didn't work. Not an issue for us, but for some that may be...& vent didn't work.
Wedding night and honeymoon :)
- July 16, 2008
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
We stayed here on our wedding night :) When we arrived the staff was WONDERFUL!!! They had chocolate covered strawberries and water in our room when we arrived!! We asked if we had access to a DVD player so we could watch our wedding ceremony that night but they didn't have one. The man at the front desk called our room and offered to let us use his personal laptop to watch our ceremony! He set us up in the buisness office and we were very comfortable and happy! We stayed an extra day before we flew to our honeymoon destination and had many options of things to do in the area! The hotel is very pretty and we plan to stay there again!!! The beds were so comfortable and the room was very clean! Both of those things are VERY important to me!!!! I can't wait to stay there again....we didn't want to leave!
Review
- July 11, 2008
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
Staff was wonderful and helpful.. And the free shuttle helped us out ;)
solid hilton property
- April 28, 2008
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
A good location for business travellers, right outside the airport. Front desk staff a bit slow processing check-ins, but not a major complaint. Room was comfortable and quiet. Bathroom had plenty of towels of all sizes. Restaurant served a great breakfast buffet. All staff was very friendly. Hotel more suited to the buisness traveller than the tourist trade.