Late last year I booked a Classic Double for 2 nights at $300/night (plus tax) at the Hotel Frank. With, I thought, pictures to support my booking. Last week I was checked into a basement room with no windows. A room Iwouldn’t have paid $25/night for. When I complained, I was told the hotel had had other complaints, and recently clarified on Hotels.com that this was, indeed, a basement room. Too bad they never told me!
I’m writing from my 15’x8’ room. All black, with LED strip lighting and three wall mirrors. Presumably to make the room look larger and brighter. But all this does is cheapen the experience further. While the room has an in suite bath, it is not a separate room. The bed faces the shower. Sink is on the bedroom wall. Only the toilet is behind a door. There is no closet or dresser. With 3 steps from the shower to my bed, there is no room for laying out luggage. Let alone share with a second person. Lastly, the room appears to be under a restaurant. I can hear footsteps and chairs sliding on the floor! At 11pm!! And again at 8am!!!
It’s outrageous that a hotel could get away with such false advertising. And that when asked to return my pre-payment so that I could find another hotel to stay with, the hotel staff could only shrug and say “you booked a basement room, there is nothing I can do”. But it would be even more outrageous if, after reading this review, sites I rely on for regular travel booking continue to carry the Hotel Frank on their platform.