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not bad. Counting feeling

Can't say the hotel was too bad. However I can say the location is somewhat sketchy. Directly outside of the hotel their is alot of activity going on which is needless to say very questionable. Possible drug deals, ************ and drug doing. There is a gas station/convenience store right there on the premises which too draws a large crowd. However the rooms were ok. I just didn't like that I felt my car would be unsafe in there parking area due to the amount of questionable traffic. So sad to say I never took my luggage out the car in fear someone standing by would notice a bag or two and come back later to check it out. I did choose to leave but not because of the lodging. I think if you can get past the outdoor activity it may make for a nice rest spot.

At approx. 9:30am on 01/01/2023, I called the hotel directly and spoke to a female at front desk before I booked non-refundable reservation for that night. I was advised that they had parking for a box truck behind the hotel. I was also advised that less than 50% of their rooms were booked; so, parking the truck would not be an issue. I arrived at the hotel at approx 5:30pm. There were approx 5 vehicles parked in the front of the hotel including employee vehicles. I proceeded to the back parking lot. You have to drive up a hill with multiple speed bumps to reach the back parking lot. There is no space to turn around (especially if there is another truck already parked in the back parking lot). There is an entrance to the back parking lot. However, there is gate that is permanently locked and completely UNUSABLE!!! I turned around in an extremely tight space and had to drive on curbs to turn around in the back parking lot. I drove to the front of the hotel to park. I had to maneuver the truck around the tight turns to get to the front. This included driving into parking spaces to pull forward and back up. When I parked in the front of the hotel, Raj, the Front Desk Clerk, came out and told me I had to park the truck in the back. He said he would not check me in or give me the keys if I did not move the truck. I told him I would be happy to park in the back if he opened the gate. I told him I had to depart the hotel at 6:30am, and I would be stuck in the back parking lot if vehicles parked in the corners of the parking lot because I would not be able to make the turns to get out. Raj claimed that he did not have keys to the gate. He said the only people that had the keys were the owners, and they were in India. I advised Raj that I was a an IHG Gold Elite Member with a non-refundable reservation at this hotel. I advised him that I called the hotel that morning and the woman at the front desk assured me that I could park my truck in the parking lot with no problem. He said if he checked me in and a guest asked him in the middle of the night why that truck was parked there that he would call me in the middle of the night and demand that I move the truck to the back parking lot. I told him I would not move the truck. I told him he could advise the guest that trucks are not able to park in the back because they would be stuck due to a locked gate. I told him that I was a paying customer with a reservation traveling on business. I told him that there are plenty of spaces around the hotel for guests to park. I told him I found it hard to believe that no one else has a key to the back gate. He said the General Manager, Eva, has a key. I said call Eva and ask her to come unlock the gate. Then, I would move the truck to the back. He called Eva. Reluctantly, Eva told Raj to let me park in the front since I had called the hotel that morning. When he got off the phone with Eva, he told me again that he will call me in the middle of the night to move the

Everything was nice

The front desk staff are always very friendly whenever I come to stay. Housekeeping tends to open my door before I can answer to their knock, they barely give me any time to respond before barging in. On my last day, housekeeping knocked on my door at 9am and proceeded to come on with little to no time to respond. Checkout wasn’t until 11-12 so I don’t understand why they had even come that early. The cleanliness of this hotel is always a hit or miss. My last stay, I noticed that there were orange stains all over the bedding and I didn’t notice until after I’d already slept in the bed.

i stay in hotels full time & have stayed at many other hotels but none of them as good as ESA. ms.joyce & james are both super professional & very kind. the room is in great shape as well. i don’t see myself leaving anytime soon. i can’t think of a single complaint about this place or the service i’ve been provided by the staff. definitely worth booking a room here if you’re planning on visiting raleigh anytime soon.