DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Salt Lake City Airport

Disappointing for a Hilton

The executive room breakfast was pleasant and attended by a very nice server. The large pond outside was nice for a stroll around in the morning. The bed itself was comfortable and the room was nice and large.

The counter staff when checking in made us wait and excrutiating amount of time, and even called a couple in front of us that had arrived later. The check-in cookies were overly sweet and not fresh, but heated. The pillows were abundant, but none of them were comfortable. The TV didn't work, period. If you pushed the power on it would take about 5 minutes to load a blank channel and then if you hit menu or guide it would turn off, and it would also just randomly turn off for no reason. There was bits of damage all throughout the hotel, from pieces of moulding to chips on the cabinets. The soap provided felt impossible to rinse off. My room was not cleaned in the two days I was there. The worst of all however was the fact that I had prepaid for my room and at checkout I was billed for the room again without consent, a fact I didn't realize until arrive home a day later. I had to call them 6 times to speak with someone to reverse this charge, even though from the first call it was acknowledged that this was in error, and I never actually got through to anyone, I simply had to leave a message explaining what happened. I received a call back two days later on my answering machine while at work that it will be refunded to my card and I'm still waiting for that to go through. I will never stay at a Doubletree or Hilton again.

The beds were comfortable. The indoor pool was nice, though we didn't use it. The warm cookies were really good.

The onsite restaurant had terrible food and the service wasn't very good. The server didn't know anything about the local beer they sell there. Of the party of 4 that ate at the restaurant, not one person finished their plate of food. The veggies were much too salty, the steak had no flavor, the fries were cold, and the chicken with salsa was only mediocre. The prices were high for the quality of food and service. They also placed two holds on my card. One for incidentals and one for the room but they held about $50 more than I should have been charged for the room. When I called the front desk I was told that sometimes they charge double for incidentals and that those charges should be dropping off my card soon and I would only be charged for the price of the room.