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brandie346 Jun 28th, 2007 07:01 PM

Ridiculously good hotel bed in Atlanta
 
Hi all,

Long time no talk!

I'm thinking of treating myself to a nice hotel stay in Atlanta. Looking for recommendation on the best, most luxurious hotel bed in town.

Thanks y'all!

brandie346 Jun 28th, 2007 07:03 PM

Price unimportant. Located within 20-30 miles (will drive for feather beds!).

hills27 Jun 28th, 2007 07:10 PM

Had a great bed at Twelve at Atlantic Station. The rooms are huge, too. Basically a one-bedroom quasi-loft style apartment.

brandie346 Jun 29th, 2007 12:46 PM

Thanks Hills!

starrsville Jun 29th, 2007 12:51 PM

I would do the Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton Buckhead. I've never been disappointed with the Heavenly Beds - check out the Starwood group properties. You can also try Priceline for a 4star hotel for less than a $100 on the weekends.

The Sheraton Midtown has great Heavenly beds but its closing to change into a W hotel.

Glad to see you back on the boards. Hope you are doing okay.

starrsville Jun 29th, 2007 12:54 PM

Here's a review of the Ritz Downtown's Frette linens and feather duvets.
http://atlanta.citysearch.com/review/2989278

If you want a nice alternative to Atlanta, the Ritz on Lake Oconee at Reynolds Plantation is wonderful too.

hills27 Jun 29th, 2007 01:09 PM

I've stayed at the Ritz downtown. I didn't think the bed was all that great. And the room was tired, the phone didn't work, and the HVAC made a horrible rattling noise. The hotel feels like a run down Marriott.

starrsville Jun 29th, 2007 01:11 PM

Listen to hills. I've not stayed there. I have stayed at the Buckhead and Oconee locations. I've not stayed at the 4S Atlanta either, but love the Palm Beach location.

You can't go wrong with a Heavenly bed IMHO.

MikeT Jun 29th, 2007 01:12 PM

The Westin Peachtree.

starrsville Jun 29th, 2007 01:27 PM

Come on up to the mountains! I'll put you on a pretty darn good bed with very high thread count sheets (that don't pill :-) )

hills27 Jun 29th, 2007 05:57 PM

The Westin Peachtree is very tired. If you want the heavenly bed, the Westin in Buckhead is better. Can you tell I've stayed in half the hotels in Atlanta?

Starrsville, where in the mountains do you live?

hills27 Jun 29th, 2007 06:00 PM

The 4S in Midtown is pretty tired, too. Not worth the money, in my opinion. But I think they are renovating shortly.

In general, Atlanta's room supply is very tired. It needs updating desperately. It's going to be very hard for these hotels to compete when the St. Regis opens in Buckhead and the brand new downtown W opens (not the midtown Sheraton conversion, but the new one downtown).

MikeT Jun 29th, 2007 06:27 PM

I agree that the Westin Peachtree is tired, but the bed is great which is the point. Admittedly, it is the same bed as the one in Buckhead, but at least you aren't stuck in Buckhead. While downtown is dull, at least it's near interesting things. Buckhead is like anyplace-USA.

dafajua Jun 29th, 2007 06:51 PM

You cannot go wrong with the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead, excellent beds and classy. We stay there often.

hills27 Jun 29th, 2007 07:01 PM

True, Buckhead is dull. Personally, I prefer midtown.

TxTravelPro Jun 29th, 2007 07:12 PM

Ritz Carlton Buckhead is in horrible condition... and there were tons of hookers in the bar. Seriously.

My favorite ATL hotel is The Glenn, which is near the Omni.
Great place!!!

hills27 Jun 29th, 2007 08:31 PM

Hate to break it to you, but there are always tons of hookers in high end hotels. Particularly those that cater to businessmen.

TxTravelPro Jun 30th, 2007 06:29 AM

Maybe so, but these gals were very obvious hitting on every guy in the place... even when said men were with a group of women.
They were like street hookers and skanky which is not generally tolerated in a high end establishment.
'Classy' and discreet hookers are more common in truly high end places. The employees know who they are but they operate under the radar of guests that might be offended.
The Ritz Buckhead is way past it's prime and definitely NOT a high end hotel. It needs to become a Doubletree or Hilton.

hills27 Jun 30th, 2007 08:52 AM

Or a Marriott, since that's who owns Ritz.

starrsville Jun 30th, 2007 10:19 AM

hills, the mountain place is in Rabun County.


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