Kimpton CARDINAL HOTEL, an IHG Hotel

Great location & close to everything

Was exactly as desired staff was super accommodating and pleasant even with the less enjoyable tasks such as checking luggage on the last day to grab lunch before taking off.

A perfect solo downtown experience.

Great place..I only wish the community room was open the hotel guest

Beautiful property

Beautiful. Elevators. Art deco. Service. Food. All above and beyond expectations. Only downside was the room thermostat that wouldn’t go below 67 degrees for a good night sleep. Too warm with the beddings.

We had a wonderful stay for our anniversary!

This is a beautiful historic property with an exceptional French restaurant (Katherine's) on premises. Rooms are smallish, as you might suspect, but with the quirky Kimpton charm and high quality. There is no parking lot and a lack of on-street parking.

The property was nice enough, but the staff weren't very welcoming at check in or check out. I did get a different staffer that was much nicer when I went downstairs to ask for more towels and pillows which I had to do since neither they nor housekeeping answered the phone. Our "view" on both sides of the room was just random HVAC equipment and the roof which was disappointing. Overall, I'm not sure this property is worth the price point which is disappointing as I've stayed here in the past and had a MUCH better experience.

At first the parking was confusing. The hotel only provides for valet parking. However, there is a parking garage across the street, but it requires you to have an app, i.e. no press the button for a ticket. There is another parking garage behind the hotel on Church St, which is where the valets park you car. it does have a push the button for a ticket entry. The hotel itself was pleasant and the desk staff, especially Kevin, was very helpful in giving directions. My room was clean, nice and I appreciated having an alarm clock which was easy to set. The dining room seemed to have a limited breakfast selection. I only ate dinner there once. The only thing the hotel of this caliber lacked was some sort of business center where you could log in on their laptops and do early check-in with your airline and print out boarding passes. Even La Quinta hotels have that amenity.

Beautiful property. The bar is wonderful and the drinks and food were delicious. The game area is a lot of fun. Walkable to downtown activities.

We really liked the hotel which is in a historic building and most of the staff was outstanding. Most of the people at the front desk and all of the people in the restaurant were just incredible. However, on Sunday, November 23, our room was not made up, and the front desk had asked if I had left the do not disturb sign on, I did not, and I asked for some towels and soaps, and told them not to bother cleaning it up as it was late. They sent nothing and said nothing and so when I left the next morning at five in the morning, I let the person at the desk know and he apologized, but that was it. I’ve been at hotels where this happens before, and they usually go way out of their way to Apologize and try to make things right. I did not get the feeling that anybody was terribly interested here. I rarely leave bad reviews because I know every company/person has a bad day. But here, I think more could have been done if they didn’t have somebody to give me towels or they didn’t have towels they could’ve called my room and let me know. Would’ve been fine. The restaurant was another story. They were most kind and really made you feel welcome.

This hotel was phenomenal. It was impeccably clean. The staff was friendly and helpful, and gave great restaurant recommendations. The hotel had a great gym as well. Everything was perfect.

The hotel is rated to be an amazing place to stay. It has wonderful decorations and strives for excellence but to me falls short. The room size for the price was way too small. Especially the bathroom. There was no microwave. The snacks in the room overpriced. $6 for a snickers this isn’t a stadium. I asked three times for my air conditioner temp to be lowered but they never did. It said 67 but the room felt between 72-74. The elevator has added security but they don’t tell you that when checking in. One elevator was struggling to work. They tried to charge me for valet even though I didn’t use it. This hotel was a more let down.

I’ve stayed at KIMPTON hotels all over the world for the past 15 years.. including this one multiple times. I don’t know what has happened with this property, but it is by far the worst. So many things went wrong with this stay I can’t even begin to list them. I will say this.. everything could have been addressed if there was a single person who gave a damn. Pretty much the entire front desk staff should be fired. Incredibly rude and dismissive, None of them know a damn thing about hospitality. This is coming from someone who has been in the boutique hotel industry for 25+ years.

Room was dirty, the bathroom rug and towels had brown stains (I don’t want to know what it was) I called housekeeping to bring me some new towels and remove the rug. The AC was locked so I had no control over the room temperature and it was unbearably hot. I called the front desk once asking for someone to fix it. They said they would send someone. I waited an hour. They never came. I tried it again. They never came. The bathroom sink was clogged and would not drain. Rather than try and call again for someone to fix it, I just took it apart and fixed it myself. 8:45am multiple knocks on door from housekeeping with DO NOT DISTURB SIGN ON THE DOOR! Could not fall back asleep. I needed to stay a second night and inquired with the front desk about booking a second room. They quoted me a price that was $50 more than Hotels.com and would not come down to match it. I asked wouldn’t they rather I booked direct and was told “I really don’t care” Front desk was rude and dismissive. I’m not sure what’s happened to this property. I’ve stayed here probably a dozen times since this hotel opened, back as far as their opening week in 2016. Honestly it’s more disappointing each time. Unless something changes I’m sure this will be my last stay.

It was a fabulous stay. Thank you so much!

The facilities at the hotel are nice, and the game room can be fun. I wish (personal view) that there was simply more lighting in hotel - the hallways, lobby, restaurant, etc. are fairly dark.

Everything was FANTASTIC from the velvet, check-in, room, amities, restaurant (Kathrine), and all the way to check-out! Definitely will book again!

I love the Cardinal and try to stay there whenever I’m in the area. This time, I found that the pillows were ROCK hard and so thick it was impossible to sleep. Our necks were very sore for the 4 days we were there. Still hurting! Mattresses were lumpy and room service mixed up our order 3 out of 4 times. The croissants were very stale, too. Housekeeping left the accumulating dirty glasses all over the room the entire time.