The DeSoto Savannah

Loud! That is my take away. The hotel itself (lobby, location) is great. The rooms are clean, water plenty hot (love that). But as Jim D said, none of that matters if you can’t sleep. I can say with certainty, that this is the noisiest hotel I have ever stayed in. Mind you we were on a corner with a great view. But you can hear everything outside, people talking, trucks, a dog two blocks away and some very loud, drill into concrete sound at 5:45 am! ( no idea what that was). It did not help that the first night our sliding door would not close all the way . The next morning I realized, they just left masking tape on it from a painting job… from what looked like a year ago, and it was slightly off the track. Two easy fixes no one bothered to do. I never reached out to management, nothing

This hotel was fairly quiet which was good. The people who work there were very friendly and helpful. The in hotel breakfast / coffee area's food selection left a bit to be desired. We did not eat at the hotel's restaurant because we were honestly kinda turned off from the breakfast area and had a feeling the restaurant would be the same. As far as the rooms go, the beds were not bad, the room was not bad, but unless you had a executive suite (we did have that executive suite), the bathroom door opens straight next to the toilet and many of the people we were with had to nearly climb over the toilet to get to the shower. They also said that the towels hang just over the toilet and easily fall into the toilet if you aren't very careful. As far as location goes, no complaints. It was close

Positive: The front desk and also the valet team Negative: I left something in my drawer when I transferred rooms. I asked at the front desk 7 am and they said housekeeping didn't come in until 8 so I had to leave it behind. Since I transferred within the hotel, it would have been nice if they'd notifed me

Location was great and the staff was friendly and helpful. Took a while to find the concierge but she was also helpful. We had a room with an adjoining door to another room which was not well insulated from noise so we were able to hear the conversation next door. However otherwise the room was well appointed and clean. We had a patio which would’ve been nice if the weather had cooperated. Beds were very high so a little leap was necessary to get on/in. But once in they were very comfortable. Plenty of differing softness pillows. The bathroom did not have grab bars in the bath which made it a little tricky to take a shower. Water pressure was great and the bath soaps, etc., were fragrant.

This is really a unique property with a fascinating history. Cannot beat the location, close to so many things that make Savannah Savannah. The staff is excellent and genuinely seems happy to work there. We had breakfast in the hotel restaurant, and it was really outstanding, best grits ever, and considering it’s a pretty high end hotel, the prices were very reasonable. The only reason why I’m not giving it five stars is the rooms are pretty sparse, there’s no microwave. There’s no refrigerator. There’s no ice bucket!!!!! .There’s no coffee maker and get this, on the balconies there’s no chairs.? When I go to a Hampton Inn, I get all these things (not balcony chairs) and now I’m paying 200 bucks a night (which is off-season promotional rate), and I don’t get any of those things above, b