Walla Walla Hotels

I liked the room, the very soundproof walls/floors in the old section of the hotel. The location puts you surrounded by tasting rooms. We had booked rooms in the conference center section of the hotel and paid a bit more to upgrade to stay in the old hotel. It would have been quieter to be in the conference area; the street running past the front of the hotel is very noisy and looks out at gas station signage. So although we were able to upgrade, we didn't get the best kind of king standard rooms, instead I felt they put us near the elevators and in the rooms that would be least likely to sell later that day. By the hotel staff's own admission, the old section of the hotel was very empty those nights. It felt like in early November that the kitchen had gone into off-season presentation mode. A steak salad I had from the bar menu--since the bar was where most of the energy was the Sunday night we ate there--was soggy with a blue cheese dressing, although it was described in the menu as having a white balsamic dressing. The steak was two giant chunks of dry beef. Not sure it was steak; I asked for it well-done as I'm not much of a beefeater, but thought they'd be cooking sliced steak to-order, not hacking off a big chunk from an already cooked roast. House-made potato crisps were a bit past their prime and definitely made earlier that our order, and cold. Wine selection was good but no sommelier was in the building to assist. Coffee pot in-room was entirely plastic and there was no cream or sugar (or white stuff of any kind) for the nasty in-room brewed coffee. No tub in our room only a very nice large shower.

Clean room and great breakfast.

Very clean and always enjoy the breakfast. The coffe was excellent.

One of the things I like about staying at a Hampton Inn is that they are pretty consistently good. There are rarely unpleasant surprises. You know what to expect and they usually deliver a dependably comfortable stay. This Walla Walla hotel fits this description perfectly. The room was clean and comfortable, the public areas of the hotel were attractive and well-kept. The breakfast was much better than the average free breakfast. No surprises...just what I wanted. In this case, we were visiting our son at Whitman College, which is on the other side of town. It's not an insurmountable distance, but it would have been nicer to be closer to campus and the downtown area. Next time we visit, we will look at some closer alternatives, but I suspect they may not be quite as nice as the Hampton Inn. Like so many things in life, there are trade-offs...

This was a great value. The whole place is pretty new. The breakfast was hot, fresh and had good enough variety. The room had a mini-refrig for storing food and drink. The TV was a newer HD flat screen. Nearly everything was better than good. The near deal-breaker was the toilet seat (really). I am only 5'6' and it was nearly too small/short for me. The building's HVAC system also was a little noisy in our room.