The hotel is a '60's lowrise building surrounded by mega glass structures. The lobby is small and so are the rooms. There's nothing fancy about the place but it's in downtown Dallas.
Would I recommend this hotel: Yes
Date of Stay: October 2005
The immediate surroundings of the hotel aren't that great but it's a short walk to the business district & the West End shops & restaurants. The bus terminal is a couple of blocks away and so is the convention center.
You need a security card to get in the hotel after dark. Management suggests that guests enter the hotel through the back door at night. The Dallas Light Rail & Dart transit center is directly behind the hotel which is a plus and a minus. The minus is that a lot of street people hang out at the station and the plus is the area is highly policed. At night the area in front of the hotel is pretty desolate – best to take a cab back to the hotel.
