The Oleander Hotel Room 8, Galveston

Fantastic design in a great...

Liked: Location was great and the room amazing
Disliked: Nothing

Wonderful

Liked: Staff was fantastic helping with an unusual problem of our doing.Beds were VERY comfortable.

Exceptional

We overall enjoyed this small,...

Liked: We overall enjoyed this small, privately owned, historic hotel. It is located in the historical part of the city, quite close to the port. There is a very nice coffee shop within a 5-minute walk, but there is also a coffee maker in the hotel room. The room is quite large with 2 queen size beds with a comfortable mattress and good quality linen. The bathroom is well equipped with everything you need. There is even a clothes steamer, which is not very common in hotels. Excellent water pressure. But I want to draw the attention of the hotel owners to the swinging toilet. This can lead to a big problem. In this room, unfortunately, the air conditioner was noisy, we reported this to the owners, but at the moment they could not fix it, so we simply turned it off. The night was cool, the room was large, so we didn't feel stuffy. I would like to wish the owners to fix these problems, then everything will be fine.

I would not recommend staying...

Liked: The room was nicely decorated but that’s about it.
Disliked: The room had various annoying noises that made it difficult to sleep. The fridge and the AC unit to name a few examples. The toilet was loosely attached to the floor and didn’t feel safe to use. We decided to leave a day early without expecting to get a refund and just cut our losses. The host then thought it would be appropriate to accuse us of loss of revenue because we didn’t cancel the second night. There were no other guests staying at the hotel and plenty of other rooms willing guests could occupy but there were none. I just thought it was it poor taste to host like this and a bad way to run business.

Superb

Disappointing

Liked: Decor was nice
Disliked: Beds/ mattress was very uncomfortable. Cheaper furnishings and bed. For the price it should have been much nicer. Also, didn’t realize what this building use to be. That was my part in not researching better. Nice decor and concept just needs lower price or nicer stuff in rooms. Could have better coffee maker and snacks

A different experience in hotel...

Liked: It was isolated with good privacy
Disliked: Not being able to speak to anyone . No easy accessibility to to a live person. Ambiguous instructions on check in instructions. Not enough outlets to plug devices etc.