THE BERKELEY GRADUATE REMINDS OF AN INTURIST HOTEL
If you never had a chance to visit Russia when it was still the Soviet Union, the Graduate hotel in Berkeley will giive you a sense of what an Inturist hotel was like. The desk clerks don't smile; they lock the doors at night after about 11; there's one very slow elevator to serve hte rooms on six floors; and you wait in line for 15 or 20 minutes to place your order for breakfast, if you get into line before hte croissants and muffins run out. Oh, and the internet is very slow.
Classic historical hotel built in the mid 1920âs now owned by Hilton. The rooms are old charm and reflect the history of Cal Berkeley. This hotel is just a 7 minute walk to the campus entrance. Immediately outside the hotel is a good variety of shops and places to eat around the neighborhood.
My complaint is the hotel food and service. We were tired and ate an early dinner at the hotel. Food choices were limited and pricey but you had a waitress. My beef is the breakfast. Instead of sit down with a waitress you Get in line order and wait. Breakfast sandwich was a greasy egg and sausage Pattie on a hamburger bun.
The coffee tasted like instant (same as in the rooms) and my daughterâs Matcha drink was terrible.
I expected better from a Hilton owned property and the hotel manager needs to take notice.
Again, go OUTSIDE the hotel for all your meals! I wonât make that mistake again
Hotel was great, the staff was friendly and the rooms were nice. The restaurant downstairs wasnât for me but there is a lot of food options within 2 blocks.
Overall we had good experience except one major issue: the sliding bathroom door failed and locked m daughter inside until I use a cloth hanger to crank it on one end to force it open. We told front desk and they sent someone to fix it but failed. So we had to leave the bathroom door open for the remains time of our stay, which is really inconvenient to say the list!
Our stay here was amazing. Staff for the restaurant and hotel were friendly. Only thing i found to be a down side is that they had everytbing you could need at their little store except mouthwash lol
We had a good trip. The hotel is cute but showing its age. Things are getting a little tired but the place was fun. Breakfast was great. Something for everyone.