Hotel Omni di Houston

The room seemed clean. It was spacious. The bed mostly comfortable. The room mostly quiet. However, the decor is like stepping back in time to the 1980’s tv show “Dallas”. The bathroom has a bidet. The marble counters are beige with mauve lines…. And, it has paisley wallpaper. Yes, paisley! It is not necessarily worn, but just dated. Very strange decor. The unfortunate happening is that I was attending a conference that lasted until end of day Friday. However, we were forced to check out at noon. My colleague left her bag with the front desk and they lost it! The front desk folks seemed scattered and their excuse: they have over 100 bags to store! Ok, if they are going to host conferences, they need to have systems in place to handle the large groups and their luggage. What an unorganized mess. They eventually found the luggage near the front desk, not in a secured area. Also, the hotel has nothing nearby/walking distance. They have “galleria” in their name, but when I inquired how to get there… they said it is 3 miles away… a shuttle bus would take you and pick you up, after arrangements are made. 3 miles away… they took creative liberties in claiming the “galleria” in their name. Considering there is nothing nearby, I asked where their gift shop/sundry shop would be. The front desk pointed me to a tray of candy bars. Yes, one tray of candy bars was their “gift shop”. The conference was crowded in the meeting rooms and too many people crowded around the dining table. The food was typical hotel fare. All in all, the experience was just “ok”. I definitely wouldn’t choose to have a conference at this hotel. And, I definitely would not choose to stay here, if not for business and the conference. The experience was just “meh”.