Homewood Suites By Hilton Charlotte Uptown First Ward

Excellent location in Charlotte as it is close to many activities and venues in town.

Location, staff, breakfast

What a great place to stay!!! This place was my home base for my stay in Charlotte and I don't think I've ever stayed in a better room. I'm going to start with the negatives, they were VERY few but they need to be stated. Negative: Location. Now this hotel is extremely walkable, just don't walk literally one block in the wrong direction (like I did). The blue line trolley system is only two blocks from the hotel, just watch yourself in those two blocks.....HOLY HELL! The whole of Charlotte seems to have a bit of a homeless problem (like most big cities do) but there was an aggression that was almost physical. This is in no way the hotel's fault, just something to think about. Negative: Security. With this place being in the aforementioned neighborhood I can understand why they'd have a security guard in the lobby. What I couldn't really figure out was what that security guard actually did. I watched him play on his phone while homeless people walked in and out, while people were fighting in the hallway, but the one place I DID see him active was at breakfast each day. He was literally the first person to eat each day. Having worked in hospitality, it's usually a bit taboo to eat with the guests, but it's definitely a bit much to eat BEFORE the guests do. Negative: Check in scam??? So I'm a Hilton Honors member, I didn't go through them this time because I found a much better deal on booking and didn't want the absolute headache of calling Hilton and asking them to price match. They front desk man who checked me in took it upon himself to enroll me in Hilton Honors (without my permission) and frakked up my existing account, so I had to call Hilton anyways *le sigh* Alright, that's all the negatives. Let's move on to the reason to stay. Positive: Location. Yeah, yeah I know what I said earlier but if you make a right instead of a left, it's a completely different world.

I think that the breakfast was good. The hotel was a block away from Tryon St., where there are many bar and grills. The room was spacious.

Gorgeous view! We were on the 13th floor and the city lights were stunning from our room! Pretty in the daylight as well. Best hotel breakfast ever!! The breakfast room was beautiful as well, you didn’t feel like you were eating breakfast in a hotel. It was all windows and so beautiful. Loved our room. Very clean, newly updated. Secure, need your room key to use the elevator. Secure valet parking, gated with a code, we paid $45 for this, but the lot next door was $35 and wide open to the public. We drove a Q7 on our way from Buffalo to Orlando so it was packed full. Peace of mind knowing it was parked in a secure place. Location was excellent lots of great restaurants around. The restaurant in the hotel was great as well. We enjoyed a couple of drinks and some appetizers. Highly recommend!