Guest User
June 3, 2024
The good: this hotel is very conveniently located and has character. The bad: don't go to it if you intend to sleep. I don't know how they manage to make it conduct sound so well, but my goodness they do. The sounds of laughter, clinking, and dropped plates echoes up the stairwell to a surprising height. The doors block out almost no sound from the hallway. I heard heavy footsteps from above, restaurant sounds from below, and hallway sounds until a late hour. And starting at 5AM you start hearing everyone's alarms. The one thing that seems to be good at blocking noise is the window in the room. It effectively blocked out street noise. But, the hotel staff kept opening the windows in the hallways, which let in street noise. Combined with the ineffective sound barrier in the doors, street noise was annoying JUST BECAUSE OF THE HALLWAY WINDOWS! My usual trick of dealing with noisy hotels - just set the room fan to constant on - didn't work in Hotel Griffon because it had no way to do so. I travel a lot, and stay in everything from roadside motels to high-end convention and business hotels. This is the worst sleep I've had in years.