I’ve never stayed at a Hotel Indigo before; I don’t know much about them, but they are a member of Priority Club, which puts them in the sane family as Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, if I remember correctly.
The accomodations weren’t bad at all, save for the fact that the air conditioner was set to 62 degrees when I walked in. 24 hours later, it had warmed all the way up to 70; fine for most, but a bit cool for my Phoenix blood.
The hotel is obviously about style and design, to the point where there were some obvious places where function took a back seat to form- the bathroom sink and shower come to mind (see photos below).
They had a small, relatively open bar in the lobby called PHI; when I asked about that and their “Phitness Center”, I was told that their design was inspired by Leonardo DaVinci… I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s a good story. Don’t know if that alone would make me stay there again, as opposed to any other hotel (PHI is apparently part of a fibonacci sequence, though I don’t know how, and I haven’t sat down to try and figure it out.
Drinks were not terribly overpriced at the bar. No complimentary breakfast that I noticed, continental or otherwise, but they do have some simple Starbuck’s drinks that they make right there.
If you want to find a hotel that is not the cookie-cutter plain hotel room, and don’t mind the lack of freebies, then you may want to see if there is a Hotel Indigo around the next time you travel.
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