Historic Hotel Bethlehem

Everyone should at least stay at these old world places at least once. We did not get a chance to use the Tap Room or any of the amenities at the hotel since it was Mother's day but once everyone went home, we got a chance to sit in the lobby and take in the grandness of it all. We stayed in 628 and the bathroom was run downed with a cracked sink, peeling paint, and a cracked seat in the shower. The room was better and well appointed. I was wondering if you get this type of room when you use a third party reservation place like Hotels.com.

Okay so first You will NEVER be treated better Staff throughout the entire hotel could not do enough to please Now try to get an inside room so that street noise doesn’t bother you It’s important to remember that this Hotel is well over 100 years old and so Keeping things authentic and accommodating everyone is a tall order. We will definitely be going back!

This hotel has a monopoly given its location. The staff is one of the nicest, in particular the guys outside helping with parking and luggage. However, the hotel needs a makeover. The rooms are tiny, in doubles no queen beds but full. The gym is pathetic (the main machine is missing handles so it is almost useless). Dinner food was ok to good, red wine was bad. But again, helpful and lovely staff.

A throwback to the classic Hollywood hotels seen only in 1940s & 1950s movies, with gorgeous dining rooms & ballrooms, spacious rooms tastefully furnished with antiques, a staff eager to help, a British pub-like bar, mixologists moonlighting as bartenders with stories to tell, and wall of photographs highlighting the many rich & famous guests. And the best room service breakfast in bed at a reasonable price.

This is a beautiful historic hotel. However, the AC / heating system is not good enough to accommodate the variation of temperatures in spring. We arrived on Thursday night. The weather that day was in the 70s. The room was at 76 degrees, with no choice more than to open the windows in a night that was raining since earlier. I complained to the front desk staff and they say the system is either AC or heat. Period. Their offered a fan which we took to help alleviate the heat inside. We had to sleep with open windows and all the humidity from the rain coming, plus the noise that fortunately wasn't much, but still. I inquired the next day, that was going to be colder , and fortunately the heat wasn't on that day. We ended staying for the additional 2 nights, just because the weather was more favorable. At the price point of this hotel, the lack of ability to regulate the temperature is pretty much unacceptable. So, if you want to stay there, pick winter or summer. Not Spring, not Fall.