Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk Downtown
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Firstly, Check in was not a good experience. They gave me the option to check in on the app. I am a Hilton Honors Member. They allowed me to pick my room. Mind you, they showed the room options! I chose the room the day before arrival. I requested early check in "if possible" which I know isn't guaranteed, but I gave a heads up. Showed up only an hour early. Website states check in at 4. At 3, I was told the room I chose isn't available, they had to move me two floors down and it wasn't ready & couldn't tell me when (but check in is at 4). I drove over 5 hours, was with 2 teenagers and had tickets for an activity at 5. I stored luggage and waited. At 10 minutes prior to check in time, I went up and saw a man (can't remember his name on duty the 25th of May from around 4 ish until 11p.m., who was very rude, because this story gets way worse)! He told me my room wasn't ready but there was something on the 12th. It went from 17, to 15 to 12 and it was 10 minutes to 4. I asked when it would be ready on the 15th. He said he didn't know & check in is 4 or anytime after 4. I told him the website says 4, not anytime after. He continued to be combative & told me I could take the one on 12 or wait & wouldn't tell me when the one on 15 would be ready or attempt to find out. I took12. The room was musty smelling & definitely not up to par with the Embassy Suites I'm used to seeing. It was old and run down & did not mirror the space of the room I saw in the pictures I booked. I was extremely disappointed. The lobby was beautiful. Very deceiving. We quickly refreshed and left. We went and did our activity came back a little before 9, the girls changed to swimsuits and we went to the "rooftop pool" on the 3rd floor.... It was dark, no lighting, very small and shallow water. The cement tiling was loose all over. After about 45 minutes I watched a boy freak out on the side of the pool as a roach crawled over his hand and then scurried across the edge of the pool... I quickly got the girls out and went to the room... I then proceeded to check the beds by lifting the sheets at the mattress corners and found what looked like a dead ant with an egg sack, I think.... Then one of my girls came out screaming as something was crawling on her head and some bug dropped out... likely from the pool... but we were over it all... I went down to the guy at the desk (same guy from checking in & he had the same attitude) showed him the Pic from my bed & he told me the hotel was fully booked & all he could do was give me new bedding. I asked if someone was going to come get the bug and change the bedding. No...he doesn't have housekeeping. So I'm supposed to change bedding on vacation? I don't even want to sleep in the bed at this point. Then the bedding he gives me isn't even what is on the bed, some ratty blue blankets and sheets. A maintenance tech was sent up to help...he was nice, but I already removed the bug while almost vomiting. I asked if I'd get a refund if I found another place to stay...the front desk guy said not for the current night but the second night. Clearly upset that he didnt seem to care one bit & expected me to pay to not sleep here under these conditions & had been checked in less than 7 hours ago and used the room maybe 2 hours. So, he said he would give me $100 off the night. So.... I had to pay almost $230 and pack up and leave the hotel at 11 pm because we were not comfortable sleeping in filth and bugs and the customer service was horrid! This ruins the Hilton & Embassy Suites name. I shouldn't have had to pay for a room under those conditions. I didn't sleep there & was barely in the room. The guy had zero clue what customer service is & really needs to consider a new career! Sad thing is that I have a trip in Virginia Beach booked in June at an Embassy Suites & now I have a sour taste in my mouth about staying there....
Tami Allen
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My family and I are staying at this hotel and will NEVER be back. We have two senior citizen parents stuck on the 10th floor and 3 children UNDER 3 to carry up and down the stairs from the 6th floor because the elevators are not working! After dealing with that and going to get food we were told that the service elevator is available for us. A group of about 15 people including myself and my husband headed down the hallway towards the service elevator. After standing for a little while, a lady (the manager says her name was Roxanne I think ) came to the hallway, closed the door, and stood in front of my husband and I. Another gentleman who works for the hotel opened the door again to allow more people in. At this point the “Roxie” (who is still standing IN FRONT OF my husband and I) tells everyone who did not come with the original group (which we were in) that they would have to leave and wait. She even went as far as to gesture to my husband and I along with that group as if she hadn’t just rudely walked in and stood in front of us moments before. Even more upsetting is she BLATANTLY tried to exclude the two of us as if we hadn’t noticed already that we were the only two African Americans in line. There was a nice lady who walked in with us who even turned around and looked appalled when she attempted to exclude us. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. To be inconvenienced and then blatantly disrespected is UNACCEPTABLE. I will continue to escalate this matter until someone contacts me. I have never experienced anything like this but mark my words it will never happen at this establishment again once I am done. Just stay somewhere else. The food was gross. The shower screeches when utilizing the hot water. Poor communication. The valet guys were the best Update! Elevators were still not working this morning at check out. Imagine waiting in a service hallway with 3 children a stroller and luggage for 5 people in a hotel with 17 floors. Supposedly everyone received a $100 credit for not having elevators almost the ENTIRE stay. That doesn’t even cover a nights stay AND my parents had to go back and request their credit.The manager didn’t even give me an opportunity to voice my concerns before cutting me off and handing us a business card. WHAT A JOKE THIS PLACE IS.
S Byrd
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It is a very nice and beautiful hotel. Staff is quick and nice. Only thing is 30 minutes after check in we got to our room and my son said it is wet on the floor. I check and it was the a.c vent, the water also ran to the living room area. The technician came and checked and said we had to move rooms. There was just to much water. So it took another hour or so to move and we had to go down 6 floors and lose our room and the feel of full privacy. The room had a shared door with another room that our other room didn't have. There was no offer of a discount or something. Wasn't expecting nothing big just considering we wasted some time, our view, and privacy. Update from the 1st time I posted. So we ended up changing rooms 2 more times ( 3 total ) after the a.c leaking the toilet in our new room was splurging out water from between the tank and seat. Then we changed to what we thought was our final room and the toilet was coming off the seal from the floor. We finally got moved to our final room and we just stuck it out there nothing was finally wrong with this room just no shower liner. So the floor got all wet. So we went though a lot of towels. After all of that at the end we just didn't enjoy it all all. We didn't have that time to enjoy the room because we were to busy repacking everything and moving. We got only one night reimbursement and our valet ticket reimbursed. Don't feel like that was enough for what we experienced there. Never will go back. Will add more pic later that my husband has on his phone. This is the only one I have on mine.
Bianca Jiménez
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This was our favorite place to stay when we visit the river walk or anywhere in San Antonio. Staff here is always friendly and always helpful. Embassy is one of the nicer hotels on the river walk in my opinion. My only complaint here is the amount of non guest (homeless people) that you will encounter in the lobby. This hotel offers a really nice breakfast that non guest of the hotel will also come to. It’s mostly buffet style breakfast that is hard to eat after seeing non guest touching and spitting into the food. Sitting in the lobby in the after noon my children 4 - 11 have been approached by non guest that were bleeding only wearing a shirt and underwear. You do not need a room key to enter one of the many doors that bring you into the lobby. Hotel staff does do their very best to try to stop this from happening. I do understand that sometimes people need help, and that San Antonio has a very large homeless problem on and near the river walk area but my family should be able to feel a little safer inside the hotel we are paying to stay at. The non guest that come in and out here are not very friendly and seem to be very strung out. I do want to say thank you to the staff here who are very friendly and do there very best to stop this stuff from happening! This is not a complaint about homeless people as I do understand that people sometimes just need help! This is more of a concern for my family as well as other guest of this hotel.
Gene Brown
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This is an amazing hotel with an excellent location. They have a "happy hour" with 2 free alcoholic drinks and snacks from 5:30pm - 7:30pm, never seen that before and what a nice thing to have! The complimentary breakfast in the morning was excellent, delicious made-to-order omelets and red-skin potatoes along with all the other normal breakfast things. The best complimentary breakfast I've ever had at a hotel. The room was nice and quiet and excellent A/C. The pool was a little small and got busy at night but we ended up going early in the morning our 2nd time and had the pool to ourselves. The location is right on the Riverwalk with a beautiful waterfall right underneath the hotel that makes an amazing backdrop for photos. We didn't have to wait long to check in even on a Saturday at 4:30pm. The staff was very friendly and helpful, giving us recommendations to local restaurants, etc. The hotel felt very safe as they kept all doors locked after a certain time of day except for the front doors. Only complaint would be that the restaurant on-site is too fancy and not appealing to families, no kids menu or anything really for picky eaters so we had to eat elsewhere but there were plenty of options around so no big deal. We were all impressed with this hotel and highly recommend!!!
barbra abrao
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Perfect location for Riverwalk activities without the noise. Breakfast was always abundant and with lots of options. Love the eggs your way omelet station. Staff was nice and helpful. Always cool ac pumping through out the lobby which is great in the heat. The elevators were always running and didn’t lag. While the rooms had everything we needed they need some TLC.
Joann Zamora
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Nearby Attractions Of Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk Downtown
The Alamo
San Antonio River Walk
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Shops at Rivercenter
Hemisfair
Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk
San Fernando Cathedral
Majestic Theatre
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Menger Hotel

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San Antonio River Walk
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Historic Market Square
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Shops at Rivercenter
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Nearby Restaurants Of Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk Downtown
Mi Tierra Cafe y Panaderia
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Domingo Restaurant
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Schilo's
The Esquire Tavern
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Casa Rio
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Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar
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Domingo Restaurant
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125 E Houston St, San Antonio, TX 78205
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4.3
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attractions: The Alamo, San Antonio River Walk, Historic Market Square, Shops at Rivercenter, Hemisfair, Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk, San Fernando Cathedral, Majestic Theatre, Travis Park, Menger Hotel, restaurants: Mi Tierra Cafe y Panaderia, Casa Rio, Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar, Domingo Restaurant, La Panadería Bakery Café, Boudro's on the Riverwalk, Schilo's, The Esquire Tavern, Margaritaville Restaurant - San Antonio, La Margarita Mexican Restaurant & Oyster Bar
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