The Alluvian — Hotel in Greenwood

The luxury hotel Alluvian in Greenwood, MS, continues to receive moderate ratings for a reason. Despite charging luxury hotel prices, the facility is out of place in its location. Further, it doesn’t provide amenities that are almost compulsory for luxury hotels, such as easy access to coffee or tea, complimentary or otherwise. We chose this hotel for the convenience of attending a Viking Cooking class, which was an excellent experience. If we attend another class, we’ll look for other accommodations. ||Location: The hotel is one of the few signs of commercial enterprise for several blocks. Always consider the surroundings of a hotel before traveling on foot after dark. Driving to the hotel was reminiscent of a post-apocalyptic small-town movie scene. When we arrived, two men, sloppy in appearance, greeted us at the curb. They offered to take our luggage; we declined. We never saw these men awaiting other travelers for the rest of our stay, which has left me wondering. No valet service was offered at this luxury hotel, only directions on where to first try parking, and then where to go if that parking lot was full.||The Hotel: The interior of the hotel is clean and well-maintained. We booked the hotel’s version of a suite, which is more often categorized as Jr. Suite in other hotels. The couch was well-used and in need of replacement. There was no television in the sitting area and no whole wall or door to separate the sitting and sleeping areas. A proper suite often affords one person an opportunity to nap, undisturbed, while another occupant works or watches TV in the sitting area. The air conditioning was only sufficient to keep the room from getting hot. If you prefer a cool sleeping temperature, this won’t be optimal. The temperature and a mattress well past the replacement date made our stay unrestful.||Amenities: If you are an early riser who likes their coffee soon after waking up, bring your own solution. No complimentary coffee or tea was offered in the room, lobby, or ground floor near the hotel’s ingress and egress points. If the hotel did offer coffee or tea, outside of breakfast service, it was not conveyed to us when asked. As alluded to, we had to wait until breakfast was available on the fourth floor. Arrive with your drinks and snacks. The hotel’s selection is minimal, and they charge a premium, as most hotels do. The adjoining restaurant, Giardina’s, is quaint and a good dining option. However, the hours make access restrictive, Mon-Sat 5PM-10PM. The higher, but appropriately priced dining, may be an unwelcome expense to most, caused by a lack of convenient options. Other dining choices would require...

The luxury hotel Alluvian in Greenwood, MS, continues to receive moderate ratings for a reason. Despite charging luxury hotel prices, the facility is out of place in its location. Further, it doesn’t provide amenities that are almost compulsory for luxury hotels, such as easy access to coffee or tea, complimentary or otherwise. We chose this hotel for the convenience of attending a Viking Cooking class, which was an excellent experience. If we attend another class, we’ll look for other accommodations.

Location: The hotel is one of the few signs of commercial enterprise for several blocks. Always consider the surroundings of a hotel before traveling on foot after dark. Driving to the hotel was reminiscent of a post-apocalyptic small-town movie scene. When we arrived, two men, sloppy in appearance, greeted us at the curb. They offered to take our luggage; we declined. We never saw these men awaiting other travelers for the rest of our stay, which has left me wondering. No valet service was offered at this luxury hotel, only directions on where to first try parking, and then where to go if that parking lot was full.

The Hotel: The interior of the hotel is clean and well-maintained. We booked the hotel’s version of a suite, which is more often categorized as Jr. Suite in other hotels. The couch was well-used and in need of replacement. There was no television in the sitting area and no whole wall or door to separate the sitting and sleeping areas. A proper suite often affords one person to nap, undisturbed, while another occupant works or watches TV in the sitting area. The air conditioning was only sufficient to keep the room from getting hot. If you prefer a cool sleeping temperature, this won’t be optimal. The temperature and a mattress well past the replacement date made our stay unrestful.

Amenities: If you are an early riser who likes their coffee soon after waking up, bring your own solution. If the hotel had one, it was not shared with us. We had to wait until the breakfast was available on the fourth floor. Arrive with your drinks and snacks. The hotel’s selection is minimal, and they charge a premium, as most hotels do. The adjoining restaurant, Giardina’s, is quaint and a good dining option. However, the hours make access restrictive, Mon-Sat 5PM-10PM. The higher, but appropriately priced dining, may be an unwelcome expense caused by a lack of convenient options. Other dining choices would require...

First you should understand it’s a shame that the management here doesn’t think it’s worth the time to respond to some of these poorer reviews. The Greenwood chamber of commerce should meet with the owners of the hotel and make sure they are keeping everything on point because it is obviously why any business there is still viable. Town depends on the tourism. The hotel is “nice”. It’s charming in appearance, especially in that town. If they were smart they would move their tiny bar to the opposite side of the lobby to the completely unused space. The bar made good drinks and the bartenders were very friendly. The check in staff was friendly but looked totally unprofessional. Random tshirts on. The room was ok, nothing special. Bed was comfortable and the shower had awesome water pressure. The included breakfast Buffett was nice. Food was hot and fresh. Staff was very accommodating. Now to the restaurant. There’s a cooking school attached to this hotel that supports it as well. All I can say is that they should be embarrassed by the restaurant. First of all…..worst environment I’ve ever eaten in. Maybe in a pandemic you can justify eating in a dressing room but I’d rather get sick. It was ridiculous. And you had no way of getting your waitresses attention. First of all, we got our appetizer, salad and main course all at once. My second biggest pet peave. I got the chicken parmigiana. I mean the place is called Giardinas. It was horrendous. Literally. Luke warm. The “angel hair” pasta looked like it was reheated in the tomato sauce. Like left overs. The chicken was way too breaded and they literally burnt the cheese on top. Not browned. Black. I could go on but this was a terrible restaurant. Go into town to eat. Crystal, Vine or Fran and Johnnys. The spa was “good”. Mainly because I had it to myself. My massage was average. Steam room was nice. Didn’t get to do the cooking school and sadly probably won’t go back for it. The Viking cooking store was fun. I do love to cook and this store was a candy shop. I really do hope they don’t continue that kind of business. The town really does deserve for them to stay on point. Not gonna make it with present...