Hampton Inn & Suites Minneapolis/Downtown — Hotel in Minneapolis

Minneapolis MN - April 24-27 My boyfriend and I stayed at the Hampton for a getaway weekend together. We drove 6 hours from the Chicagoland area to Minneapolis. The drive was long but really beautiful once we got into upper Wisconsin and into Minnesota. The hotel is beautiful and brand new! They said it just opened about a week ago which was really nice. Everything was in working order and looked clean and ready to go. It's located pretty much in the middle of the city on 8th street. It's also connected to the skyway system which makes it easier to get around during bad weather. Hampton is kiddy corner to the UNION restaurant which has an AWESOME brunch on Sundays. They have a rooftop seating area with a retractable glass roof that they open when the weather is nice. When we were there they had it open half way and we sat outside next to a few large heaters that made it very comfortable. It is a very busy place there on Sundays because the brunch is so popular so I would definitely recommend reservations like we did. 11am reservation - got there at 1050am expecting to wait but we were seated right away. Servers are so chill and make it a relaxing environment even though they have music blasting the whole day. Mimosas are BOTTOMLESS for $10 with the purchase of food...yes I said bottomless for $10...such a steal. And no they don't skimp on the booze, it's quit the experience there. Definitely a place to check out if you had one too many the night before and are looking for a fun atmosphere and great food. All American breakfast was really good too!

The hotel says they have parking for $13 PublicRamp or $30 for valet. The parking ramp does not have in and out privileges, meaning you pay every time you leave the parking garage. We used valet for $30 a day because we planned on driving around a lot. The valet guys were always super nice and attentive. We would call from our room down to the front desk and give them our ticket number and within 10 minutes or so our car was parked out front. Well worth the $30 per night if you ask us and we asked for our car a lot! We had room #533 - King bed, chaise lounge chair, walk in shower. Beautiful room and at the end of the hallway. But don't forget to have your room key with you at all times. The elevators have a neat security feature that makes you wave your card in front of a sensor before it will go to the level you want. We had our room cleaned every day: sheets changed, bed made, bathroom cleaned. The Hampton is located a few blocks away from Nicollet Mall, Manny's Steakhouse and Rock Bottom Brewery....just to name a few places. Also it's right next to Target Field (where the Minnesota Twins MLB baseball team plays). Everything is within walking distance and you always feel safe. There was a constant police presence in the city, day or night. We left our hotel at 8pm on Friday night to get some wine and found this little liquor store called Haskell's. Totally cool place you need to check out if you want a HUGE selection of wine and odd beers. But we saw police cars everywhere and never felt unsafe, which is a great bonus coming from the Chicagoland area. The hotel offers a free breakfast which was really good surprisingly. Eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, pastries, hard boiled eggs, cereal, juices, coffee, biscuits and gravy. And make your own waffles, which were amazing! Really fluffy and golden brown every time....so good. Overall the trip was amazing and this hotel was definitely worth the 6 hour drive. We will...

On the night of May 1st, 2025, I arrived in Minneapolis exhausted after a long day of travel. I went directly to the Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Minneapolis (19 8th St S), where I had a confirmed reservation. I was in Minneapolis to represent my university and present my research abstract at an international conference, a research project that I am very proud of. What happened next was deeply traumatizing.||||When I approached the front desk to check in, the staff member (Jesse) remained dismissive, offered no help, and became increasingly rude as I attempted to show him my email confirmation for my hotel reservation. Still in confusion and shock, I repeated myself again to Jesse, trying to explain. Jesse screamed at me from the front desk that I should leave. Without justification, he told me to leave and threatened to call the police, and that, in fact, he would issue a trespass notice.||||When Jesse placed the call to the person on the phone (I believe it was the police officers – evident by the video recording I took), I overheard him describe me as an “African Black woman.” That was a deeply disturbing moment as I had not shared/mentioned my nationality or background with him, so he was clearly relying on his assumption/bias from my accent and appearance (my race). It was a stark moment of racial and cultural profiling, bias, and discrimination, and further confirmation that I was being treated unfairly because of how I look and sound. He simply wanted me out of the hotel, despite my confirmed reservation and documentation. I was not offered alternative accommodation, assistance, or even dignity.||||Also, in the video clip that I took, I heard the front desk staff - Jesse, attempting to portray me as aggressive to the police officers on the phone. He claimed I was standing within arm’s length of his face while recording him. In reality, I was standing in front of the desk - in the same area where guests typically speak to front desk staff - with the counter clearly between us. Jesse’s account appears to be an attempt to escalate the situation and paint a misleading picture, which ultimately led to my mistreatment by the responding police officers.||||When the officers arrived, I was mistreated despite having done nothing wrong. I was unjustly escorted out - was left outside in the dark at past midnight (12 am) - traumatized, dehumanized, humiliated, scared, stranded, and completely alone, through no fault of my own. I had a confirmed hotel booking. Instead of honoring my reservation, I was denied a room and subjected to mistreatment by hotel staff. Two armed police officers were brought in; the officers did not care to listen to my account of what happened. I did not deserve to be treated in such a cruel and degrading manner; no one deserves to be treated in such a dehumanizing way. The traumatic experience at the hotel has impacted my emotional well-being and my sense of safety while navigating professional spaces such as hotels as a Black student and professional.||||This was more than just poor customer service. It was a disturbing case of racial and cultural bias and discrimination. I am sharing this experience, so others are aware and so that Hampton Inn and Hilton as a company are held accountable for how they treat guests of color. No one should be mistreated or dehumanized because of the color of their skin, their ethnic...

Great hotel. Very large and inviting atrium, clean, modern, pleasant room, professional, friendly staff. ||One of the best price points relative to overall value for location. It is a secured building with secured elevator access to room floors. ||Complimentary breakfast is set up in a clean, pleasant, spacious area with offerings typical of decent hotels: scrambled and boiled eggs, breakfast patties, biscuits and gravy, oatmeal with fixings, waffle makers - including one that can make 4 small waffles (or just 1-3), yogurt, fruit, cold cereal, bread/toast, pastries, and juices and milk, and in a roomy seating area. ||A coffee, tea, and hot chocolate station was available all day in the lobby. ||Parking is suggested in the Hawthorne parking ramp and was just $6 a day, offering skyway access to the 2nd floor of the hotel which is even with the 3rd floor of the parking ramp. ||The hotel is close to the Nicollet Mall (not a “mall” in the traditional sense but rather the classic sense of street-lined retail shops). There isn’t much left of retailers post Covid (they were heavily supported by working office staff, but work from home has taken its toll on those shops) but look for skyway crossings downtown and go inside and explore those skyway-level floors of buildings and you’ll find preserved historic interiors as well as renovated spaces with many hidden restaurants inside. ||I recommend downloading and using the Hilton smartphone app for several reasons, including:|1. Room check-in and to pick your room. A room facing a street is susceptible to typical inner city street noise - sirens, loud motorcycles, loud stereos, bands playing at First Street event venue, etc. We like the grit of downtown Minneapolis and wanted a view of the First Street event venue because we were there for a concert, so we didn’t care about the potential noise, but we found the noise to be infrequent and tolerable, especially since we ran the A/C most of the time and it drowned out most noise. |2. It can be used in lieu of a room card for hotel building access, elevator floor access, and room access.|3. A room TV remote built into the app.|4. “Chat with us” feature that enables communicating with the front desk for any needs. For example, we needed extra towels and washcloths and just used the app to request those items.|5. Room check-out||Would definitely...