evo Hotel Salt Lake — Hotel in Salt Lake City

Overall, our stay was enjoyable. My partner and I were in town for the IFSC Bouldering World Cup in Salt Lake City and were excited to stay at the hotel we had previously visited during a climbing trip. The facility is conveniently located just across the street from the IFSC event at the training center and is within walking distance of Woodbine Dining Hall with several food options. EVO itself is a destination in SLC, offering a 24/7 climbing gym, a rooftop bar, and a variety of outdoor gear and retail shops. ||||That said, there are a few areas for improvement when it comes to the rooms. None of these issues are deal-breakers, but they’re worth considering when booking your stay. (note: We stayed in the 1 King Wasatch Room with private patio). ||||It would be helpful to have more storage and shelving in the bathroom. The shower design is sleek, but water tends to splash out due to the open door, and there was no convenient place to hang the floor mat to dry.||||The string lights outside are a nice touch and create a pleasant atmosphere, but unfortunately, their brightness disrupted sleep at night due to light leaking into the room. Even with the blackout shades fully drawn, light still seeped in around the edges and underneath, as the shades did not extend to the floor or use a curved, wall-mounted rod designed to block peripheral light.||||The furniture in the room felt oversized for the space, prompting us to move one of the chairs outside to the patio for more comfort. There was visible damage to the drywall and paint where the chair had been placed, suggesting that previous guests had likely done the same. Supporting this observation, we noticed several neighboring guests also moved the same chair outside after we did. ||||The drawers in the nightstand didn’t function properly with the push-to-open mechanism, and there was noticeable dust buildup behind the furniture and around the TV area. ||||Due to the lack of storage and oversized furniture, there wasn’t a convenient place to keep our luggage without obstructing the walkways. Two benches are positioned along the wall opposite the bed, but placing open luggage there makes it difficult to access your belongings without bumping into it while passing by. The “gear wall” with hooks does provide some storage for items like chalk bags, backpacks, shoes, or hoodies, but it’s less accommodating for large suitcases. This space is clearly designed with an outdoor, adventure-focused stay in mind—it’s great for backpackers, but if you’re traveling with larger bags or packing dressier, “going out” clothes, note that there’s no closet or hanging space for garments.||||||It would also be great to have updated TVs with access to streaming services like Netflix or Apple TV. ||||Lastly, the lack of food storage options (such as a fridge or microwave) was inconvenient, especially for longer stays. Having a way to store leftovers or dry food would be a big improvement.||||But I don’t want to end this review on a critical note. There were definitely highlights to our stay. Our room had personalized climate control, allowing us to adjust the thermostat to our comfort. The beds were exceptionally comfortable and clean, and housekeeping made the bed each morning when we placed the appropriate sign on the door.||||Although the website notes that each guest receives one day pass to the climbing gym, the front desk generously provided us with enough passes for every day of our stay and encouraged us to ask for more if needed. ||||The shower had great water pressure, and the complimentary shampoo, conditioner, and body wash smelled amazing, free from sulfates and synthetic fragrances.||||The building itself is an architectural gem, with local artwork throughout and unique installations hanging from the ceiling. All of the employees, including the gym staff, coffee bar, front desk, and retail shops were incredibly friendly and accommodating. We’ll definitely be booking again next year for...

“the campus” as it is called, is a hotel, bouldering gym, bike store, outdoor clothing store, bar, coffee bar and a mini skatepark. the only thing not here is a onsite restaurant

After reading some reviews on google I thought this place was going to be disappointing- but it’s not. it’s quite good!

it’s not luxury - its not supposed to be - it’s outdoor lifestyle meets modern basic.

I had a “better” room on the good,better,best scale. this scale also linked to price / room rate. The best rooms have windows and balconies. Some are located close to the bar patio for me you folks sensitive to nightly noise. The good and better rooms are all internal , no windows and maybe too dark for some people’s tastes. I found mine to be just fine.

The bed was great. bathroom looked nice. Modern and minimal yet comfortable basics. wood concrete vibe.

The only drawback here is noise. it’s generally a noisy hotel where sounds are amplified in the wall design. If you have a inconsiderate neighbor or are a very light sleeper you might be skrewed

It’s a 20min walk to the convention center or a 5 min drive. I did both.

The on-site coffee shop is nice and staff are very friendly. The coffee shop sells basic breakfast sandwiches, oatmeal and a few muffins.

Breweries and restaurants are in walking distance but there’s no restaurant on site.

Back to the theme. Outdoor lifestyle meets industrious refurbished warehouse? I think it’s quite cool concept. And I felt comfortable being there and hanging out in the designed lounge spaces. One space overlooked the main hall of the bouldering gym, cool.

because it’s a converted warehouse space it has some nice hang out areas where you could do a little office work if on a business trip.

the main esthetic is a mix of industrious eclectic modernism. Warm tones mix with concrete and steel factory fixtures. Leather couches and brass coffee tables adorn cool lighting and modern wall art and murals.

if you are aware of the good better best tier ing when you book rooms I think you will be fine. Where people trip up is they expect all rooms to be equal, here the price reflects the luxury. I looked into the “best” rooms - Wasatch and the one I stayed in - “better” was called Boulder King

I have it 4 stars because of the noise factor. I wish they had done a better architectural design job when building out this space and considered noise absorbing materials and wall braces because that could have easily fixed the issue. shame on you architects.

Some nights were trickier to sleep with noise well past midnight, a lot of this has to do with your neighbors and happenings in the hotel. So if you are sensitive to getting a good nights rest and are a light sleeper, this might not be the...

If in the last 5 years, you had the chance to build something from nearly the ground up, it would be really weird to add so many stairs everywhere--and if you did add so many stairs everywhere...calling it "a radical place to stay" would be a pretty bitter irony for those with disabilities.

...And that's the thing about the evo Hotel: Despite its motto and its really cool vibe, it's the least accessible new hotel I've been to. The inaccessibility is immediate but worsens: the ramp for wheelchair users is far off to the side of the entrance, despite there being many other ways they could have laid it out, immediately excluding those with mobility issues (and anyone with rolling luggage!). Worse: if you have mobility issues but haven't booked a wheelchair accessible room, you might literally be unable get to your room as one full section of the hotel has these inexplicable stairs that you need to ascend and descend to get to your room (which as others have noted may also not have a window).

As my time there was brief, I couldn't discover if it would be possible to get to the roof if you're using a wheelchair, or if it's at all possible to access some of the other 'radical' features (like the skate park and boulder gym) using a wheelchair--though the evo retail space (yep, spending money) is mostly accessible. But bare-minimum ADA compliance is a sadly low bar for a hotel which claims to invite/celebrate all. If I had to guess, including people with disabilities was an afterthought--because if they had accessibility (IE: 'inclusion') at the core of their mission, the space would have been /radically/ different or they'd have simply chosen a different space to convert.

The bottom line is that it's deeply disingenuous to call your hotel 'for all' while excluding people with disabilities from much of what makes your hotel unique, and using the "it's a historic building" excuse isn't radical.

All that said: The staff were very kind and friendly. The hotel was very clean, the beds were comfortable. The neighborhood is in flux but it has some great restaurants nearby, but not really the best neighborhood...