I had a wonderful experience staying at The Roanoke Hotel one night, August 19, 2025, for business. The hotel has been beautifully renovated from its original circa 1917 period. I stayed in The Gatsby room, which was absolutely charming with its art deco theme. Loved the pictures and beautiful dresser. The shower was also great, very spacious and allowed for easy access with the glass door. As an added touch to the room, included were luxurious soaps from the Sebring Soap Company, which is located just a few minutes walk outside the hotel, off the circle. The large outside porch overlooking the circle is a fabulous gathering space and I went outside a few times to sit in a rocker and observe the activities below and in the park gazebo area. I greatly appreciated the 24-hour coffee bar too. The morning I left, I met Joey, one of the hotel employees. He was also so kind and gracious too!
One note: You will need to climb stairs to get to the 2nd story to the rooms. However, there is an elevator that needs a key that you would need to either have the Irish Pub employees downstairs unlock it or make other arrangements with the hotel ahead of time. Just wanted to note that for late arrivals, when the Pub might be closed. I highly recommend this hotel if you enjoy the charm and beauty of a historic hotel that has been beautifully renovated! The entire HGTV crew did a beautiful job renovating the entire circle area. I look forward to staying again sometime...
Read moreWe stayed 3 nights in January in the Ridgewood Forest room and while this place was beautiful, I don't believe we will stay here again. The hotel is clean and very comfortable, but this place was WAY too noisy for us. It is in downtown so we heard a train that whistled at 2am and 4am our 1st night and then at 5:30am the next night! The doors are original, which I appreciate, but not very sound resistant and the glass part, even with the curtain drawn, let in a lot of light from the hall. The week days had very loud morning traffic you could hear before 6am. The front door slammed almost every time someone entered or exited the building which woke us up. On Friday night the bar below was open (thankfully not too late) and we heard all of the music and crowd below us as well as the bar across the street. The bathroom was nice (had great water temp) but not enclosed to the ceiling so you can hear and smell everything your room companion does in there..... The bed was comfortable but there wasn't a front desk to ask for anything directly (that I knew of anyway). While the hotel was old/fairly original, there were hardly any antique/original elements to upper hotel (we did not get a chance to visit the Irish pub below) which was a big bummer for me. If you're used to traffic/city life and are up early for business then this place is great for you, but if you like peace, quiet, you want to sleep in and like complete darkness, this may not be the...
Read moreI had a wonderful experience staying at The Roanoke Hotel one night, August 19, 2025, for business. The hotel has been beautifully renovated from its original circa 1917 period. I stayed in The Gatsby room, which was absolutely charming with its art deco theme. Loved the pictures and beautiful desk. The shower was also great, very spacious! As an added touch to the room, included are luxurious soaps from the Sebring Soap Company, which is located just a few minutes walk outside the hotel, off the circle. The large outside porch overlooking the circle is a fabulous gathering space and I went outside a few times to sit in a rocker and observe the activities below and in the park gazebo area. I greatly appreciated the 24-hour coffee bar too. The morning I left, I met Joey, one of the hotel employees. He was also so kind and gracious too! ||One note: you will need to climb stairs to the rooms. There is an elevator that needs a key that you would need to either have the Irish Pub employees unlock or make other arrangements with the hotel ahead of time. Just wanted to note that for late arrivals, when the Pub might be closed. I highly recommend the hotel if you enjoy the the charm and beauty of a historic hotel! The entire HGTV crew did a beautiful job renovating the entire circle area. I can't wait to stay again sometime...
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