Skip to main content

Hilton Garden Inn Medford, OR is Great, But the Restaurant Needs Help

 seating; outdoors; Hilton hotel

My dear polite travelers,

Finally, the last hotel before we return home to Davis, CA.  It’s been a long journey (link), even though it was only eight days.  Eight days of driving is a tad too much for us oldsters.  Still, spending the night in another Hilton Garden Inn is worth the milage, especially since management has promised the restaurant will be open. 

Note

A list of hotels and a map of our journey.

Room #420

The room was typical of Hilton Garden Inn, with the clean, contemporary upgrades: walk-in shower, extra storage, extra counter space, microwave, and refrigerator.  The desk area was exceptional with a comfy chair and plenty of outlets. 

The view wasn’t the best—freeway. Still, we didn’t hear anything during the night. 

The Hotel

This hotel is remarkably similar to the Hilton Garden Inn in Olympia, Washington (link) we stayed in recently.  The décor was contemporary and clean with intuitive seating throughout the shared spaces.  Also included in the shared spaces is a larger-than-usual fitness center and an accessible indoor pool and spa. 

The entire hotel is accessible and pet friendly. It’s also a magnet for large group workshops/conferences, which was the case during our stay.  This meant that it took much longer for our room to be ready and affected our dinner in the onsite restaurant.  

We were pleased the restaurant was open and served dinner, unlike the Olympia, Washington Hilton.  Still waiting for service, for our purchased bottle of wine to be placed on ice, to order our food and receive it, and waiting for our bill, was taxing. 

The result was that our wine was warm, and my pasta dish was the worst meal I’ve had in quite some time. I ordered mushroom ravioli in a light pesto.  It arrived swimming in a pool of creamy pesto—so much so that I scraped off each piece of rubbery, over-cooked ravioli before I could stomach it.

In contrast, my hubby loved his fried chicken sandwich and raved about it and the uniquely shaped fries still.  Plus, he didn’t mind the wait.  Could it just be me?  Interesting.  

Note

The Hilton Garden Inn’s onsite restaurant appears to have a common management problem.  Since each is contracted by a third party, it isn’t as consistent as the hotel itself.  For example, there was not enough staff for a large group and regular hotel guests during the typical dinner time. 



The Free Breakfast

Since we wanted to get on the road early for our trip home, we skipped breakfast.  However, I did find most enjoying a freshly cooked buffet breakfast like those in other hotels. 

Will I Return?

There really isn’t anything special about this hotel.  So, unless we are traveling through this area, we’ll skip it. 

Until next time, my polite travelers: Happy Travels!

For More Information on this Hotel

Hilton Garden Inn Medford, Oregon Hotel 

More by The Polite One

The Disappointment & Reward of Hilton Garden Inn, Olympia, WA

Why I’ll Always Stay in This Comfort Suites When in Springfield OR

Consider this Quality Inn Uptown in Port Angeles, Washington  

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Look Closer at the Hilton Garden Inn, Waikiki

  Why We Might Not Return: Hilton Garden Inn, Waikiki My dear polite travelers, Imagine waiting three years to revisit a pleasant memory.  You’d probably be thrilled to be on that journey.  Right?  Well, I am, and ...well, I’m lukewarm to some aspects of it, especially our room: #1537.  But the Ocean is Right There! In our room, #1537, we have the ocean view and the fresh breezes associated with it.  Still, due to the central, otherwise excellent location, it’s noisy—very noisy.  Thus, those breezes remain outside all night.  Darn.  The pleasant sweet-ocean-air-in-our-room-memory I dream of often eluded us on this trip.  Now, it’s just sad. The Good & the Weird Beyond the noise, it is a comfortable room—especially the shower—but there’s not enough counter space.  Instead of a long counter or desk, the hotel designer thought a long built-in seat would be a clever idea??  Hint.  It’s not.  We can only use it to store our suitcases and bulky items.   The only place to us
Post a Comment
Read more

Kauai Vacation: Room Review

The Room Over The Power Plant Revised 4/2021 The Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas offers guests beautiful rooms, which include kitchens or kitchenettes, outdoor grills, and a number of pools.  Most often, it includes an excellent restaurant, poolside bar, and small store.  A large grocery store is within walking distance as well.  Thus, the theory is that guests will not have to leave the property once they cross the big pond to reach it. Great theory, but that’s not necessarily true when the only on-site restaurant is closed.  Add to that the incredibly loud room...well, let’s just say I needed a break from the property at times.   Note : Follow Hawaii and CDC guidelines when visiting.  Always wear your face mask when in public. May we just see the room we should have had? After an exceptionally long journey that included a broken plane and a rushed connection—not to mention airport security—we were surprised to find that our hotel had our room ready an hour early.
5 comments
Read more

Sonoma, California: DoubleTree Sonoma

Updated 4/2021 Our Stay in the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel Sonoma Wine Country in California As over-worked small business owners, we decided to play hooky traveling through Sonoma County for a couple of days.  Since we recently experience excellent service on our last stay in a DoubleTree, we booked a room at their Sonoma Wine Country property in Rohnert Park. Our Journey Through Sonoma County Our drive from our home in Davis pleasant with light traffic.  We chose a slightly longer route through Sonoma so we could take in the beauty of the Glen Ellen area vineyards.  The vineyards here are quite beautiful with green rolling hills as a backdrop.  Arriving at the DoubleTree As we arrived, I mentioned to my husband that since this trip would focus on cheese tasting, it would be perfect if we were given a free upgrade to a room with a refrigerator.  The hotel appeared fully booked, so I assumed that was impossible.   Astonishingly, when we asked about an upgrade, the polite rec
8 comments
Read more