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3.5 of 5 stars 134 Reviews
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#28 of 88 hotels in Philadelphia
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  • Hotel class: 3 of 5
  • Rooms: 434
  • Address: 237 South Broad Street, Broad and Locust Streets Philadelphia, PA 19107-5686
Property Type: Hotel
  • Lodging offering guest rooms, a 24-hour front desk and a variety of services and amenities.
Description: Twenty-six-story glass and concrete tower Hotel with a four story atrium; in the heart of business, theater & shopping districts. This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
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“Tired and Dingy”

Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia

2 of 5 stars
Washington, DC
Aug 18, 2008

This hotel needs a complete overhaul. The lobby is dreary, tired, and dingy in appearance, even with a high ceiling, glass atrium, and large windows onto Broad Street. The room was adequate in size but had an old air conditioning unit that made a tremendous amount of noise whenever the thermostat turned it on and it remained in operation. This awakened us repeatedly during the night. The parking garage is a monstrosity. It has very narrow passageways (unsafe for 2-way traffic) and has a poorly-marked exit on the 3rd floor, which we didn't even see until we had returned to the 1-way entrance on the first floor. On a positive note, a very nice buffet breakfast (with made-to-order omelettes and waffles) was included with our Hilton Honors membership and the dining room staff was extremely friendly and courteous. We would not stay here again until there is a complete renovation.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Room size was decent
    • Disliked — Noisy and antiquated HVAC unit
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DCRE's Summary
Date of Stay: August 2008
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Quality time with friends
Age group: 50-64
Member since: May 13, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
probably not
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Tourists
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“Nice Hotel”

Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia

4 of 5 stars
new jersey
Aug 14, 2008

Nice enough hotel. I really liked the location, the parking was overpriced but you really have no choice. Our room was not ready till after 4pm which was slightly annoying. My kids loved the cookies at check in although I really dont see the point of giving out cookies.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — location
    • Disliked — overpriced parking, room not ready till after 4pm
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gingersmomnj's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2008
Traveled with: Family with young children
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 35-49
Member since: July 13, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, Girlfriend getaway, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Tourists
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Museums / Cultural / Historical sites
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“Excellent Hotel”

Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia

Aug 6, 2008

Stayed here on business. Very beautiful, modern hotel right on south broad street. Staff was exceedingly friendly and had warm cookies upon arrival.. Rooms were quiet, clean, large. Internet was 10.95 a day, but honors members can get free. I have zero clue of the cost of saying at this hotel, but it was exceedingly excellent. I had breakfast at the restaruant on the second floor, the buffet for 15 bucks kind of pricey, but the food was halfway decent.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — very modern and beautiful
    • Disliked — it's probably exspensive.
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musicmerchkid's Summary
Date of Stay: August 2008
Traveled with: Business colleagues
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 18-24
Member since: January 03, 2008
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Concerts / Music festival
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“Such an average hotel”

Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia

Aug 6, 2008

For the life of me, I don't understand why this isn't a better hotel, except for classic apathy. It's not bad. But from the strong smell of mildew coming from the shower curtain, to the one of four elevator banks working during morning rush hour, to the gift shop not giving me change so I could tip a bellman, this is just the classic example of the non-customer focused hotel.

If it were customer focused, it could be great and make a lot more money. It's location in the arts district is supreme and views out of my room anyway can be superb.

Instead, when I walk into an empty restaurant for breakfast, I'm led to a tiny two top directly next to the bus boy's station with clattering plates and cups. Yes, it's one of THOSE kind of hotels.

Not awful. But not worth $200 a night. It just limps along, not really hustling to do above average. Whatever. Good enough. That's the motto of this coulda been a contender hotel.

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wiseconsumer's Summary
Date of Stay: August 2008
Member since: January 01, 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“what a headache”

Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia

Jul 8, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

I reserved a few rooms in June for a group going to a wedding. The hotel is lovely (I especially liked the pool and roof deck), the rooms were nice enough (although try to get one off the avenue side), and the air conditioning was great (it was a really hot weekend), and the people that worked there were helpful, but even with all that I'm honestly not sure I'd stay at a Doubletree again if I can help it. They messed up every single reservation I made, double charged me and the guests I reserved rooms for, wouldn't let them check in without my credit card even though I had arranged for them each to check themselves in and had reserved their rooms in their names. It must be their computer system because I got great service when I made the reservations and the people at the hotel were nice, too, but dealing with the reservations and the bills was a nightmare and not worth it.

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tripgirlNYC's Summary
Date of Stay: June 2008
Member since: July 08, 2008
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Address: 237 South Broad Street, Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5686