Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse Square

Hotel was clean and great location but price of drinks st bar was very high.

Overall had a really nice experience. Only complaint would be that they don’t offer free or discounted parking for guest. Otherwise, it’s somewhere I would stay again. The location was perfectly in the heart of Philadelphia.

For the life of me, I cannot understand how this hotel is rated so highly. It is a cheesy, surface-level renovation of an older hotel with shoddy infrastructure. I had an issue with the hot water when I first arrived. The solution? Let the water run for a solid 15 minutes! (including the 12 minutes I ran it on my own before calling the front desk, who sent someone up to run it for another 3 mins). Even after all that, the water was not truly hot. The same thing happened for each of my showers - but fortunately I only had to run the water for 5-6 minutes before it got hot. Still, I was disappointed. The king bed did not have a fitted bottom sheet (they merely tucked-in a top sheet as the bottom sheet, and put another top sheet on top). The a/c and heat situation was noisy and hard to calibrate. The lobby area is poorly designed and feels like an oversized mudroom. The place is crowded and far from relaxing. The crowd it attracts is the late-night-rowdy type, at least during the two nights I stayed there. I would not recommend this hotel for families or for those looking to get away and relax.

My Fiance' and I stayed for a weekend. It was amazing. The bed was comfortable and the room was nice and clean. The only problem that we had was the outrageous prices for meals and/or regular non-alcholic drinks. However, we will definitely come back again, but will eat out at an outside restaurant.

Great stay for a conference throughout the weekend. Location was perfect and a great hub for the different places we had to and wanted to go.