Hoteles Renaissance en Allentown

I stayed for two nights and my overall stay was average. My room was very nice and clean and the hotel overall was nice. However, I have a few things that are worth mentioning here. As a Lifetime Titanium Member, I have high expectations when I stay at a Renaissance. The first and very shocking thing is that I had no hot water. When I called downstairs they said that we do have hot water and that we just have to let it run for about 15-20 minutes before it will get warm. I did that and then I had a hot shower. This does seem a little ridiculous to me though. Both from a conservation standpoint as well as time. ( I arrived around 1am and was exhausted and ready for a quick shower and bed.) Further, this hotel staff needs some training and my even bigger complaint is about the restaurant. The front desk informed me that breakfast would be served in the restaurant until 11 AM. I received 1 breakfast voucher for two and was told that I could get another one the next day if I wanted to eat in the restaurant again. Breakfast the first day was mostly without incident, however it took a few people and way too long for me to receive the check. ( I had a voucher and my balance was zero. ) The next day, my sister and I arrived at the restaurant at about 10:40am and the floor was completely wet and had already been mopped up. Granted, there was no one in the restaurant, but I still didn’t expect this at this hour. There was nobody seated and we wanted to eat breakfast. There was no one to greet us at the door but then somebody spotted us, and then seated us. I told my sister about the incredible stuffed French toast that I had for breakfast the previous day and thus we ordered that and then afterwards we were told that we couldn’t get breakfast. So there is definitely some mis-communication here between the front desk and restaurant. In addition, the woman who seated us was extremely nasty and when we had expressed that the floor was being mopped at that moment she was rude to us and decided that she wouldn’t seat us and instead handed us off to someone else. This was completely inappropriate, unexpected and certainly doesn’t meet the Marriott standard. Afterwards, I went down to the front desk and talked to the front desk manager, Tiffany. She acknowledged that some training is needed at the front desk (and I definitely think it is needed in the restaurant!) and then I was accommodated me accordingly. The only other comment I’ll make is about the parking. It is very confusing and the parking is shared with the connecting venue. I was lost and I also don’t know if I’d want to walk downstairs in that long hallway alone late at night. Having said all of this, I would stay here again if I ever find myself in Allentown.