Hilton Anchorage – Anchorage

Over priced average room showing wear. Not terrible but not up to Hilton standards I have experienced elsewhere.

Very comfortable bed

The service at the Hilton is very good, but I was disappointed in the condition of the hotel. The rooms are outdated, pretty small, a little shabby and not as clean as I would have expected from a Hilton. In addition, my husband left before me on a 6 a.m. flight and when he got up at 4 to take a shower, there was NO HOT WATER. Plenty when I got up two hours later, so beware, they may conserve in the off hours. If it's important for you to have a bellman, an in-hotel restaurant (which is typical hotel fare) and to be around a lot of other travelers, then maybe you'd be happy to pay their rates. If you're looking for a bigger, nicer room with amenities for about the same money -- choose the Captain Cook or the Sheraton (a bit farther from downtown). If you are looking for a bigger room for less money, then I'd recommend the Voyager or even the Clarion Suites, both of which are in better condition than the Hilton.

We stayed here on a Friday while traveling from Denali to Seward. They have no parking facility and it costs $24 for valet parking (which we did since street parking would have been a nightmare). Check in went okay. The bellman who took our luggage up told us all about his father who has been married 10'times and is a 'player'. He then looked at my husband (who is a cancer patient) and said 'like you. I can tell you're a player', I told him that might not be a good thing to say to a wife and he kept insisting he could tell my husband was 'a player.' I was glad to see him go. The room was tiny with a view of other rooftops. All the staff we saw kept telling us not to eat at the hotel. We walked around the corner to the F Street Station and had a nice dinner. It will be a long time before I stay at another Hilton property.

No free wifi in the rooms, tv reception was terrible, in-room movies were expensive, the pool was VERY small and there was no hot tub. We had to park several blocks away, and it was expensive. There were no plug-ins near the beds (lamps didn't work, and my teenager was unhappy he couldn't charge his phone near the bed). Our breakfast was delivered 45 minutes later than they told me it would be, and we had 5 minutes to eat before check-out time. The spinach omelette did not have spinach in it. The person that took food orders did not speak English very clearly.An employee woke us up twice during the night over the loudspeaker in the room-apparently there had been a fire alarm that went off and the fire department was called. Still, the loudspeaker was shrieking ... We went just to get away for a day before school starts, and we had a good time despite this hotel was terrible. I complained when we were checking out - it wasn't the front desk person's fault - she did credit me the cost of movie charge $18. Still, we will not go back here.