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#15 of 78 hotels in Philadelphia
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  • Hotel class: 5 of 5
  • Rooms: 331
Description: Downtown Hotel, an architectural & historic landmark; housed within 2 restored neoclassical turn-of-the-last-century structures. This description is based on information provided by the hotel.
Address:
10 Avenue of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Reviews of Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia

( 5-9 of 97 )
“enjoyed my stay overall, a couple of areas could be improved”

Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia

4 of 5 stars
Vienna, Virginia
Apr 19, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

I recently stayed at this hotel for one night. I was attending a business meeting that took place at the hotel. The service was superb. Everyone was prompt, helpful, and truly did try to anticipate my needs. The gym (open 24 hours) was small, but had good equipment and, of course, fresh fruit, water, and towels. It is right next to the spa (which was closed when I went to work out), and it took a few minutes to figure out how to access the gym, but I did find it.
The room furnishings were traditional. The bathroom was small, but well-equipped overall. There was a large walk-in shower, Bulgari amenities (Ritz needs to add cotton balls and q-tips to their list, as well as disposable slippers). The bathrobe was plush and comfortable. I liked that there was a safe to store the valuables. Also enjoyed having a tea/coffee maker and supplies in the room. The minibar selections were good as well -- I tried the pretzels and the chocolate and was satisfied. One comment regarding room service: the selections were extremely limited, and became even more limited after 10PM (literally, one soup, two salads, two sandwiches and desserts). I think that's because the hotel wants to encourage its guests to eat in the restaurants, but I was surprised at the limited choices. I ate room service dinner and breakfast and enjoyed the food both times (get the fresh-squeezed orange juice!). The Ritz-catered lunch for the meeting was tasty and fresh as well.
Also note that some of the rooms (including mine) face the street and are very noisy. I had a hard time sleeping and woke up tired. Despite the fact that the room was on the 12th floor, the noise was noticeable and lasted well into the night.
I also did not have any sort of guest handbook/folder telling me about hotel services, etc. That's typically nice to have.
The hotel is undergoing construction, so there was no access to the beautiful rotunda area. I would definitely like to return to the hotel after the construction is completed.
Would recommend overall for the good location and superb service.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — superb service
    • Disliked — limited room service menu, small gym, construction
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
giulietta429's Summary
Date of Stay: April 2008
Traveled with: Solo traveler
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 25-34
Member since: March 07, 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 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, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Business meeting / Event
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Average price*: $425 (year-round)
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“Nice hotel in heart of downtown”

Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia

Apr 16, 2008

Stayed here for 4 nights for business meeting. Staff very attentive, room staff very efficient and friendly. Very deep shower that requires you to enter the shower to turn on the "cold" water, jump back until water gets hot, then have to reach through hot water to add some cold before you can get into the shower. That's the only negative on this fine hotel. Spa/fitness center well dine. Lobby underconstruction was also a negagtive.

This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
LINNERS's Summary
Date of Stay: April 2006
Traveled with: Business colleagues
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 65+
Member since: October 23, 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 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?
absolutely!
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Business meeting / Event
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Average price*: $425 (year-round)
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“Phantastic Philly!!!!”

Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia

5 of 5 stars
Stamford, CT
Mar 31, 2008

Was away on a business trip and stayed 5 nights at the Ritz. It was my first time and the experience was excellent. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. The turn down service was fantastic. The best part was entering the room every evening with jazz playing in the background and the fire place burning on the TV screen. The Vault Room Bar was excellent and I recommending this as a starting off point before dinner!!!

I would highly recommend this to anyone on business or looking for a romantic getaway!

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Service, Service, Service!!!!
    • Disliked — Pay for the internet hook up
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
pillyeagles's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2008
Traveled with: Business colleagues
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 25-34
Member since: March 01, 2007
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, Families with young children, Families with teenagers
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Business meeting / Event, Great food / Wine, Shopping, Spa, Sporting event, Concerts / Music festival
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“new years eve”

Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia

3 of 5 stars
slaughter beach, de
Mar 23, 2008

The Hotel itself is fabulous. Though for the New Years Eve celebration & the price you pay it's cheesey! Acoustics are terrible along with seating, plus crowd number should be limited.
Not to mention it's very possible to crash the party with just a liitle craftiness, which we saw happen. Breakfast following a.m. disappointing, waitress or I should say chef couldn't get order right after several attempts. Been there done that!

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expectanttraveler's Summary
Date of Stay: December 2007
Member since: March 23, 2008
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“Terrible Experience - as if the whole staff was novices!”

Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia

2 of 5 stars
Columbus, OH
Mar 19, 2008
0/1 found this review helpful

Stayed their for a training class for a few nights. The experience was bad right off the bat when we pulled up at the hotel and the valet or doorman was no where to be found. We waited a moment and then I went inside to find the doorman coming back from God knows where. I asked him if he could grab a valet for my car and he said "which car?" and I said "the one that's sitting there." There were no other cars other than mine. No "good evening" or anything else from him, he says it's taken care of and doesn't hand me a ticket and gets in my car and drives off.

The lobby is undergoing renovations which did nothing to improve my opinion of the place - so lesson here is - if you are undergoing renovations, do whatever you can, including good service, to distract your guests from the fact that you are under renovations. Failed. We go to the front desk and I begin checking in, the agent seems confused and I tell him that I did not get a valet ticket and that confuses him even more. He asks me who took my car and my colleague jokes some guy wearing a hoodie did. So the agent tells me (AT RITZ-CARLTON mind you) that when I need my car I can just describe it to the valet and we can figure it out from there. I told him that would not work and he would need to figure it out now. We get that sorted out and I ask the agent a question, I can't remember what exactly and there are now several other people in our area and he calls me by my last name and then in the same phrase gives my room number. STRIKE 2. The second rule of hotel security is you never give both of those out where someone can overhear it. The first being you don't grant access to a room without verifying identity.

The rest of the place looks good and the room is nice. However for the remainder of my stay I never ONCE got a bottle of shampoo in my amenities, I did get two body washes, and the first housekeeper didnt replenish my bottles while the next one did. My last day they decided I shouldn't get a Wall Street Journal either. We also had to wait 30 minutes for our car to be delivered from valet the first night.

Knowing this, I was prepared for check out. Now the hotel knew since our group had booked a majority of the rooms that we were all checking out en masse this day. So I called ahead 30 minutes in advance to have my car pulled up and I told my colleague we would rush to get our luggage from Bell before anyone else had a chance. I knew Ritz would somehow screw up our attempt to make it to the airport on time. Well that's where they got us, at the Bell Stand. My luggage was available but they had brought my colleagues up to another floor and he had to wait 15 minutes for his luggage while I sat on Broad Street waiting in the car dialing furiously to get Ritz Customer Service - which the hotel understood as the Sales Department at that hotel who then fumbled to deliver me to the main Marriott switchboard in Maryland who then delivered me to someone's voicemail. Wow. Either you don't have enough problems to be organized on that front, or you just don't care.

Ritz Carlton, you have NOTHING on Four Seasons or Kimpton except for a regal name and an impressive looking logo, we'll see how long that will hold you up, you have lost my business indefinitely.

This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
OSU_Sux's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2008
Traveled with: Business colleagues
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 25-34
Member since: March 08, 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service
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