Eventi NY, NY = non-event
September 15, 2010
The Kimpton chain has a new hotel in New York City called Eventi. The hotel is not quite finished being built—no bar yet, a half-constructed restaurant, and a severely undertrained staff. But somehow they have generated a bit of buzz?! Kimpton’s marketing machine is outstripping their actual operational performance. That’s a bad sign for a growing chain.
I decided to try Eventi to see if I could avoid the Marriottization of 70Park. Nope.
My “executive suite” is over-named and under-sized. Here’s a shot of the non-bed room of the suite (which must me less than ten feet wide). Calling this room a suite is pushing it even by NY standards.
I was not pleased with the room, and the staff didn’t really care. In fact, it’s not clear that they are even paying attention to their Kimpton in-touch data at all. None of my preferences were acknowledged, for example…not even a morning paper.
There is good news about the Eventi on the shower front. My all marble bathroom was of higher quality than the “suite” and is sizable for NY. There’s a little cubicle for the toilet. It’s a mystery why a marble toilet cubicle gets a plastic toilet seat, but it does, and it’s a common enough phenomenon out there in hotel land.
The shower itself is very nice with two showerheads in its design (one a ceiling soaker), but not quite enough water pressure to work properly. Nevertheless, it’s a nice shower with a little bench and an open feeling.
As always it is difficult to capture the bathroom in bits with a camera.
In final analysis, the Eventi will not make my list of top hotels in its current state even if it is around the corner from the corporate apartment. Three showerheads and a non-event for this place.
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