Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel

Older, but clean Hotel

Very convenient to Downtown Tampa and convention center. Older 5 story hotel, but well kept. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Only parking was valet, and they charged $16 a night to park. More expensive than I expected, but good experience overall.

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Would not recomend

The hotel wasen't to bad but what really upset me was they charged $18 a day for parking and on top of that you need to tip the vallet... But what realy pissed me off is there was a sign out front was a sign for $10 a day parking.. So they charge there guests MORE for parking than non guest? It seems to me they would apreachate their guests more if they had none.

Hotel is very noisy unless staying on River Side

This hotel was very nice as far as rooms and pricing, but rooms on the street side were very noisy with street noise. Would only stay at this hotel again if room was on the river side.

Very nice

Very nice, just needed a room for a night but will consider staying during vacation time. During check in, we were told we had a view of the river. The view was of the Hotel entrance roof and if I streched my neck out of the balcony then we could see a speck of the river. I wished they would have said nothing of what view we were going to have, then I would have not been disappointed.

Great Hotel

Rooms were clean, well outfitted and very comfortable. Concierge was very helpful and pleasant recommending nearby restaurants, etc. We also loved the free shuttle service within a 3-mile radius.

needs improvement

although it was nice to be on the river the carpet was dirty and we lacked towels. the buffet in the morning had dry waffels and over cooked eggs. If I had paid the full price for a room, ($339) I would have been very upset.

Valet nightmare

Aside from being charged $16.00 for each night, the valet staff was awful. There were two valets that did an excellent job, but several very young valets, were lazy, rude, and not always present to pick up the car.

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Nice Hotel...A few quirks

This was a nice hotel. The only suggestion I would make to those of you planning to use the provided hairdryer is that you may want to consider bringing your own. They are kept in a cubby by the sink that was dusty and the hairdryer collected alot of dust. Otherwise, the staff was extremely helpful and easy to work with. The food at the lobby restaurant was better than I expected. Great location for downtown Tampa business travelers.

Nice renovation

This hotel used to be a Radisson, where I stayed in Feb. 2001. According to the hotel manager (who checked me in), Sheraton has put nearly $10 million in renovating the hotel. The rooms themselves were quite well done, with nice, contemporary furnishings, plasma TVs, etc. The hallways needed sprucing up, or at least some wall paper, and the ice machine (which was nicely hidden) was very noisy. The service was very good, as I had booked a king bed, but they didn't have any left at the rate I booked for. So the manager gave me a riverfront room at no extra cost, which I definately appreciated. The only drawback to the riverfront room, which has a balcony, is that being on the lower floors (there are only 4 floors), the first floor roof is visible, and is not very pretty. The room was very comfortable, at a good price, and had free wi-fi. The valet was quick, and they had unlimited in-and-out at no extra charge.

Great room for the money

The hotel is in a great location. The staff was very friendly. They provide free transportation for drop off and pickup within 3 miles of the hotel.

Great Hotel, but be careful of the shuttle

We picked this hotel especially because of the proximity to the Cruise terminal at Channelside. Which was very close, but not close enough to walk with all the luggage. The hotel promised a free shuttle, but were woefully unprepared. The evening we were there, there was a 45-60 minute wait for the shuttle. So we just walked to Channelside. On the day of the cruise, there was supposedly a 20-30 minute wait, but the shuttle broke and they did not communicate this to anyone and finally had a "pay-for-service" shuttle come and that company continuously tried to get us to pay for the shuttle when it should have been on the hotel. The communication on that side of the house was extremely poor. The hotel was great, staff was great INSIDE the building. If you are looking to this hotel to provide you accomodations and access to the cruise terminal, find a different hotel because they put our transportation at risk.

Parking

Although the valet service was great, the cost for overnight parking increased to $16.00 from $10.00 for daytime.