Pittsburgh Hotel Review: The Westin

Hello There!

Time for yet again another review!

Location:

The Westin is located right next to the convention center. This is definetly a good spot to stay at if you have an event to attend. There's are also some good food places downtown the street which is super convenient. The downside of this hotel location is this is where the sinkhole happened. Therefore the only way to get to the Westin is from Liberty avenue since 10th street portion is only local drive through. The is valet as well an underground parking garage. The garage is small, under construction, and spaces are very limited! It took me a bit to find a spot. 

Hotel:

Inside the hotel there is a pretty nice lobby area. Sometime I saw that there was unfused water as well as cookies. Additionally, there is walkway from the lobby to the another building with Starbucks. On the way to Starbucks, I saw some shops and even a post office. Fitness center has the basics that I would need in a gym. Some of the equipment they had was old. Also the way the equipment was placed made the center seem very crowded.

Room:

I was put on the 5th floor which was one of the lower floors and I didn’t like that. There wasn’t any view and it felt very dingy. Additionally I don’t know what else is on this floor but I would hear people’s voices at 6am in the morning. Overall the room was not quiet in the morning. Also the hallways felt very dingy.

The bed was ok but I didn’t feel like it was very comfortable. The pillow was too soft and the sheets were hard to pull over for me to climb in like I literally would pull the entire sheets off and I could see the mattress. The amenities in room was very nice. They had a lavender oil roller by the bed that you can put on your risk to help you to sleep. The desk area I also did not like because either the desk was too low or the chair was too high so my legs would be squished in between. 

They had a small space where the fridge and coffee maker was in which I liked. Also for Marriott member the water bottle in the room was complimentary.

The bathroom had a very unique waterfall type head which is different from the other hotels that I have been too. The soaps and shampoo smelled nice. Also wide counter space to spread my things out.

Overall: 4/5

I wouldn’t choose to stay at the Westin again if I was driving however I think that it was a good hotel to stay at. They had many good amenities that made up for the not so good things.

At the recommendation of my senior manager I went to this meatball place called Emporio. I was able to online order so that was the main thing that attracted me. The main selling point of this place is the ability to customize your meatballs. You can pick what kind of meatball and what kind of sauce. Even though I just got the regular meatball with marinara it was so good! These are larger meatballs as well and I got them as sliders. It’s closer to the Westin than the other hotels that I stay at so I might do ubereats or DoorDash next time.
Hope my review was helpful!

-M