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Crowne Plaza Hotel Cedar Rapids-Five Seasons
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350 First Ave NECedar Rapids, IA 52401
(319) 363-8161
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6 reviews for Crowne Plaza Hotel Cedar Rapids-Five Seasons
6 reviews in English
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Review from Seiji C.
San Francisco, CA
12/7/2006
admittedly my expectations were low. and for the most part, the food met my expectations. grease instead of taste, fat instead of finesse.
but the rooms themselves were actually quite nice, with an expansive view, comfy beds, and free wireless -
Review from Trevor F.
Cedar Rapids, IA
Not a bad hotel and its cheap with my cooprate rate! Located in downtown CR it close to a lot of bars and has two inside here. And the resturant "top of the five". The swim pools is not bad. Its pretty quite in here on the weekends too so if that's what your lokking for its a great place to stay.
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Review from Greg D.
6/23/2010
50 a night if u can get the state government rate. Real nice hotel downtown.
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Review from Michael W.
Dubuque, IA
5/21/2006
I've never stayed here, but I have been to the bar and restaurant, Top of the Five, on two occasions. It's a dimly-lit affair, with live jazz on weekends (think standards that are easy on the ear). It's a nice place to take your folks for a night on the town, or a place for a date if you're looking for something a step above the common bar (literally). Service was horrible on one occasion, although I doubt this is the norm.
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Review from Ruth P.
Marshalltown, IA
1/25/2010
I stayed over the weekend for an event that took place at the connecting US Cellular Center. As far as location goes, it is superb. It is easy to drive to being right off of the interstate, parking is easy and inexpensive at the parking ramp. The hotel is connected to a convention center, US Cellular Center, and eating establishments all through a sky walk. I only had breakfast at the 16th floor restaurant which was standard but delicious.
Now for the rooms. The rooms seemed to be newly renovated. This may have happened after the floods of 08. As mentioned by Road Warrior, the check in is on the second floor, this may be due to the fact that the downtown is prone to flooding. Having the hotel based on the second floor elevates some damage. Anyway, the rooms were cozy, had fantastically large windows and the room was very clean. The entire hotel was booked for the event which did put a drain on the hotels water resources. The first event started at 8 am so the majority of the hotel was getting ready at the same time. First the hot water ran out, then there was no water. This meant no shower or flushing the toilet until the water caught up. By the time I was about to get ready, 2 hours later, the water temp or quantity was not an issue. With the hotel being booked, a certain level of noise is to be expected. However, I did find the walls quite thin and with neighbors that choose to stay up late and drink and then the early morning rush, made sleep very difficult.
Would I stay here again, yes. My suggestion is not to stay near the elevators as they ding quite a bit and are quite noisy. Oh, to touch on the elevators. They are similar to riding an amazement park ride. They stop and go abruptly. -
Review from Road Warrior D.
Rockledge, FL
7/19/2007
I had a definitely sub-par stay at this hotel. Check in is a bit odd. There is a very small area for parking check in and the valet was not to be seen. You need to take the elevator up to the second floor to check in. The check in staff was courteous and competent as would be expected for this hotel tier. The room was appointed nicely but the beds were definitely below par considering the current hotel bed wars that Crowne Plaza normally fairs well in. Perhaps it was because they did not have my requested king room. The doubles just didn't seem to measure up to other Crownes. The internet service was free but absolutely awful. It was insufferably slow and kept dropping my VPN connection. Room service was prompt however after being assured that my tuna would be very rare and lightly seared, it arrived cooked fully through and very dry. The replacement did arrive quickly (how long should it take to sear a slab of tuna) and was very tasty. I did think it was a bit odd when the delivery person told me that the replacement order was "no charge". Would I stay here again? Maybe. Would I recommend it? Only with reservations. Maybe the standards are just lower out amongst the corn fields.
