I Have Stayed At Many DoubleTree Hotels Over The Years, It Has Always Been One Of My Favorites, Till Just Recently. My Son Booked Me A Room At The Local DoubleTree In Whittier, Ca, As A Birthday Gift, So I Could Get Away, Order Room Service, Have A Nice Drink And Relax By The Pool. I Had Every Intention Of Doing So Till I Got There, It Was The WORST DoubleTree That I Had Ever Experienced And Will NEVER Stay There Again!! To Begin With, As I Was Parking, There Was A Person In The Parking Lot, Lifting Car Door Handles To See If There Were Any Unlocked Cars He Could Rob Or Steal. There Was A Wedding Party Staying There, As I Could See The Bridesmaids Arriving And Other Guests With Gifts And Advised Them To Spread The Word To Their Party. I Went Inside To Check In And Told The Man At The Desk Immediately, With A Description Of The Man And He Gabbed His Walkie Talkie And Went Out The Door...No Security On Duty! I Then Asked For A Pool View Since There Isn't Much To View In Whittier And Was Advised, I Would Have To Take A Room With Two Beds Rather Than 1 Bed To Get A Pool View, Which I said Ok To. When I Got To My Room, The Previous Guest's Dirty Room Service Tray Was Sitting Right Outside My Door ( why say the room was ready if it wasn't cleaned completely?! ) And I Could Hear Very Loudly The People In The Room Next Door Making Love ( sometimes what hotels rooms are used for, oh well) I Continued Inside To See My Room And My Nice Pool View, Upon Looking At The Window, I Could See Just A Bit Of The Very Corner Of The Pool, Not The Pool At All!!, Just A Couple Of Tables In A Corner With Umbrellas, NO Beautiful Blue Water To Look At!! NONE! There Were No Screens On The Windows, So If You Opened It The Small Distance It Could Be Opened, Flies, Mosquitos Or Bees Could Easily Fly In. I Was Already Disappointed and Then Begin To Look At The Room, And There Was Visible Damage EVERYWHERE, Stains On The Rug And Walls, ALL The Wood Furnishings And Door Jams Were Badly Chipped, The Tub Was Cracked And The Sink Had Aluminium Foil On The Pipe Below, OMG! This Is A Hilton Family Hotel??? When I Went To Order Room Service, There Was NO Room Service Menu, Just A Slip Of Paper On The Desk About The Hotel Rules. I Called Downstairs And Was Told That The Menus Were Taken Out Due To Covid...What?! No More Required Mask Wearing Or Distancing! So I Asked For A Menu And Someone Was Sent Up With A One Sheet Paper Menu That Had Been Printed Out, Kinda Exactly Like The Paper With The Hotel Rules That Was On The Desk...As A Matter A Fact, I Even Asked, "You Can't Leave This Paper, Just Like The Other Paper That's On The Desk??" And Was Met With Just A Stare, Like When I Asked A Maid Where The Ice Machine Was ( which was not posted in the hallway), I Figured Out Real Quick, That The Staff Did Not Understand, Nor Speak English. In Closing, The Best Part Of My Stay Was The Bed, With Lotta Pillows From My Bead And The Second Bed And The Room Service Food Was Good, Not A Lot To Pick From, But The Service Was Pretty Quick And Of Course, Not Cheap ( but i expected that from a hilton hotel), My Son's Gift Also Included Room Service/Drink Money, TY Son! I Never Told Him, How Bad My Stay Was As I Didn't Want To Hurt His Feelings Or Make Him Feel Bad....But Live And Learn!! Bye Bye DoubleTree Whittier FOREVER!!!! This Is Not What I Expect From A Hilton, DoubleTree, Or Embassy Suites, Hyatt, Marriot, Wyndham, Sheraton Or Radisson, Which Is Where I Chose To Stay For A Reason, QUALITY! read more