I love the Moxy brand, so naturally I wanted to stay here when my boyfriend and I were driving…read morethrough on our way to Houston. My car was packed as I was moving so it was important to me to book a hotel that had parking.
We're both from out of state and there was a football game going on (that we weren't aware of), so it was crazy busy and the parking was a mess. I know the game has nothing to do with the hotel, however, I would imagine the hotel would have been able to anticipate the occupancy and the parking spots available. I'm not sure if they were allowing non-guests to pay and park here.
We waited on the street in the car, like everyone else, for almost an hour. The valet took the car behind us before me and the car in front of us, then told us it was full. The hotel's suggestion was to look for street parking - which was impossible as everyone was there for the game, or park in the structure a block away, which said we needed a university pass to park in, so couldn't.
Eventually, we asked if we could just park in the valet loading zone since the hotel parking was full and that would probably be utilized later anyway, and they let us do that.
We checked in, and when we got to our room, the trash can was IN the toilet.. I'm not sure what that was even about.
The room itself was fine. Moxy's usually don't have fridges, microwaves, or closets, which I am aware of. It was clean other than the trash in the toilet.
Our room was also on the first floor, with the street and sidewalk out the window so we couldn't open the shades. It was also very loud. They do have a white noise machine next to the bed, so I appreciated that.
The common area has a good amount of seating. There's the bar area and tables to the left with a TV. The right has a little lounge area, and they have an outside with swings and a fire pit.
The staff were also very nice, which gives this place a star.
Overall, while I love Moxy hotels, I will never stay at this one again. I always have a great experience with this brand, but this one wasn't it. It wasn't terrible, it's cute, the bed was clean, but it was significantly different from other hotels of this brand.
It was 80,000 Marriott points to stay here (I don't remember the normal price $300-400/night) and it was not worth it. I also paid $59 for parking, which, I saw my car's location and they parked it a couple blocks away - not great when my car is filled with my moving stuff. I thought we'd get a discount on parking or something but did not.