Find hotels near James Forten Residence, Philadelphia from AED 421

"The staff was very friendly and helpful. The room was very clean. We enjoyed our stay and would stay here again. It's an excellent location too."

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"Pretty nice hotel. Limited food options. Very friendly staff."

"Great!"

"Unfortunately, my stay here was not the best. I’ve stayed at other Sonesta’s and this property just did not measure up with the others. Let me begin by saying the check in process was smooth and staff were nice. Some things were not in their control — the hotel was flooded with people for the college basketball games. That’s all well and it did not bother me. However, the groups that were there basically took over all the restaurants, lobby, and personal space like they were the only guests. I had to repeatedly ask another guest who was on the phone talking loudly to kindly step away from my personal space twice — any closer he would’ve been on my lap. Along with few others who just had too much to drink. Extremely loud atmosphere. Had I known that the groups would be staying here, I’d pick a different property - my fault for not doing more research on the most popular week of March. Second, because of these large groups, it took several minutes and passed elevators for me to get to my 23rd floor. Everyone trying to jam in and then once I finally got an elevator, there was a stop at almost every floor. Needless to say, we were squished like sardines in the elevator and it took much longer to get up to your room than usual. Once I checked into my room, the floor felt sandy, there was hair in the bathroom sink, and the shelves had a ton of dust. Overall just felt like it had not been cleaned well. Not typical for Sonesta. Very disappointed. "

"Room is okay. No coffee maker and small bottle of water 8 dollars. Limited options nearby to eat. Isolated area but good if interested in going to Independence Hall. I usually stay in Rittenhouse Square which is far better for a stay in Philly for a weekend "

"Was pleased room looked just like I had booked. For price the room was bigger and more authentic than if we had booked a little closer to independence hall. Not far by any means though…maybe another 5 min walk. Fireplace didn’t work but was more just curious to turn it on, wasn’t a big deal but appropriately cold outside. Would definitely consider again. Probably don’t use the parking lot next door read some bad things about it and pretty sure I saw an SUV with window broken. I didn’t have any issues at old city auto park a little down the way."

"Everything was great- including lovely people at the front desk- except the wouldn’t hold our bags after check-out. We’ve never experienced that from a hotel before, and we weren’t expecting to lug our suitcases to the convention center and dinner. "

"Everything was great as usual but the first morning the maid just barged in to our room at 830 in the morning and found us in a state of undress. Was not happy about that. "