This is the absolute worst experience we have ever had at a HILTON HOTEL! My husband has been staying at HILTONS on business for 40-plus years, and we stay there frequently on personal and business trips. I booked a reservation weeks in advance for us. We were celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary. We were set to arrive on June 5 and depart on June 9. TSA had equipment issues (scanners out) at our home airport, and we, along with 15-plus other passengers, missed our flight. We were rescheduled, but the arrival in Albuquerque was after 11pm. I called the hotel to let them know of our change in plans, MULTIPLE TIMES. My 3 calls were NEVER ANSWERED!!! I called Hilton Honors Reservations, and they also tried to call MULTIPLE TIMES, NO ANSWER! They asked me to call back in a few hours! I did. They tried again MULTIPLE times, NO ANSWER! They called the Supervisor/Manager's phone. NO ANSWER! They emailed the manager and the supervisor, but on arrival, the front desk said that they had not checked their email. We booked the Hilton Garden Inn in Albuquerque for June 5, and it was wonderful. I'll review it separately! We arrived, no one was in line at the desk, and it took 15 minutes to check in, though we were the only guests at the counter. We got to the room, no water, as there should have been for a Hilton Honors Guest. There were two large glass bottles of water for $12 each, BUT there was no bottle opener. We asked housekeeping they said they had no bottle opener. We went to the front desk to get one to pay TWELVE DOLLARS per bottle for what should have been free. They said they didn't have bottle openers, which the company had told them were twist-off, but they weren't. They KNEW they were not twist-off, but NO bottle openers were provided, AND they just kept those waters in the room and did not replace them!
The next morning, the complimentary coffee was out. We were sent to the restaurant where there was no free coffee. We did buy breakfast, and it was excellent, and the service was great. Housekeeping was also excellent!
Back to the front desk staff, supervisors, and manager....all AWFUL, unwelcoming, unfriendly, unprofessional, not knowledgeable and unconcerned at the complaints of MANY guests.
We went to the pool, which was dirty, and most of the lounge chairs were damaged and unsafe to sit in. The towel bar had NO towels to put on the decrepit chairs. I went to the lobby and told the front desk person that there were no towels at the pool. He gave me two towels. No one ever brought towels to the pool the entire time we were there. Guest after guest had to go to the lobby to get a towel, and still no one had brought down any towels.
The hallways were dimly lit and DARK.
There were no bellmen. There was only self-parking, and it cost $31 per night.
The entire front desk staff for our entire stay, June 6-9, 2026, was just terrible. This hotel is NOT HILTON QUALITY. The hallways were dark, the elevators weren't working, and no one responded to guests trapped in the elevators, even when they rang the bell. They had to call 911 from their cell to get out of the elevator, and the elevator was not repaired during our entire stay.
We recommend that you DO NOT STAY at HILTON HISTORIC PLAZA SANTA FE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
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