Graduate by Hilton Iowa City

Clean, staff great, Decorating great

Bed uncomfortable. No continental Breakfast

Unique feel. Close to cute shops and restaurants and walking distance to Iowa campus.

We chose the room that had breakfast included assuming it would be a type of buffet breakfast or restaurant voucher system. The staff was extremely unclear about where breakfast was and how it worked as it was in an adjacent restaurant not part of Hilton. Which is fine. We’ve stayed at hotels that operate like this but they didn’t give us vouchers when we checked in. After we asked the front desk in the morning we were finally given vouchers (after having to prove in my booking app that we chose the room with breakfast included.. shouldn’t that have been on our booking with the hotel?). The voucher was good for one free entree. No drinks and no sides. No coffee. The “entrees” were equivalent to something you’d buy at Starbucks or a bookstore cafe. Not a real breakfast. We also had to get our parking validated every day. I also assumed because the hotel had to VALIDATE our parking that parking was included in our room fees. It was not. We came home to multiple parking charges on our card. The bathroom was tiny and the room seemed to be falling apart with sockets coming out of walls and quickly patched holes and wallpaper. The bathroom light was also malfunctioning. It was motion sensor and it would randomly come on in the middle of the night and not shut off for some time. Sad to see a Graduate property in this condition. Probably ok enough for local college kids visiting friends or there for games.

This is such an interesting hotel with great proximity to the U of I. Felt like a boutique hotel.

No Wi-Fi password

We enjoyed the loation of being walking distance in the dowtown area

I just dont like the way the parking ramp fees work, seems a little too steep even after being validated!

Good location for just one night

They only had decaf coffee in the room.

We loved the decor and how unique it was. The location is excellent and we were able to walk to restaurants, bars, etc. We were attending my daughter’s college graduation so it was perfect to stay at The Graduate!

The thermostat did not control the heat I was up and down all night changing it from hot to cold. Very unpleasant