Executive Inn & Suites - Oakland Waterfront

Pros: very, very nice accommodations
Cons: noisy if you are on the side facing the freeway.

On another recent visit to the Bay Area in Northern California, we chose to stay a night at the Executive Inn & Suites located in Oakland at the Waterfront. I'd seen this hotel before while passing by and thought it looked more than decent, which is one ...

Pros: Friendliness & helpfulness of housekeeping & most staff
Cons: Our room, traffic noise, refusal to honor our request, failure to inform re facility amenities

The Executive Inn & Suites consists of two very different hotels in one: the new suites building (where all the attractive website photos were taken) & the old inn building, which is not advertised (for good reason as explained below). You will be placed ...

Pros: New executive suite rooms on bay side are spacious and nice.
Cons: Freeway noisy room. No restaurant. No weights or machines in gym. Paltry breakfast. Unreliable transport.

I spent one week at this hotel while attending a local art workshop. I picked the hotel because of its location, the availability of a complimentary van shuttle, and the presence of a gym. My family and I had a executive suite in the new building on ...