Free Breakfast was excellent. Accommodations were fine.
The big negative was the fire alarm going off at 5:00 am on Sunday morning. It was a false alarm and major mistake.
I'm 86 years old, and retired from a career as a Chemical Engineer and then Safety Director for North American operations of an International Chemical company.
Embassy Suites needs to review and revise their triggers for what constitutes a big enough hazard to activate a total evacuation. An evacuation creates risks of its own, including heart attacks, falls on stairs, etc.
When I came out of my room after the alarm, I looked over the railing and saw no smoke, fire or other obvious hazards. I told my son - "Somethings not right here." I didn't feel any urgency to find an emergency stairwell exit that wasn't suffering a backup at the time.
After we were allowed back into the building, one person in the elevator said that she'd heard that it was a small fire or something in the kitchen that prompted the alarm.
When I went down for breakfast, I didn't see any evidence of smoke stains or burn marks above the grille area or nearby. When I asked the cooks at the grille what happened, one said it was a small valve problem or something to that effect, without being too specific. Obviously not something that threatened all the overnight residents of the entire hotel or even a nearby portion of the hotel. Earlier, when outside, I asked one of the firemen by the fire engine if this was a drill, ..