Dallas Grand Hotel

Do yourself a favor and stay someplace else. Anywhere else really.
Once again I fell for the cheap price and the pretty photos of a hotel room with nice furniture and that seemed to be sparkly clean. Wherever that room is in the hotel, it must be top secret because neither of the rooms I experienced (Yes there was two) were that room in the photo.
I should have known at check in. I should have known when I paid 45.00 for a hotel room. Lesson one: Don’t do cheap hotel rooms — just don’t do it!
At check in I was greeted by a very large man out front who happened to be smoking a huge chronic blunt. Thats cool I guess. You wanna smoke ‘medical’ marijuana, be my guest, but at the front door of the hotel — really?
During check in (The desk girl was really nice and well dressed) I was reminded several times about the strict no smoking policy.
Sign some paperwork, get my room key, walk through the bulletproof glass security door (Lesson two — the security door is there for a reason), through the somewhat clean hall area, through another door and into the human urine smelling second hall area. Key opens the door and I am greeted by a nice cloud of cigarette smoke. At this point I am still stupid to the whole thing and I think to myself, ‘maybe I did not say non-​smoking’? Nope. I did specify non-​smoking, the sign in the room that says no smoking confirmed that. Lesson three — when the front desk person seems to think there is a reason to repeatedly remind of you of no smoking, you can plan on a smoking room.
High tail it back down stairs, past two security guards (where did they come from) and I get a new room assignment.
I guess the new room was not so bad… damp carpet, teeth marks and gouges out of the bathroom door and a herd of elephants in the room above me. What more could a girl want right?
So yes. trust me. Don’t do it. Drive the extra few miles or pay the extra 20+ dollars. You can thank me later…

We are In age of internet and not Stone Age. The internet is not good at all. Changed rooms did not help. Customer service tried to help but did not get anything fixed. certain rooms are good so look before you settle into 1

Because of a one month delay in our relocation (moving 1.2 miles from one house in lakewood to another), we decided to say in a hotel for 3 weeks and then stay with Jenny’s granny for 11 days. It was either that or burden her (and us) with us staying with her for the entire 31 days. We were REALLY dreading this three weeks. However, turned out to not be bad as we thought it was going to be. At times, it was like being on the road. No wonder those rock bands age so fast.. . Back to the review.
*Bonus number 1* — we used
to book the room, which offered the best price of 3 or 4 online booking services. Of particular concern for us are our 2 dogs (Sammy and Wednesday). Most hotels don’t allow non-​human family members. *Bonus number 2– Suprisingly every room at the Grand is pet freindly. At the same time, the room didn’t smell like dog, nor did it look like a bunch of dogs had been hanging out prior to our arrival. *Bonus number 3– because we were staying 3 weeks, we got a discount on the $ 10/​day pet fee. The front desk staff are quite driendly and greet you with a nice «hello» every time you walk in. *Bonus number 4– the music in the lobby is KXT 91.7. Although they dont offer a free breakfast, they do have free starbuck coffee every morning. We got a double room. The rooms are fairly spacious and nice looking and have free cable with HBO. The cleaning ladies are really nice. Another good thing is that seemingly every time you turn around, there is a security guard walking around. These cats are actually patrolling the premisies, not standing stationary texting or doing whatever other security guards do while on duty. Having said that, I think the the likelihood of any funny business going on at the Grand is pretty low. There was a power outage, but that was due to a blown transformer from the thunderstorm; completely out of the hotel’s control. Overall, the stay was pleasant and I highly reccomend this hotel. One last word, about an image I get to keep for myself:
One day in the middle of the afternoon at the end of the main hallway there was a guy practicing his matador bull fighting capework. At first i thought it was kind of funny and a little bizarre. During the course of a couple of hours I made my way down that hallway a few times. Every time, he was down at the end doing his thing. After seeing him a few times, I came to realize it was actually very artful and a little bit beautiful. We extended our stay by one day. See you tomorrow granny :)