VELDA ROSE RESORT HOTEL & SPA

By Diane from Memphis, TN • Velda rose for dog lovers

Overall Rating: 10   Location [8] • Room [6] • Service [8] • Value [10]

	small pets FREE, in house spa, downtown area, value $$$!!!
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We stayed at Velda Rosa and I was somewhat anxious after reading some of the other reviews. We arrived and were told our room assignment “had a problem” but were moved to room 921. I was pleasantly surprised to find that our room was clean, odor free (I brought the Febreze just in case!) had a Queen/Full combo, a bar, small refrigerator, a full sized closet with doors, 2 chairs and a coffee tabl... [more]e, a 4 cup coffee machine, iron and ironing board plus a large *balcony complete with 2 chairs and a small table. This room is at the end of the 9th, top, floor. The balcony was clean and we had a nice view of downtown and the side of hot springs hill/mountain. Next year we’ll book the same room. We’ve seen several others rooms on this floor and they are slightly smaller and lack a bar. We’ve stayed at the Arlington every other year we’ve come to Hot Springs and we did miss the outdoor heated pool and hot tub. To make up for that we drove 1 mile (could have easily walked) to the Hot Springs Health Spa at 500 Reserve and we all soaked in a variety of pools, a steam and dry sauna and enjoyed a cold waterfall to cool off. The cost was only $13 for each adult and ½ price for children.
The in-house spa is that, a spa, not a traditional bathhouse anymore. The mineral waters, tubs and the jets were the same ones used all over hot springs, but there was no attendant checking on you like at the Arlington. You could go to a dry sauna when you wanted during your 45 (more like 30 mins) but the massage was MUCH better than at the Arlington and it was twice as long. There were not hot packs, cool towels on the forehead, needle showers, sitz baths or steam cabinets. The hotel itself was older and the décor was retro 1950-60, but all the hotels are old in hot springs. We got a better room, with better beds than we ever got from the Arlington and were able to take our little dogs. We’re sold on the Velda Rose. *the south facing rooms have balconies. The north facing rooms do not. [less]
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By Angela from Edmond, OK • Quite a Rose

Overall Rating: 10   

The Velda Rose is a wonderful hotel with an ambiance of a by-gone era. The rooms are nice. The spa is fantastic. The restaurant is wonderful. Everything you need for a wonderfully relaxing week-end (or longer) is right at your fingertips. A true "motor lodge" with something for everyone in the family. Take a walk around the hotel, read some of the old newspaper clippings framed thr... [more]oughout. If you love nostalgia, you will love this wonderful hotel. [less]
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By • Worst Service Ever!!!

Overall Rating: 2   Location [6] • Room [2] • Service [2] • Value [6]

Worst service I have ever experienced. Do no stay at this hotel!! The manager did not have time to provide service to guest. He actually hung up on my wife and I. Then the secritary hung up on my wife. Very unpleasant.
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