Georgian Terrace Hotel Atlanta (Georgia)

I booked with the hotel (not a third party travel site) in advance for a double room with two queen beds. When I checked in, promptly at 3 pm (the earliest possible check in time) they didn’t have any double rooms available. They put me in a temporary room so I had some where to put my luggage, but told me not to unpack. They took my cell phone number so they could call me as soon as they had my double room available. When I came back from shopping and sight seeing, they had forgotten to deal with my room and still had nothing available. While they did lower my rate, the room I was in only had one bed and there were two of us staying in the room and the bed was not big enough for two (it seemed like a single bed) so one had to sleep on a pull out couch. The phone in the bed room didn’t work (luckily the one in the tv area did). The alarm clock didn’t work, and you had to wait about 5 minutes for the desk to pick up every time you called for a wake up call (or anything else). It’s a pretty hotel, but I’d never stay there again, and way too expensive for what you get.

The Georgian Terrace is a wonderful hotel in Midtown Atlanta where historic melds with modern and all the rooms are apartment sized suites with full kitchens and even washer/dryers! The front desk staff and concierge were delightful, the bed was dreamy, and the location was ideal for walking to several tourist sites. The hotel is famous for hosting the (White) stars of Gone With The Wind during its worldwide premier (the Black stars had to stay elsewhere as the hotel was segregated at that time). I learned this and many other interesting historical tidbits during my visit to the Margaret Mitchell House and Gone With the Wind Museum, just six blocks away. If you can't book a stay, it is at least worth it to take a peek in the beautiful lobby, where the older wing and newer wing of the hotel are joined together by a modern circular tower. The Georgian Terrace is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.