Bell Tower Hotel

Had a great time!! The room was very nice! It had a mini bar with a refrigerator. The bed was comfortable. The valet service was excellent. We just called down to the front desk a few minutes before we wanted to leave and the car was out front. The Continental breakfast left a lot to be desired. There were eggs, bagels and cereal.

Stay here when visiting U Michigan Kind and helpful staff, who were all very accommodating and thoughtful. The hotel and rooms very clean, including an updated bathroom, the lobby is nice, and the free continental breakfast was what you need to start the day. And if you want to be close to U Michigan’s Central Campus, this is the perfect spot.

Winter stay in Ann Arbor There are good and bad things about the Bell Tower Hotel. First, the hotel was understaffed and the staff that were working were not all that friendly. There was a "Hiring" sign at the front door so hopefully that will soon change. Room: one of the bed lights did not have a turn-on knob, there was some problem with the heating/cooling system. While heating the room, the air conditioner would kick on for a few minutes. It also took forever to get hot water in the sink and shower. We liked the art deco furniture in the room and the bed was very comfortable. Food: breakfast was very similar to a Holiday Inn which means not very good. The hotel is in a very good location if you want to be right on campus. There is a $25 valet parking fee.

Great and right on campus We wanted to be near campus, and Bell Tower Hotel fit the bill. The facility is older, so it felt very solid, and pretty clean. The bed was excellent, the towels were suitably thick, and the staff was right there and quick to respond ( we wanted a couple extra tea for the Keurig ). Big shout out to the breakfast, hot with eggs, potato, and sausage and all self-served on real plates and cloth napkins. The pork sausage really hit the spot for me, your milage may vary. The actual Bell Tower rings on the hour and half hour thru the early evening at least, which we liked. Minimal street sounds.

Not close to "Excellence" I would rate my recent stay at this hotel as "deeply over-rated." The entire experience, save the very convenient location, was very disappointing, particularly since I paid over $500 a night on a non-football weekend in Ann Arbor. When we checked in on Friday night we were met by a slightly bewildered clerk who needed to "check with his supervisor" whether our room was ready--at 7:00 PM. Unable to locate his boss, he sent us upstairs to our room to find that while it had in fact been prepared, it seemed to be a converted utility room or large closet outfitted with a tiny window. The "view" was a blank wall, a ventilation shaft, and a sliver of daylight reflecting off the graffiti-covered backside of some nearby building. At least it was private. The room itself was tiny, dark, lacked a refrigerator, had scant electrical outlets, spotty internet, and the bathroom exhaust fan was broken. We were clearly so far from the tank that the shower had to run for several minutes for hot water to arrive. Our "queen-sized" bed was that in name only, but at least it fit the room. Our "spa towels" were closer to Embassy Suites quality. Breakfast was available in a bizarrely decorated bright-white room that looked like a scene from a Stanley Kubrick space film, wildly out of character from the rest of the building. The breakfast was more Embassy Suites--shrink-wrapped pastries, ancient scrambled eggs, a weird pancake robot that dispensed inedible rubbery fare, and a guy Facetiming his wife at full volume at 7:45 in the morning. You can't beat the location of this place if you need to be on campus, as I did. And breakfast was "hot," but a pretty low bar. As for "luxury accomodation" I would look elsewhere. We will not be returning.