HotelChatter - Tag: Memphis Hotel Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T05:00:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Memphis%20Hotel%20Reviews Memphis: Dinner at The Peabody: Just Don't Try and Order Duck Confit http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/1/131923/4804 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/peabody_hotel_memphis_eat.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> <p> For everyone with an oil portrait of Robert E. Lee hanging in the Billiard Room, you and your fellow Daughters of the American Revolution should venture from the plantation to enjoy a fantastic meal at Chez Phillipe, a <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18746249/">Forbes Traveler story</a> on the best hotel food reports. <p> <p>The French-Asian establishment, located within <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peabody+Memphis/local/611"><b>The Peabody hotel in Memphis</b></a>, is one of the highest rated restaurants below the Mason-Dixon. <p> <p>Apparently, all the restaurant buzz proves the hotel now has more than marching ducks to offer its travelers. Since 1932, when a few drunken aristocrats left their duck decoys in the hotel fountain after a day of hunting, fowl have achieved royalty status at ced138 2007-06-01T15:02:05-05:00 35.141898 -90.052022 Memphis: The Madison Hotel Tour With Added Bonus Booking Tip http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/29/11591/0209 <![CDATA[<p><object width="268" height="325"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cqihJvFPO1E" name="movie"></param><embed width="325" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cqihJvFPO1E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="268"></object></embed> <p> Fearless Jaunted contributing editor <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/user/djk">Davie</a> has flown into Memphis, Tenn. for a quick trip and is staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/MADISON+HOTEL/ian/198618"><b>Madison Hotel</b></a> in room 1308. <p>For those of you so fascinated by this hotel video tour that you want to book a room immediately, Davie has this tip on getting a special internet rate:<blockquote><p>Go to the <a href="http://www.madisonhotelmemphis.com/">Madison Hotel web site</a>, click "make a reservation" and then "promotional rates" at the bottom---or pay $60 extra per night plus a few extra in taxes.</blockquote></p><p>We put her tip to work and found a Bankers full room for $175 on Friday, Feb. 9 and Saturday, Feb. 10 under the internet promotions rate. juliana 2007-01-29T11:59:01-05:00 35.145167 -90.053365 Memphis: Google Earth Hotels: Guitar Shaped Hotel Pool http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/1/112355/344


The Days Inn Graceland is your run-of-the-mill motel. Most hotel mavens will not want to spend one more minute here than they have to, however, Elvis freaks feel a whole lot different.

This hotel is a two minute walk from Graceland, and more importantly has a guitar shaped pool you can see from space, er, at least from Google Earth.  

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· Days Inn Graceland [GoogleSightseeing]]]> markj 2006-12-01T11:30:20-05:00 35.043399 -90.025941 Memphis: Four Presidents Slept Here! http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/10/223332/646 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hunt_phelan.jpg"><p><b>[Ed. Note: Hotel Maven Tim Leffel winds down his Memphis trip by stopping in at the <a href="http://www.huntphelan.com">Hunt Phelan.</a> Enjoy.]</b><p>Plenty of hotels have heads-of-state pedigree built into their history, but how many have hosted four U.S. presidents in the 1800s?<p>Down in the hot south, they're not big fans of Trump-style hyperbole and boasting, so the brochure from the latest B&amp;B to open in Memphis just says, "The Inn at Hunt Phelan is not your average 177-year-old mansion." That's certainly an understatement. For one, the estate was designed by architect Robert Mills, who also had a hand in the U.S. Treasury, the Washington Monument, and part of the White House. Three U.S. Presidents spent time there: Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Tim L. 2006-08-11T08:45:02-05:00 35.138104 -90.043917 Memphis: An Up and Close Look at Strip Mall Sadness from the Doubletree http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/7/8212/59917 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/antiview_doubletree.jpg">Want an up close and personal view of what's wrong with American urban planning? Get a first floor room at a typical business hotel.<p>The <a href="http://www.doubletreememphis.com/"><b>Doubletree Hotel</b></a> in East Memphis has some good things going for it. The wi-fi is free and it really works throughout the property, with no annoying log-in codes. There's an indoor/outdoor pool, the rooms are a decent size,and the beds are comfortable.<p> But take a look out the window and you get a depressing look at what's wrong with urban development in any Sprawl City, USA. From this first-floor room, someone pulling up to park could see which sites you are surfing with your laptop on the desk. If these windows actually opened, Tim L. 2006-08-08T09:15:01-05:00 35.116301 -89.893058 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/