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Philadelphia Sofitel	Average Price: $225 Check Rates

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120 South 17th Street

Philadelphia, 19103 View map

4-Star Hotel Rank: 1 of 18
Average review rating: 4.4

OpinionWell Value Index: 8

Traveler reviews analyzed: YahooTravel (21) , MyTravelGuide (17) , Travelocity (22) , Expedia (50) , TripAdvisor (696) , BedBugRegistry (4)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (1/5 issues found)

Is this hotel safe to book? See the trends in negative comments below to find out the real deal before you commit:

Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. So if you are staying there sometime soon, I would avoid rooms 1425-1427 or in that range unless they tell you the noise problem got solved.

"Good business location, fine hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/8/2012 Vote

2. Perhaps avoid this by parking in a nearby garage if you don't need the car til you leave.

"Great stay but parking detracted from a perfect 5 stars " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/1/2012 Vote

3. Again, I recognize that others have not commented on this,, but I'd thought share our one criticism that would make us avoid this hotel.

"Good central hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/4/2011 Vote

4. Parking is city-pricey, $34, and avoid a room on floor 4.

"Location, Location, Location! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/11/2011 Vote

5. The bathroom was very clean and had a separate glass-enclosed shower (no nasty shower curtain to avoid - yea.

"Good value, great location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/23/2009 Vote

6. ' This is the classic avoidance attitude - the manager says the problem is not the terrible service but the way I FELT ABOUT IT.

"Pretty good...but... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/28/2007 Vote

7. I personally don`t want anyone else driving my car, so I avoid valets.

"pretty good, but could be better " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/22/2006 Vote

8. So, we asked for the manager, explained that we had discussed our reservation personally with Sofitel staff with the expressed purpose of avoiding this type of disaster.

"Pitiful customer service " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/16/2005 Vote