Hotel Lee

Hotel Lee sounds appealing, but skip it!

I was attending a meeting in Reno, NV and decided that on my drive from Florida I wanted to stay in nothing but historic hotels. I made plans well in advance for each hotel. I made a reservation for the Hotel Lee and when I asked about a confirmation number, email, etc. I was told that I wouldn't need one. Needless to say, when I arrived around midnight the hotel was locked up tight and there was no one around. Finally, after about 30 minutes of knocking on the front door, one of the shirtless, shoeless guests came down the stairs and opened the door to let me in. He went in the back office/room to awaken the manager who came out and told me that they were sold out. I told him that I had guaranteed a reserved room with a credit card and I was told that it wouldn't matter what time I arrived that the room would be held for me. I insisted that I had a room reservation and I showed him the email (the one that said I wouldn't need a confirmation number) and he immediately started yelling at me and calling me names (everything from 'girly' to the vulgar ones). I would never recommend this hotel to anyone - which is a shame because the idea of it is wonderful. It also is too bad that management is rude, slovenly, and just doesn't care. I would stay anywhere else!

Unique Quality: None that I could see. The lobby was shabby and the location was run down.