The Georgian Terrace

The location cannot be beat you’re in the heart of downtown and The Fox is at your doorstep. The rooms are very spacious almost like an apartment. Our closet and bathroom was also very large and well kept. The staff was always very busy and hard to get ahold of because of the number of guests. Another tip is if your room is on the front-​facing side be prepared to have a loud night when The Fox lets out at around 10 PM. Other than that the room was beautiful and we loved it!

The good: location was great, very convenient to all we needed to get done. Building is interesting, architecture is great. Service is okay, bellman is the highlight, phone manners are not. Trevor is great as a concierge.
The bad: room was $$ but among the smallest I have ever stayed in. It was a corner room with good views, but that was the only positive. Cramped, nothing to sit on except the bed. No desk, minuscule storage, okay just for one night. Fan in the bathroom was out of order, housekeeping left it on all day, sounded like a chainsaw. We were on the 18^th floor, avoid it! Fitness center was above us and used all though the night, even though it closes early. Room service finally sent security to evict the idiots using weights at 3:00 am.
All I’m all, okay but ha rough edges that need attention at this price point.

The Georgian Terrace is a great location for a tourist. Unlike a number of big cities, Atlanta’a liveliest happenings are in Midtown and not Downtown. The Georgian is on the south side of Midtown. You have access to plenty of good dining and bar hopping. Livingston is in the hotel, as well (see my separate review of my experience there). The Georgian is located right across from the Fox Theatre. Many patrons will end their night with a bite or a drink at one of the Georgian establishments. Livingston’s offers a great view of Peachtree St. The building itself is quite lovely inside and out. I have seen many a wedding take place here.

Consider heating the lobby and ladies room. Beautiful space with potential, but really uncomfortable. And I’m from Wisconsin!

The Georgian Terrace has met every single need we had. We had called beforehand and wanted to see if they had a refrigerator and microwave in the hotel rooms and they definitely went the extra mile and complimented us with a better room! We had also forgotten our tickets for a Fox show and they printed them off, right there at the front desk! I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone going to ATL for any reason! In other words, Best. Hotel. Ever.

We had a really nice stay. Would go back again. Quiet, clean, very secure. Very nice staff.
The pictures on Unilocal look bad, but it’s very clean & decent.
Gio in the Livingston restaurant was such a polite wonderful server that made our meal even better with his excellent customer service. Taurean or Taurian in the coffee shop was welcoming and helpful every morning. Rafaela… our maid was very sweet. Kevin, the bellman was very friendly and funny.
All in all we had a very nice stay.
Stayed in a two bedroom unit. It had a washing machine & dryer!!! What a plus because we were on a road trip!

The exterior of the Georgian Terrace is BEAUTIFUL. I love the grey-​ish beige brick color and the architectural features, and I’ve heard from many that this hotel has historical significance. Pretty outside and important to the town? Check.
However, my experience at the Terrace fell flat. When I arrived with my colleague, with whom I was staying for a conference, we were informed we had a «one bedroom suite,» which was odd because we actually called to reserve a room and explicitly asked for a room with two beds. Not a big deal, right? Front desk personnel probably deal with this every 10 minutes. However, the man at the desk was clearly displeased, and we tried to joke with him and lighten the mood, but he wasn’t really having it. Oh well.
We ended up getting our two-​bedroom, but it’s a bit of an awkward space: you open the front door to a long hallway with a bathroom directly to the right. The bathroom is a decent size, yet has no fan for the humidity & only a shower. So we walk down the hallway, and the room has two beds. We slept alright, as the beds are quite firm. For two women getting ready for a conference, it was unfortunate that the only mirror we had in the room was in the bathroom. Perhaps I’m being picky, but for $ 189 a night, I expected a little bit nicer of a hotel room. The day of check-​out, we also found a charge for $ 30 valet parking for two days, which, while I’m sure can happen, seems another oversight that just made me think that for a hotel of such historical significance and a beautiful exterior and lobby, is lacking in some areas.
If you’re in town, I’d recommend popping into the lobby and walking around, as it’s lovely and feels like a boutique hotel. As well, take a walk through the lobby to the Livingston, a trendy and swankily (is that a word?!) designed bar & restaurant for a cocktail, but I have a feeling on my next Atlanta trip, I might explore my living arrangements a little bit.

Service like a Four Seasons in an historic hotel with the best views of Atlanta from one side of the hotel and the most heavenly rooftop pool from which you can see leaves turning on one side and downtown on the other.
I have to give this hotel 5 stars because I am so impressed with the remodel of what to longtime Atlanta residents is just a very old midtown historic place across from the Fox. I travel a fair amount and have been in quite a few hotels – chains, boutiques, and as a child, upscale hotels I could never now afford – and the layout and remodel of the Georgian rooms takes your breath away.
My room – 1501 – had a small sitting room, small bedroom with a full not a queen, and spacious, luxurious bathroom. It was the perfect pied a terre in soothing but not dull grays and purples.
The gym on the top floor is gorgeous: a true penthouse from which you go up one flight to the rooftop pool. After this fitness center, I was fairly horrified by the ugly Marriott Marquis gym. It was like a middling YMCA. Yes I am a huge gym snob: at 43 I am nowhere near close to buying an apartment, a content renter till 50 I am sure, but there is one thing in life about which I will never compromise and that’s gyms. Life is too short to work out in anything but a gorgeous gym that makes you feel like a princess: granite everything, views, state-​of-​the-​art equipment, immaculate facilities lovingly cared for by prodigious numbers of maintenance people.
I couldn’t bring myself to work out at the Marriott Marquis gym, which they tout as some fabulous big deal. Awful. Might as well have been a college gym from the 1990s or before.
The hotel restaurant – the Livingston – is wonderful (see my review) and reasonably-​priced – and the desk staff, bellmen, concierge, and managers are all wonderful.
I could have gone to the Ritz for 199 (¹⁰⁄₃₀ isn’t exactly a big night for hotels in Buckhead), but I loved the Georgian Terrace and any time I return to Atlanta and don’t stay with friends in Sandy Springs or East Cobb, I intend to stay here.

This hotel has what my sister calls the old grande dame syndrome — an historic and once-​grand hotel, beautiful lobby and restaurant, awful bedrooms. My room was a mysteriously large two bedroom suite with a full kitchen and washer dryer — very off amenities for a hotel. Ceiling had water damage, wallpaper was peeling, and carpet was stained. Decidedly old and shabby. Outlets broken. Maid showed up early and banged on the door and forgot to replace my towels. Lobby and restaurant service very nice. Food was pretty good and restaurant very pretty. Pretty cheap — $ 150/​night. Cannot recommend.

For the view and uniqueness off this hotel I give it a 4. The hotel itself is beautiful but inside the rooms is just decent. The kitchen inside is completely outdated, so is some of the furniture, but overall it’s a really nice hotel. Make sure you go to the roof of the building, it has an amazing full view of Atlanta. The gym is super nice too, it’s all glass so you can see outside when you’re working out, and you’re really high up as well. I would come here again!

The «heated pool» is absolutely freezing, why even bothering advertising it as heated? It’s unusable despite it currently being 80° outside. If you’re too cheap to warm the pool, I get it, but don’t lie to your customers and say it’s heated.
The hotel is (loudly) under construction. Hey, whatever, I understand you have to renovate… but a hotel staff member came to my room two days ago to let me know the noise was over, yet it started again the next day.
The «fully stocked kitchenette» is dated and disgusting, and barely stocked at all (you certainly couldn’t use it to prepare anything).
It’s 2015, how do you still have crappy internet? It’s unusable, especially at peak times. Seriously, spend a half hour and get someone to provide reliable internet, this is simply unacceptable.
Feels like a miser bought a famous hotel and is squeezing the last cent out of it before letting it die. Would NEVER stay here again and NEVER recommend to a friend.
On the plus side, all the staff have been super friendly, I hope they all move on to somewhere better.

I had my wedding almost a month ago at the Fox Theater in Atlanta and the Georgian Terrace directly across the street seemed like the natural choice for both my rehearsal dinner and where myself and guests would stay for the weekend. In the beginning of my wedding planning I had a great experience with my wedding contact there, Hannah, but the hotel changed management and since then went downhill as far as guest services. The hotel was also undergoing renovations as well.
Here is why I gave 2 stars: First, the venue is absolutely gorgeous and it was convenient, however,
I had several issues leading up to and during the wedding weekend.
The first issue was that for my block of rooms, my family would call and ask for my block (almost a year in advance) and they would say there were no more rooms available when there were. The price of the same type of room was cheaper to purchase outside of my block, and even cheaper with AAA and military discounts so my guests would tell me they went outside my block and even had one tell me that the front desk person offered a cheaper room.
Second issue was that we wanted to pre pay and reserve parking for the night of the event for our guests and when we got the parking vouchers to hand out, there was only a handful of people who could use them because they were turned away from the parking deck saying it was full. One of my guests turned around and went home because there was no where to park.
Thirdly, the Penthouse suite we requested was given to an in-​house bride 4 days prior to the event. We still got a penthouse suite but it was smaller and not the one I requested over a year ago.
All the welcome bags were not brought to the rooms and when I called the front desk to ask where they were, the girl said she just got on the shift and didnt know anything after I had given a list of what needed to go where. I ended up having to walk down and just getting them myself and hand out to my family (on my wedding day).
My wedding contact person was out of town that weekend and I found that out the night of my rehearsal dinner. The rehearsal dinner itself was great food and service so I will give them that.
My guests had several complaints about their rooms. One room my bridesmaid and her family were taken to was literally still in the middle of construction, one had no towels and took an hour to get them, another opened up the pull out bed and it was dirty and when she got new sheets they had holes in them. My groom’s room had a dirty hand print on the window. The day of my wedding I called room service (from the penthouse) in the morning to get a fruit tray and some bagels and muffins for my bridesmaids and myself and was told it would be 6 people behind and I should have told them ahead of time because they are preparing brunch. I am like isn’t that the point of room service?
All in all I was very disappointed with the experience and hope that they can be more customer oriented and get their stuff together with this new management. The hotel is beautiful and some staff are really great but the service needs to improve. I did try to write to who I thought was the general manager about my complaints but the email bounced back. I will definitely be reaching out to them. It was very disappointing to have my guests have a bad experience since they flew in from out of town and I had said such great things about it. For other brides, it is a beautiful place and I hope it gets better soon.

Nasty rooms and bathrooms. Checkin took way too long. Only two elevators. Had to beg for enough towels. Morning coffee has to be purchased from a little, dirty café outside the hotel where it took 20 minutes to get served in spite of there being no other customers and 4 workers.

This place sucks. I reserved an upgraded ‘luxury’ room and when I get there they try to give me an old room in the 2^nd fl. I’m charged $ 30 more to get the actual room I reserved. Then I order Chinese takeout and they literally yell at me and the delivery guy because apparently there is a special entrance for all that activity but no one tells you. That was embarrassing. Then I call for my car via valet and they tell me I have to bring my ticket down for security reasons. Excuse me? So I’ve gotta come sit in the lobby vs in my room for 30 min waiting — I could have self parked.
The room was pitiful. Perhaps it had been updated however it was so beat up you couldn’t tell. I was able to open my balcony door but it was obvious you are not supposed to, good thing I wasn’t traveling with my 3 year old.

Roaches. Forgotten breakfast orders. A leaky toilet. Sandpaper towels.
After so politely being told I had a room upgrade, I had booked a small standard room and don’t know the category of my upgrade, I met my roomates– the roaches. Lucky for me the gentlemen they send to deal with it was wonderful. Yet no apology or sense of embarrassment whatsoever. The room had two beds and a lot of odd open unusable space. And access to a water heater and circuit breaker that I didn’t explore too much.
Night 1 I set out the morning breakfast order, long before the 2am deadline. As my order time approached and my tummy gumbled I checked to ensure they had taken my order card. Nope, still there. Doh. There went breakfast as I didn’t have time for a new order or to eat in the dining room. I did however have time to call and ask for fluffier towels from housekeeping. Bummer they don’t have more than old scratchy towels anywhere in the building.
Night 2 I set out the card and called the front desk to be sure someone would pick it up. Nope, still there when I woke up in the morning.
Besides for the slew of reasons to not stay here, the bed was soft and very comfortable. With the sweet water sounds of a drippy toilet in the background.

I have always been a Hilton kind of girl on vacation. I saw something about the Georgian Terrace and thought, «I’ve always wanted to stay there just once». I have an awesome inner voice. The room was the most beautiful, secluded room I’ve ever seen. The dining room have beautiful works of art hanging and i could roller skate in the main bathroom! Roller skate! Down the hall stood the original marble staircases. The staff treated us like rock stars and there’s an old speak easy downstairs. The weekend was magical and amazing. There is no place than I’d rather be!

Solid two and half stars, but I’m being generous and rounding up for its location — and the main saving grace was the price we paid $ 77/​night (travel agent discount) for a room which was originally $ 130/​night. Had we paid the $ 130/​night I would have really sailed into them, however I sucked it up and lived in what amounted to a two star hotel.
The hotel sucks you in with its charm and visible décor, but as the saying goes, you simply cannot polish a turd. The hotel is filled with old world charm — and it shows. Care was taken to maintain most of the original features. But where the hotel faltered was the rooms and service. The location itself is great, lots of great micro-​brew bars and fox theater across the street. Hotel itself even has two excellent bars in it, which were thoroughly enjoyed on new years.
We were assured our room was «very nice» at check in by the self-​proclaimed «Mom» of the hotel. Upon entering the room, we noted it being no larger then 80 square feet, including the bathroom. There was little to no room for one person to spread out, let alone 2. We had the following lovely issues with our room: Our toilet was constantly running, the thermostat did not work, the headboard kept falling off the wall (it wasn’t mounted, it merely hung off a half inch plate from the wall), and the blinds would not stay up — which required I McGever the blinds cord half way across the room and tied it around a lamp. Again, the $ 77 made it bearable. We asked for an upgrade to the 1 bedroom apartment — cost $ 130/​night. Their pricing is all over the place.
The service pissed me off — a lot. Those whom know me are aware I have an affinity for pillows. Both because I enjoy making pillow forts and I’ve had recent back issues. We asked for pillows FIVE times. In person at the front desk and over the phone. Each time we were assured they would absolutely be there in a few minutes. And each time the tone made it seem like it was a chore and they were doing us a favor. Finally, after 2.5 days I received 2 of 4 pillows originally requested. My back was pretty sore throughout our four night stay. Ironically, I asked for a cork screw and that arrived in 5 minutes?
The front desk was generally helpful otherwise — and was complete with a flamboyant concierge. Really cool dude who added brownie points for the hotel. Free wi-​fi throughout the hotel. Hotel had a great view from the roof top — but the deck itself was barren and devoid of any sort of comforts. Would it hurt to throw on a few wicker outdoor sofas and maybe some heat-​lamps for the winter months?
I was a bit ticked that parking was $ 25 per night, even though you could park overnight for outside events renting the garage for $ 20/​night.
Another thing that baffled me was the hotel smelt like bacon every night — EVERYWHERE. I love bacon — bonus points. However, the stink is not something I want to smell in a hotel.
Will not return here if I’m ever back in Atlanta. Better deals and service to be had elsewhere.

2.5 really.
So I had the task of picking a hotel for a New Year’s Eve vacay where I went back and forth between the Georgian Terrace and the W Midtown. One ‘iconic to the area’ and one super modern. I went with the Georgian after reading lots of reviews and getting a personal recommendation on how this hotel was an Atlanta landmark, and the architecture is beautiful, and it’s romantic and cozy, and blah blah blah.
Yes, the exterior and the lobby of the Georgian Terrace is lovely… but the rooms? Not so much. I have alot of beef with this room. First off, it was TINY. We stayed in a standard room and man it was small, like you basically open the door and have to turn sideways to get in or else you walk into the bed. There’s the bed, a large chair and a nightstand and with that, there’s virtually no room to walk around and no space to put all your suitcases. It’s tight. Besides being itty bitty, I was also disappointed in the blinds/​curtain situation. There were horizontal plastic blinds and decorative — not functional– curtains, so you can close the blinds obviously they still let alot of light in, and without curtains to close, the room got nice and sunny nice and early. No fridge in the standard room, no robes, not extras. For me, it’s all about the extras and the Georgian severely lacked. And then there’s the bathrooms. Small. smallsmallsmallsmallsmall. Teensy vanity with almost no room to put all your stuff and the shower gel/​shampoo/​conditioner they give are the smallest bottles ever. They have a small hair dryer attached to the wall, a la Carnival cruise.
As far as service goes, I’m on the fence. Yes, Collin and Diane at the check-​in counter were super sweet and friendly. They offered up suggestions (good thing since there is no concierge at the hotel) and were very nice and helpful the whole time, but beyond the guest services staff, the staff elsewhere failed to impress. Like the door attendants for instance who failed to open the door at least 80% of the time. And I don’t want to sound snobbish like I HAVE to have my door opened for me, but… you have one job…
Oh and let’s talk pillows. During check-​in, we requested extra pillows as we enjoy the occasional pillow fight and pillow fort. Were extra pillows delivered to the room? nope. They only give 2 pillows on the bed, so even just for sleeping I wanted more. We called a second time requesting more pillows and again nothing. Went downstairs and asked at the desk the next morning and still nothing. It took 2 more calls, thats a total of 5 request, to have two more pillows sent up.
The plus side was that the bed was comfy and that the location was pretty good. I mean, Atlanta is not exactly walkable and if you are told that you can do Atlanta using just their public transit, don’t believe it, but there are a good amount of restaurants and stuff close by. If you rent a car it’s $ 25 a day to park onsite.
I unfortunately can’t say that I would personally recommend the Georgian Terrace and if I could do it over, I would choose a modern hotel.

Very surprised to see that this place does not have a higher overall rating. Stayed here for a business trip at the end of last month and it is now one of my favorite hotels! Just wish it was closer to Georgia World Congress Center, would make the location much more ideal for me.
Beautiful hotel… Very interesting looking up at the railings kind of forming a spiral. Check-​in was a bit slow, but not a big deal. My suite was on the 15^th floor and it was huge. Honestly a lot of wasted space for me, I could never make sure of all that room. Very comfortable bed, TV was right in front of the bed, big bathroom, huge closets, cushy living room, full refrigerator (I didn’t use), and the best part… I had a separate vanity room! It was gorgeous. Not sure how many suites actually have the vanity room, because my colleague did not have it, and I don’t see anyone having uploaded a picture of it… I never upload pictures to go along with my reviews, but I’ll upload my pic of the vanity room, it deserves some showing off!
Love that pretty much everywhere I go, whether I’m in my bedroom, my living room, my vanity, in the hallway waiting for an elevator, or in the gym… I have an amazing city view because of the huge windows.
Great gym, has far more equipment than most I have seen. The gym is on the way to the rooftop pool, which I really enjoyed. Good amount of lounge chairs. Fabulous view of downtown, plus I caught a gorgeous sunset during my stay, so glad I was up there to see it!
One thing that does need improvement: the elevators are slow. Also, free area shuttle (within 2 miles) is provided but the concierge was mostly not available when we looked, and the front desk was weird about it when I asked about the shuttle hours during check-​in. I understand that if the shuttle is already out, then it’s out… But surely there’s a starting and end time for its availability?
However, I would absolutely stay here again for a personal trip. Didn’t expect the hotel to turn out to be so nice, as the nightly rates were very low.

My girlfriends and I booked a suite at the Georgian Terrace for a Bachelorette celebration. After looking at a number of hotel options in Midtown, we decided Georgian Terrace by far gave us the biggest bang for our buck. We booked a two-​bedroom suite. Upon checking in, we were informed that our room had actually been oversold because of the numerous weddings and parties that evening and we would be upgraded to a penthouse suite. We ended up with not only any penthouse suite, but a 2 BR, 2.5 bath, 2 story suite complete with a kitchen, dining area, living room, and separate entertaining area. This was the corner suite and from what we were told, larger than most of the other penthouse suites. Score!
The lobby is absolutely gorgeous and the hotel is located in such a convenient area – just blocks away from great restaurants and entertainment.
We were really sad to check out and leave! One thing to note, the hotel has a strict no-​party policy – there are signs posted at check-​in and a note online, so beware if that’s what you’re looking for. Overall, great price and good stay – highly recommended!