The Celeste Hotel, Orlando, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel - Orlando, Florida

Jackie G.

The bar staff was awesome - shout out to Becca! 🎉 Had great dinners here for a work trip. Highly recommend the medallions and the fish with the curry sauce 👌 both were excellent.

Bring good earplugs, the locals seem to love drag racing down the street outside the windows at all times of night 🙄 sucks as a light sleeper.

The gym wasn’t anything to write home about, it was good for a quick evening workout when I arrived and nobody else was there but it’d be cramped if more people were sharing equipment. Good playlist going though!

Location is good if you’re visiting the college, but pretty far from more of the downtown area. Didn’t matter much in my situation given we were in conference rooms the whole time.

Sheila R.

The front desk agent was very friendly and courteous. We were able to have an early check in and a king size bed provided for us despite registering online for the room reservation. My only issue with the stay is that they charge you $15 to park in a parking lot that is adjacent to the facility. Uncertain why we have to pay $15 to park our vehicle in what is clearly designated as parking spaces for guests at the hotel. The only other thing I would mention is that we were on the second floor and located near the exit door in the hallway. As a result of people utilizing the stairs versus the elevator to get down to the lower lobby, the door would slam shut every time somebody exited through it. This was quite loud and disturbing as a guest trying to sleep.

As for the room, the bed was very comfortable. The bedding was high-quality, the pillows were full-size and/or king and of good quality. The TV and other options were a good quality. Everything appeared clean with an exceptional view of the pool. Had the Esther been warmer, we would have enjoyed utilizing what appeared to be a clean and well kept pool.

I would suggest that they put an indication on the in room refrigerator that you have to turn it on in order to use it. Not realizing that it wasn’t turned on. I placed items in there that I had to later throw away when I realized that refrigeration was not automatic.

The shower and bathroom facilities were well-maintained and of good quality. I especially enjoyed the spa robe that is complementary in the closet. I did find that this particular spa robe can be purchased by the hotel itself for $37. However, when I went to the front desk to inquire about purchasing it for myself, I was informed that the out the door price would be $74. That was disappointing.

Overall this was an exceptional stay and would recommend.

skny2014

We were visiting family in the UCF area and decided to stay at the Celeste Hotel. It was one of the smartest moves we made. The Hotel was clean, daily house cleaning and 24 hour front desk service. The Hotel hosted Christmas Parties all week and even hosted a wedding. We heard no noise whatsoever. They do charge for parking, but the tradeoff is well worth it. The only small inconvenience I had was the location of the shampoo and soap in the shower. It was located under the shower head which made it difficult to lather with the shower on. Not a big deal, considering the bathroom was larger than most hotels in the area. We would stay again.

Diamond D.

Nice, quiet location close to UCF campus, student apartments, and dorms. Perfect area for parents of UCF students. Hotel is modern, quiet, and spacious. Rooms are comfortable. They have a restaurant, bar, gym and pool on site. Parking is free but they also offer valet for $25. I will stay here again and recommend to others!

Hank G.

Well, this hotel is a bit outside of Orlando. It has a great energy, however, it has some faults that I will explain.

Besides the fact that you have to pay to park, which I don’t understand I will pass that one for the rest. The room is a bit small as you can see from the video. The property has an interesting story that when it was being built during Covid, they had originated the floors to be built to 9 levels, but to save the hotel from never being built, they limited the height to five floors.

What I found most disappointing was the food. I’ve included a picture, and for the life of me, I cannot understand why you would bring out a Caesar salad with hardly any dressing, very bland croutons, and place a chicken breast to the side of it, not making even an attempt to slice it up and lay it on the salad.

I asked the bar made in waitress if that was what they would expect for Caesar to look like and they both agreed it wasn’t .

As one of the top Google guides in the world, I take it seriously when I have to give a slightly negative review, but until they fix a number of items, especially the menu and food, I give it a 4 star. Still a good hotel, but to make it great they can modify a few things..

Bob B.

Beautiful location, and first class hotel nestled perfectly next to UCF. Enjoyed the quality of our experience from the ambience of the hotel premises itself, as well as the great rooms. Clean, well designed, and lots of room, everything thought of including Keurig and room service. I love to find a 5 star hotel hidden in a four star skin! Makes a great value! Little things made it for us, like corn hole games on the green, and the wonderful employees. We all know that when employees are happy, it makes for a good experience. We added this hotel to our list, and likely won’t stay anywhere else in the Orlando area.

Jessica B.

The aesthetics of this hotel are nice, although the walls are very thin and you can hear normal voice level conversations from the next room.
The customer service in every area of this hotel are absolutely horrible. I really don’t like giving low ratings on anything, but it’s so bad here I feel like I have to do my part to warn anyone who expects even a decent level of acknowledgment and respect from a customer service professional. From check-in, to the restaurants, to simple phone calls for assistance to the front desk….absolutely awful. We have been treated like we are bothering them for even being here.
Very disappointing.

Chris H.

I am a huge fan of this hotel. The location and the staff are great. I have spent well over a month in this hotel over various stays and have always had a great experience. The hotel restaurant is great also. It is in the city so there is some traffic noise but some of us enjoy that.