We loved the historic nature of the hotel, it is a sight to see and should be a wonderful experience. It did start that way, OK greeting and check-in. We loved the room initially, but started to see a lack of detail in upkeep. Damaged furniture. These were not even antiques, the office chair needed to be completely replaced, the nice "sitting" chair was threadbare and was showing padding/filling. Put a local upholsterer to work. The Bathroom Mirror (an antique) is cracked and it's at the top of the mirror, and an independent piece that could easily be replaced by a jeweler or good glass worker. The Grand Geiser advertises it's comforts, that the Romantic four poster bed would be comfortable, it was just OK, the mattress is worn out, there was a ridge in the middle of the bed that made you roll out towards the edge of the bed. I worked at a very nice historic hotel in southern California for a while (The Mission Inn, Riverside California), the things that set this hotel apart from the other fancy hotels was the attention to detail, impeccable service, good food and drink, consistency, Happy outgoing staff.
We chose to not make a reservation for dinner (we had other plans) but we did look forward to Breakfast, the Bartender assured us that it was very good, so we planned to have a Grand Geiser Breakfast. Nope.
Breakfast was cancelled, with no explanation, the desk clerk was demoralized. The staff seemed sad. Lack of attention to detail. No breakfast. Not happy with this stay