Peabody Memphis

Great hotel comfy beds service excellent Right in the heart of everything

Great location, easy walk to Beale Street. Room was very clean. Duck Parade is a must. Will definitely stay here again.

On a holiday trip down south I had no doubt where we would be staying in Memphis; The Peabody Hotel is one of the most historic hostelries in the United States. Originally opened in 1869 and rebuilt and refurbished a number of times since, it is a Memphis icon and anyone who is anyone has stayed here while in town including seven Presidents, dozens of rock and roll and blues singers, Hollywood actors by the score and even Margaret Thatcher. It played a pivotal role in John Grisham's breakout novel The Firm and Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman stayed here while making the film. Aside from the glitterati who have made The Peadody their Memphis home, it is even more famous for its legendary ducks who twice a day make their way from their rooftop palace to the fountain that is in the middle of the vast lobby. Led by the Duckmaster it is a very odd spectacle that as dumb as it sounds, is something I’ve always wanted to see. Arriving at The Peabody you can’t help but be impressed by the massive lobby with bars, restaurants and shops running off to the sides. In two days I was still discovering new places including a run in with Jack Daniel at the Corner Bar which receives an annual special edition bourbon made especially for this bar. You'll also find the Lansky Bros. clothing store here. Although not originally at this location, it was from the Lansky's that Elvis bought his regular clothes, along with Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. Since then it has used the motto ' Dress like a Rock Star' and countless others from Carlos Santana to Drake have followed in the Memphis singers' footsteps. Who knows who you might run into here? Coming here during the holiday season is quite special with a giant, and I mean giant, Christmas tree on one side of the lobby. There's also a substantial Christmas village featuring Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory which had to have a permanent guardian to prevent the little children from starting to eat parts of it. The Peabody offers free coffee to its guests in the pastry shop which I'm sure is a great loss leader as the pastries on offer are almost irresistible - white chocolate duck anyone? The duck theme continues to the rooms which have super comfortable linens and pillows and mini-bars of soap in the shape of a duck. All told there was nothing I would change about our stay at The Peabody, it lived up to our expectations in every respect and given the time of year was not nearly as expensive as I thought it would be. And yes we got to see the ducks march in from the balcony on the mezzanine.

We loved this hotel. Our booking was for a standard and quiet room but when we arrived we found that we had a room next to the lift. The room was very small and with two suitcases there was very little room to manoeuvre and the bed was queen size. We asked the Reception for an upgrade and for a very reasonable additional amount we were upgraded to a large king size room with a bed to match and a seating area which was terrific. There were generous supplies of bottled water and there were nice nice bathroom products. We had room service one evening and that worked well. We were told by our travel agent not to book an inclusive breakfast as we would be able to find cafes/diners nearby. This is not the case so we ate breakfast in the hotel instead which was very good. There is a deli cafe which offers free coffee and sells pastries but this does not work for us as we have dietary requirements. The Duck Walk which happens twice a day in the hotel is something not to miss. The hotel area is well positioned but good restaurants do not appear to exist [Main Street is the better proposition for dining]. There is self parking or valet parking [note self parking is faster]. The hotel is within walking distance of Sun Studios and would recommend visiting The Edge Classic Car Museum. FYI the drive to Gracelands is 25 minutes and to Tupelo 1 hr 40 minutes which are both worth visiting.

This is my 5th visit to the peabody and i still love the hotel from the ducks to the lovely rooms but the noise and the cars wheel spinning and doing doughnuts outside the hotel, has got worse and the police do not appear to care and i have noticed over the last few years there appears to be less and less police . i know its not the hotels thought but i want to share my experience so that others are aware. we was on the 5th floor .

The suite was perfect with lots of space. The ducks were fun! Great food, drinks, service and shopping!

Absolutely top notch and extremely courteous, friendly staff. My only complaint is no coffeemakers in the rooms.

We very much enjoyed our 2 night stay. We had dinner at the on-site Itallian Restaurant. A very good meal. The hotel lobby is elegant with its artisan details and craftsmanship. We enjoyed drinks and a duet performing in the bar. But, it's a speedy place for drinks. We thought we were drinking at happy hour but were quite surprised by the bill. Advice- drink much cheaper a few blocks away on Beale St. Duck events were fun, but disruptive to lobby operations twice a day. The emcee for the duck events was very good! Our room was kind of cramped. Bathroom was tiny. But, I chalk that up to the age of the place. Autozone Ballpark was just across the street. Beale Street is two or three blocks away. The route from parking structure to hotel lobby is complicated by a number of doors that are obstacles to folks with suitcases.

COCKROACHES in room 547. I went for a work trip with many colleagues and I was the 3rd person in our party (that I spoke with at least) that had to move because of cockroaches in their room. It is clearly infested and based on past reviews, they know about it and are simply not addressing it properly. Based on the 4 cockroaches I saw in the few hours I spent in the bathroom, there is zero chance prior guests didn't complain about them before they put me in there. It was utterly disgusting. I just feel bad for the poor neighbor who heard me scream at 7am when I spotted one crawling in and around my make up bag(!). At that point, I insisted on a new room but then the new room welcomed me with a toilet that didn't work. It was thankfully fixed by engineering but the whole situation was laughable by then. It's a charming hotel, beds are comfortable but this was by far one of the worst experiences at a hotel in my well traveled life. For the management team there - ducks will never be cute enough to outweigh cockroaches. Period. Get it together.