What you get
Modern Downtown ATL Retreat is a 4 star property on St Johns Ave Sw in Adair Park, and the list of facilities is long on the practical side. There is a kitchen with a dishwasher, oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, a fireplace and a sofa bed, plus air conditioning, a fan and a balcony. You get free wifi and internet access, a TV, towels, toiletries, a hairdryer, an iron and board, a safe and a garage with free car parking. The thin part is service: the list names a bar or lounge and laundry service, but nothing about food beyond a coffee maker.
What that adds up to is an apartment rather than a hotel, and the verdict follows from that. Modern Downtown ATL Retreat suits a family or a group who want to cook, wash clothes and park a car without paying for it, and who will treat the place as a base for a stay of several days. It does not suit anyone expecting a lobby, a restaurant or staff on hand, and the non smoking rooms, smoke detector and security features tell you the house rules are firm. If you are in Atlanta without a car and want to be near the centre, book elsewhere.
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Where it puts you
Adair Park is on the Southwest side, and the train is what makes it work. West End, Red/Gold puts you on a line that runs into the centre and out the other side, so a car is not the point here. The trail is at the door. That is the BeltLine at mile 8.4, on the stretch that reaches the Lee + White breweries and the new Southside Trail along the back of it.
The trade is simple. You get the best value walk to a train and a beer, and you get a quiet residential grid rather than a tourist district. Suits anyone who wants to leave the car parked, walk to a platform and walk to a brewery. Does not suit a holiday built on museums, downtown restaurants and a short stroll to everything, because that is not this side of town.
Booking it
Book Modern Downtown ATL Retreat directly if you want the whole apartment and a parking space held for you. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. We have not stayed here; the neighbourhood copy is our own.
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