My favorite feature of the hotel was the design. The building was a former courthouse and the designers were able to adapt it perfectly to a hotel. There’s plenty of marble and dark wood intertwined with the modern furniture in shades of navy and neutral tones. Needless to say, I got plenty of inspiration to decorate our new home. \u00a0Our room was spacious and the bed was so comfortable that I ended up sleeping in most of the days there. The rooms are decorated with modern furniture with amazing floor to ceiling windows with lovely light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Dessert at Braserie Bizou, Le Meridien Tampa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n A close second to the decor at Le Meridien Tampa was the food. \u00a0It all starts in the morning. The hotel treats you to complimentary eclairs made in house from the Brasserie Bizou and a Illy espresso machine in the room. I got to experience dinner, brunch, and room service at the hotel and I can say the food was delicious. Dinner was composed of the refined classics: duck and filet mignon. The server Kate, was an expert of the menu. We also appreciated her knowledge of the wine and cocktail program. I had great service at Bizou throughout my stay. A few times after work I would go to the bar area to work and also noticed it was a popular place among the locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Eclairs at Le Meridien Tampa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Sometimes you arrive at a great destination but the hotel is so great you don’t want to leave the room. That was the case at Le Meridien Tampa. The service, food, room was superb. After an intense period, it was nice to stay at a hotel where I can relax, have great food, and unwind after work. Verdict: Loved the stay.\u00a0<\/b><\/center><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September and October were busy months with trips to Mexico, New York City, Western NY, and the rebranding of the blog. Early November, I headed to Tampa, FL for my day job. As I do in most business trips, I took a few days for a mini holiday. I decided to take in the Florida […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,25,106,105],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-43","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"category-hotel","9":"category-le-meridien","10":"category-tampa"},"yoast_head":"\n