My wife and I traveled to Atlanta to celebrate our anniversary over the weekend and booked our stay at the Rosewood Hotel at the Mansion on Peachtree. While that’s the formal name, it seems it’s destined to simply be referred to as “The Mansion.”

For those that aren’t familiar with this property, it’s a brand new high rise located in the heart of Buckhead. The first 15 floors of the property make up the hotel, while the rest are multi-million dollar private residences. I believe it has somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 total floors. It’s one of the neatest looking buildings in all of Buckhead.

They had their “soft” grand opening on Thursday, May 1, and we arrived the next day for a two-night stay. I had booked our room online and used the comments section to notify the staff that we would be celebrating our anniversary while in town. I received a call from one of the managers a few days before our arrival, and she notified me that they had decided to comp our entire stay as an “anniversary present.” Not only that, but they upgraded us at check-in from the Premiere King Room I had booked to a Double Balcony Suite on the 6th floor without us asking! We were blown away. We were also the first guests to ever stay in our specific room, which was a unique experience in and of itself.

The room was beautiful with wet bar, den area with a balcony, excellent bathroom with a huge jacuzzi tub and large separate shower. The den and the bedroom had large flat screens on the wall concealed by artwork. With one touch of a button, the painting retracts and the TV is exposed. The bathroom also had a small flat screen mounted on the wall, which came in handy. The linens and the bed were of extremely high quality and very, very comfortable.

One of the selling points of this hotel is they offer Butler Service to each guest free of charge from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM. They are there to take care of your every need and have been trained on the finer points of providing such a service. The staff kept our room spotless with multiple cleanings each day and turn down service each night. They also put white rose petals on the ground leading from the door all the way to our bedroom, which was a nice touch.

All of the concierge staff learned our names from the moments they met us and greeted us as “Mr. and Mrs. XXXX” throughout our stay.

The first restaurant to open at the property is called “NEO.” We only ate breakfast there, so I can’t comment on lunch or dinner, but the breakfast and the service were excellent. A Craft Steakhouse is opening late summer/early fall and they say it will rival any such restaurant in the city of Atlanta. They’re also close to completing a 15,000 square foot spa, which looks like it’s going to be incredible.

The location of this property is hard to beat. We were within a short walk to both Lennox Square and Phipps Plaza and many other restaurants and shops. When we needed transportation a bit further away, we simply called and arranged for the driver from the hotel to take us in their beautiful black Lexus.

I can’t say enough about our overall experience at The Mansion. The property is beautiful, the service was impeccable, and they went above and beyond to provide us with a weekend that we won’t soon forget. We plan a return trip in July and wouldn’t consider staying anywhere else. The Ritz, The Intercontinental, The Four Seasons, etc… better be prepared to step up their game, as there is definitely a new contender for the top spot in all of Atlanta.