I've stayed at Anaheim Hotel 3 times. First was a good experience and about what I expected for the money; older and a bit shabby but a large room, big balcony, and pretty cool old-timey feel.
Second and third visits left me feeling it was too much for what you got and last visit made me decide I'd prefer to spend more elsewhere than stay there again. Bait-and-switch room/rates, multiple issues with the rooms, poor/terrible service (we were often lied to), and overall unpleasant stay. My last visit was a year ago. I'm including some of my remarks from previous questions about AH:
"Me: I much prefer Park Vue over Anaheim Hotel. I just don't like that hotel. It's old and the recent refurbs didn't help it much. It has great lobby and common spaces but the rooms are shabby and include things like cracked tiles & broken fixtures, at least the 3 I saw on my last trip (took that many times to get a decent enough one to stay in, and that one still wasn't great). I've stayed there 3 times and only go if the price is really, really low. Last visit made me decide not to try again. I think if you have a smaller party, there are nicer rooms closer to the lobby, but it's just a pretty iffy booking as to what you'll end up with. "
Me earlier: "I had a great experience there when it was $89/night, pre-refurb. I thought it was cute and kitschy, and loved the retro feel. But it's now just shabby and weird everywhere but the lobby/restaurant area, with room problems almost a given. With the higher rates, it's not a place I'll return to unless things change quite a lot. I don't want to have to try 3 times before I find a room I can live with, which is the best it ever got for us.
Edited to add: we also were victims of 'bait and switch' promos. They changed our room category (downgraded), then didn't have anything in the original category so promised us comps which never came through, etc etc. It was a mess and wasted a lot of our time. "