As a local resident of Chandler, AZ...we had to choose this hotel one night when our A/C went out. We have known about Dobson Ranch Inn for years and always viewed it as a really nice hotel.
After staying here I would say it's "just okay". Check in was very fast. I guess it helps if you've already pre-paid via hotels.com. We were given an upstairs room for just two of us. I would have preferred a downstairs room to save on having to climb the stairs. It seemed like a slow night, so I'm not sure why we got stuck upstairs.
The room was okay...nothing spectacular. I've seen better in a non-resort room. Oh and why does this hotel claim to be a resort. I didn't find anything resort like about it? Bathroom had a slight funky odor of musty, mildewy, could be urine smell about it. I was not liking that too much. Central air was just okay....seemed to take a while to cool the room off.
There was no indication in any of the hotel literature that there was any internet access via your room. I ended up having to call the front desk where he informed me that the little box under the alarm is a cable modem and you have to plug it in. Kind of old school I thought, and they should probably upgrade to wireless access.
One thing that I thought was kind of weird is that there was a bag of grocery store bought grapes and a full beer sitting on the steps leading up to our room. We figured either someone had been sitting there eating/drinking or they dropped them there and forgot about it. At any rate, I had seen several employees walking around both the night of and the morning of our stay and when we got up to go to breakfast around 9:30 am that stuff was still sitting there and attracting bugs and flies. Hmmm. I probably would not book a room here again or tell my family to stay there unless the price was REALLY good.