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| - We stayed here this past weekend as it was super conveniently located to the start and finish lines of the Rock and Roll Half Marathon. We checked in late in the day on Saturday after driving out from LA and having spent the evening getting our race packets in Phoenix and drinking beer at Four Peaks. The guy at check in (I think his name was Dan) was extremely friendly, energetic and efficient.
We were pleasantly surprised by how modern, clean and well appointed our room was. It had an actual full kitchen (pots and pans, dishes, dishwasher, full size fridge), a little couch, a queen sized bed and a tiny balcony with a view of nothing. Literally, my only complaints about the room were that I wished it had a king bed rather than a queen but I know that I'm being picky and a queen bed is totally sufficient and that the climate control was easier to figure out because I totally had a fight with that thing. The control panel has 3 buttons - a red arrow up, a blue arrow down and a fan button. I could not for the life of me figure out how to switch it to JUST fan so the AC or heat wouldn't cycle on and off every 10 minutes. Then the unit started making a weird bomb like ticking sound, so we just gave up and switched off the power to it in the breaker box so then it was a little stuffy, but we dealt.
We missed breakfast the next morning because we overslept and were rushing to get to the run on time, but we did swing by on our second morning there and it's a standard free breakfast - weak coffee, plentiful carbs (bagels, oatmeal, cereal, muffins) and a few hot choices (scrambled eggs, potatoes and potato/sausage mix) but it was enough to keep us from being starving for the earlier part of our drive.
What is really special was that the pool, spa and firepit that are on the roof are open 24 hours. We didn't take advantage of any of that because there were some college girls gathered chatting around the firepit drinking wine and we were so tired all we wanted was quiet, but so many hotels I've stayed at close the pool at 7 which is WAY too early.
I don't forsee a reason to go back to Tempe in the future, but I would absolutely recommend this hotel as a solid option if you're looking for something clean and convenient in the area.
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