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| - My wife and I went for the night to celebrate the anniversary of our first date. We arrived on a lazy Sunday afternoon (mid July) and pulled up to the lobby desk in the back, I told the valet we were just checking in and he directed us to pull up a few feet, but leave the keys for him. Check-in was smooth, they offered to take our bags to the room for us (we just had one, so I declined). They gave us a map of the property and showed us where we were, where to park and of course our room location. We pulled around to the Trader Vic's lot, there is an entrance to the hotel grounds back there and our room was just a few short steps away.
We had the "Studio Guest Room" which was identical to the pictures. It is very spacious and while some may find having a bathtub in the middle of the room is a bit odd, we thoroughly enjoyed it, and it wasn't in our way at all (BTW: the tub holds two people just fine, and has romantic mood lighting). The bed was very comfortable, although the extending platform around it caught my shins a few times. We thought the decor was just perfect: just retro enough without going overboard.
The back patio of our room looked into a grass courtyard between the buildings with a fountain at the back. Although we didn't use the patio (very hot, humid in July here), we noticed that it had a large curtain that could be pulled around for additional privacy. Very nice touch.
We went to ZuZu for dinner and had a wonderful meal with great service. My wife and I split a order of beef stroganoff, which had tasty chunks of sirloin (rather than ground beef) and lots of mushrooms. We also shared the mac-n-cheese (creamy and delicious) and the onion rings (shoestring with sriracha dipping sauce). When I mentioned to the server that we were celebrating one of our many anniversaries, she comped us and hooked us up with a to-go bag for our dessert. (At check-in we received a coupon for complimentary dessert w/dinner, but the sever wouldn't take it, so we'll come back some other time and use it).
There were 10 or so people in and around the pool, but there was no music and the crowd was not loud at all. As we were checking out our room and opened our back curtains a group of "bros" were walking by in swimsuits and carrying coolers, figured they were in a room near us, so I was anticipating some "hootin and holler'in" but we didn't hear a peep. Well, check that... we awoke around 1am because of a very large thunderstorm moving thru the area, but I doubt Valley Ho will give me a room credit for "acts of God"!
We very much enjoyed our stay and will definitely come back again! The room rate was very good, especially considering it's a boutique hotel in downtown Scottsdale (and without a resort fee).
NOTES: Didn't use the internet, TV or mini-bar, although we made our own martinis and did use the supplied martini glasses from the bar.
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