i stayed here while I was in town for an Expo. If you need to be downtown in that area, you can't beat this location! We were right across the street from the Convention Center and there was an area with lots of restaurants and a big movie theatre that you could walk to.
The hotel was really nice; clean, modern and upscale without being snooty at all. Very friendly staff. Pretty glass elevators with a great view of the city, a nice big lobby with lots of swanky seating and a nice business center to get copies made and things like that if necessary. Pretty nice gym as far as hotel gyms go and nice pool area. The hot tub was quite large and had very strong jets which saved me!
The rooms were nice; comfortable beds and pillows, adequate electrical outlets (a pet peeve of mine when you can't find a place to plug in your phone!), spacious enough. On one of the days the maid service forgot to make up our room for some reason, but we let them know and they were apologetic and got us the next day.
There are plenty of options to eat right there: a sports bar, a bagel/coffee shop, and a very nice revolving restaurant on the 24th floor called the Compass Grill. Compass had great service and wonderful views. The food was just ok, but it was worth it for the atmosphere.
The only thing that really bothered me about this hotel was for some reason the room keys would not work properly! My room mate and I both had a constant issue with not being able to get into our rooms and had to keep going down to the front desk and getting new keys. That was a bummer. But other than that, I definitely recommend this hotel if you need someplace to stay in this area of Phoenix.