After spending a few days in Sedona, with hours of driving, I couldn't wait to get to Scottsdale and just enjoy some pool time. I booked the hotel on the Hilton website during their 25% off sale so I got a pretty good rate for my recent June visit. Along with the free wi-fi, my friend and I also were able to take advantage of their free breakfast since I'm a HH gold member. They normally charge $24 for that so that saved us almost $50/day but you do have to tip.
The check in process was fine. They didn't offer me any room upgrades even though I had gold status. When I mentioned it, they only had an upgrade to a pool view room. That wasn't very impressive to me so I said forget it. The original room we got had non-working air conditioning. I called the lobby and they sent a technician right away to assess the problem. He told us there was a problem with the main cooling system and he wouldn't be able to fix it. They quickly moved us to another room (an upgraded pool view room) but honestly not worth the extra price if you were to actually pay for it. Otherwise, the hotel provides Peter Thomas Roth toiletries which I LOVED. Everything smelled so divine!
It was over 110 deg when I was staying in Scottsdale, so the pool was a must. They had an abundance of towels and had a water cooler to combat the heat. There was also a nice waitress from the pool side restaurant that actually brought us iced water during my morning tanning session. An extra nice touch. Overall, I enjoyed my time at the location and would consider it again for the price if I'm in town again.