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| - If anything, go for the signature Doubletree chocolate chip and walnut cookie given at check-in. I kid, I kid. No seriously, the cookies are addicting. My whole family was on that like we hadn't eaten in days. What does that have to do with the hotel? Nothing, really. I just wanted to point that out. Back to my review:
We thought this was a decent hotel for a week's stay during Christmas. A couple of pluses for us:
- Small in-room fridge with enough room for drinks and small boxes of leftovers, microwave (for said leftovers), and coffeepot with tea and coffee (duh),
- Double bed rooms had a big enough layout that we weren't on top of one another or tripping over luggage.
- Bathrooms: functional with big counter space.
- They don't have a gift shop, but there is a vending machine in a small nook area by the front desk. They also sell some snacks and toiletries. (FYI - the nearest CVS or Walgreens is a drive so in case you forgot something, this will do.)
- We didn't take advantage but the hotel offers a shuttle service to the San Tan mall nearby. I believe it's free, but something to ask and look into if you want/need to go shopping.
- Staff was friendly, even having to work on the holiday.
If you really want to know the negatives, well...
- There weren't enough lights in the rooms! I mean, I know we're there to sleep and bathe, blah blah blah...but I have a mother whose eyesight isn't that great when a room is dimly lit at night (or in the dark generally). All the lights seem to be in one half of the room (by the front door and desk) and not by the other end of the room.
- Rooms are not sound proof. Yeah, what hotel is, but we could feel the footsteps from the room above and noticed the tv was shaking at times. It was like the circus was in town and the acts were practicing upstairs. I checked. There was no circus that week. Noted for next time - get a room on the top floor.
We enjoyed our stay and will be back in a few months to for my brother's wedding. Though he and my SIL aren't having their reception here, they did block rooms for their out-of-town wedding guests. From what I hear, the hotel is pretty accommodating when it comes to all that wedding stuff.
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