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I loved staying here. It's been a couple years, but if the same guy is in charge, you're guaranteed to be taken care of. I can't remember his name. I want to say it was Roger? (EDIT: He is. His name is Jeff. Roger? No idea where I got that from.) He was awesome - called before I got there to check on my food preferences, and made sure I knew where he was going at night when I got there in case I needed anything. Don't get that at a Marriott.
I stayed in the Pasadena Suite, which is HUGE and very comfortable. The bedroom and bed itself were fine. There was a desk in the living room for working/laptop hookup,. and I LOVED the dinette area and patio. The breakfast was delivered in a picnic basket every morning outside your door at whatever time you specified. This was a nice touch compared to other places where you have to go to a sit-down breakfast. Sometimes you're just not feeling so social, you know? Or maybe that's just me...Plus, as I was in town for a conference, I could eat as much of the (huge) breakfast as I could or wanted to and tuck the remaining fruit or yogurt into my bag to have for a snack later. Seriously, a nice breakfast.
I loved the whirlpool tub. The pool wasn't working when I was there but I didn't have time to hang out anyway, unfortunately. The grounds are very pretty. You have no idea you're a couple blocks away from Phoenix's main road.
It's a cab or bus ride away from downtown if you don't have a rental care, which I didn't, but that didn't bother me. it was less expensive to stay here than at the downtown hotels I checked, and I got much more for me (employer's) money than at one of them, so it was worth it. I'd go back just to visit.
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