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| - Stayed here on a recent weekend trip to the 'Burgh. I believe this hotel just switched from being a Holiday Inn to a Wyndham, so they might still be working out the kinks.
Had a pleasant stay after a few initial blips: had booked thru Booking.com a room with Executive Lounge access--which the front desk didn't realize at first--then after that was rectified, the room I was given had a non-working cooling system--making the room temp around 80 degrees. Maintenance was up quickly but couldn't fix the problem, so they gave me a new room. No problems after that.
Did not eat or drink at the hotel, or use the pool or any other amenities (briefly used the Executive Lounge to get some water/soda). Tried to use the hotel shuttle--free for trips inside 3 miles--but it was unreliable. I had friends staying in hotels around the city, and they had better luck with their shuttles. This is a key point when staying in PGH, as cab service is one of the worst in the US, and public transport is spotty. On the plus side, during a particularly long wait for the missing-in-action shuttle, a hotel employee who was getting off work offered to give us a ride Downtown for a small fee.
Overall, this is a good location if visiting Pitt or CMU. Was also good value: on a weekend where most of the hotels were charging $300-400/night, I got a room here for less than half that. I would consider staying here again.
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