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I was there for a college visit with my daughter, and we stayed in a one bedroom suite with a sofabed (which she reports was about average for a sofabed comfort-wise). The price was moderate for a nice hotel near the university, though higher than I usually pay for hotels. There was a small, very functional kitchen which we used mostly for morning coffee and heating leftovers, but could have worked for making basic meals. The shower had good water pressure and a nice adjustable showerhead. Free Wifi worked well except for one day, but the phone has a direct line to tech support which fixed my problem. When we booked, the room description said "no view" but our window had a great view of north Oakland, Bloomfield, East Liberty, Shadyside, bits of Lawrenceville and points further north and east. Maybe they meant no view of downtown or the rivers.
Outside of our room, the pool was clean and comfortable, a little small but within the range of normal hotel pool sizes. The hot tub worked well. Exercise room had a couple of treadmills and ellipticals, a bike, a LifeFitness combination machine and a set of free weights. Could get monotonous if you're there for a couple of weeks, but fine for a long weekend. Breakfast was fantastic-a great selection from sweet carbs to fruit to eggs, potatoes and sausage, refilled all during breakfast hours, served in a room by the front desk, with the opportunity to eat on the terrace when the weather is good. Free shuttles took me to and from the places that were a little too far to walk but much of Oakland was a 10-15 minute walk away. For a day trip out of town we rented a car- there is an Enterprise, an Avis and a Budget all within a short walk. I didn't use the parking garage, which costs $15 per night. Finally, everyone at the front desk was incredibly helpful and courteous.
Now for the only bad news- The walls do transmit a lot of noise. We wound up with some neighbors who fought the first couple of nights of our stay and were enthusiastically um... making up during the next two nights. So if you like things really quiet, or conversely if you don't want your neighbors asking you to keep it down every time company comes over, this might not be your favorite hotel. And as a previous reviewer noted, the climate control looks like it's from the 50s and has no temperature setting. We stayed in February, and our room was really warm without any heat on at all (heat rose from the lower floors.) We had to open a window to cool down a couple of times, and the windows are a bit difficult to open and close.
However, those were fairly minor drawbacks for us. Overall, the experience was fantastic and we will definitely be staying there again.
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