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| - Yep. A full five stars...however, allow me to be precise. This is a five star rating on a *three* star hotel. Meaning: It is as good as it gets...in this category.
What you get: An immaculate suite room with nice HD flatscreen TVs in both the bedroom and living area; along with a nice kitchenette and Ikea-style hotel-grade furniture, all for a very reasonable price. Plus, there is free parking, free Internet access and cable TV...including HBO.
I particularly like the fact that they don't have the TVs "locked down" so you can hook up an external device if you so choose. Just plug your media player of choice into the available ports in back, then use the "function" button at the bottom of the supplied remote to choose the correct input. If you don't travel with a Roku or similar device as I do, they also have a DVD player included for you.
The gym is great for a small-town business hotel, comparable to a "Reebok Gym" at your local Westin. It is good sized, clean, and comes with a selection of Precor treadmills and cross trainers. I made good use of these as well as the freeweights...but never made it to the indoor pool, but that looks nice enough.
***However*** unless you like your food well processed, your coffee watered down and your fruit ripened in the back of a freighter...steer clear of the free meals. Instead, ask the front desk for menus to the local restaurants that deliver. They have a sushi place, Chinese and pizza that come well recommended. Only being here for 2 nights, I ordered in once, opting for "Hunan Inn". Decent Americanized Chinee Foo...but I digress.
All in all, I very much enjoyed my stay here such as it was. Being more of a big-city-guy, I can't say I'd like to be in Canonsburg long term, but if you have to be here, you can't go wrong with the Homewood Suites. Likely the best place in town.
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