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| - I stayed here last year and wasn't yelping that frequently, but from what I remember the rooms were okay. Not much you can expect from a hotel room that you're paying a corporate rate for, but I remember that there weren't any scary bugs or dirty linens or anything traumatic. That makes it A-OK in my book.
The main reason I'm reviewing it now is because I was staying at their "sister hotel" next door, the Holiday Inn Express, and while the Holiday Inn does not have a restaurant, the Hilton Garden Inn does! I was extremely surprised by the quality of the food in the restaurant, I was expecting mediocre hotel food but it was actually really good!
Unlike most hotels who provide plain food for people desperate to eat, the Hilton Garden Inn has actually gone a step further and incorportated a full style restaurant into their hotel. It has a bar area and a seating area, very beautiful spanish inspired tile, and really good food in a variety of styles!
I ate two meals here:
-First meal was a bacon and swiss hamburger which was DELICIOUS, their french fries were also well seasoned and I was sincerely surprised that it tasted so good. After being stuck in the airport I was very grateful for the good food.
-For one of the meals we had their french-fried onion coated green beans which doesn't sound too appetizing but they were actually very addictive! We ate every one of them on the plate.
-Second meal was a cheese tortellini in alfredo sauce. Not amazing food, but the tortellini were actually seasoned and tasted good, the alfredo sauce was most definitely canned but didn't taste bad. I did love their garlic bread pieces though!
Overall, for a hotel, they knock it out of the park, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't suggest going out to experience Phoenix's more established restaurants!
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