At least on Saturday night, this is a high end dormitory. Including that the 2am hollerin' and hootin' in halls is transmitted directly into your room.
This is probably the perfect place to land when you load up your sisters and head up from UVW for a weekend of partying in the big city. The South Side night life (bleh) is right there. It is great that young folks are finding ways to avoid driving while hammered, so I'll give the hotel that.
But, if you land here from Hotwire, after choosing a 'downtown' hotel, and coming to Pittsburgh with your family, you probably should try to get your money back. When we checked in, we were put in a 3rd floor room - but when the staff saw I had a 5 y.o. in tow, he volunteered to put us on the top (6th) floor to get us away from the noise. Apparently, the 6th floor is the quiet floor where they stick the non college crowd.
But, not so quiet. Once the bars close at 2am, the place was loud, as the after hours parties began on our floor. Noise in in the hall was pretty crazy at times, and seemed to be from different groups, not a single source. We were all woken up a few times, and I'm not a light sleeper. We were street side, and there was also a lot of noisy honking from the street. All three of us were awake. Ask for a back (south) side room.
The staff were courteous, the place was clean (except the Magnum box my daughter found when we pulled out the sofa bed), the rooms were pretty spacious. Hence, 2, not 1, star.