hilton garden inn

[mcmwcat]

are these nice places?

http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=MANGIGI

[steve dave]

I like them.  They are great for business travel.  If you are a Hilton Gold you get free breakfast.  They usually have a bar in the lobby in the evening.  free printing in the business center.  some weird adjustable bed that they brag about but that I can't really ever tell is different than any other bed. always have nice desk chairs. 

[bakerman]

agree, they are pretty great business travel hotels. I enjoyed the one outside the Cleavland airport.

[felix rex]

Stayed at one in Colorado Springs earlier this month. Pretty decent.

[Pete]

Agreed with SD.

Most have room service as well.  Prolly the cheapest you can get in a main-line hotel for those amenities.  Maybe a Courtyard by Marriott.

[felix rex]

The bar and bar food was surprisingly good. If you arrive in a smaller city at a late hour, that's nice. Breakfast was also above average for a hotel.

[steve dave]

The bar and bar food was surprisingly good. If you arrive in a smaller city at a late hour, that's nice. Breakfast was also above average for a hotel.

yeah, their spread is always good.  and, at breakfast, if they don't have something sitting there that you want they will make it for you.  a lot of them I've been at have local micro brews on tap beside the usuals and some even have local wines.  for a business'y type place they are pretty much BITB. 

[felix rex]

Yep. The colorado springs one had a nice omelet bar and local beers on tap.

Also, we forgot to move our car after we checked in b/c we initially planned on going out. We went to the in-house bar instead and found our car safely parked right in front of the lobby entrance the next morning with nary a ticket.