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"Beautiful property. We thought it was brand new, but the manager told me it was 12 years old. Lots of free parking, including a dozen handicap slots by the front door. Huge, bright & airy lobby, business center and dining areas. Very polite & helpful staff. Nice, compact bar by the small kitchen adjacent to the front desk. Very complete breakfast buffet.Mizz Ava, Mizz Lisa, & Mr. Noel were especially noteworthy for their patient, friendly assistance in finding local shopping attractions. Mr. Noel even set up a Lyft ride for my wife -- via his personal account -- to find a couple of stores, while I was at a different property for a technical srminar, and the courtesy shuttle was on a long airport call. Our huge king guest room was more like a suite. The only sorta-blemish was that the only microwave ovens are near the ice machines, and are found only near the elevator lobby on even-numbered floors. Also, curiously, there was no literature in the room with info about amenities like pool, gym, business center, breakfast hours, like I am accustomed to seeing in hotel rooms. Nor were there any advertiser brochures, like pizza or sandwich delivery vendors. The small kitchen by the front desk is staffed by the desk clerks when needed, so service was impacted (slowed) by check-ins and check-outs. A double burger with "fixins" was about $13, and my chicken Caesar salad (huge!) Was about the same. Very comfortable furnishings in the lobby and huge eating area. Great place to stay!!"

"Overall a good place to stay for the money. Staff was friendly and helpful. They really need to get a new key card system at this hotel. Apparently their keys stop working if they get close to a cell phone or another card? Never heard of this but I had to get 4 new keys during my stay which started to get annoying."

"Overall, the general condition and staff are fine during our stay. However, the light above the mini bar where is coffee maker is located was out-off order, and still not replaced regardless several repeated inquiries for repair. Basic room service is only upon request. "

"Breakfast was good. Staff was great."

"First time booking with hello landing, and would absolutely do it again. They made the process very easy with great communication. The property was incredible super clean and we look into other locations for the future. Highly recommend."

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"Room was not cleaned during our stay. On Saturday I mentioned this to the staff at the desk and they ASSURED me the room would be cleaned. Nothing done. For the price I paid per night, close to $1000 I should expect better. Not acceptable! Especially for a room a I paid for in advance almost 1 YEAR AGO IN FULL. Refund due accordingly!! Please review!"

"Great property. Excellent staff!"

"Very clean. The bed was ok, but not great. The big disappointment was the noise form the adjacent room. The neighbor had their TV up very loud on an off until 2:30 am (So loud that I could still hear it through earplugs). I tried to call the front desk to have them ask the occupants to turn it down, however, the front desk phone was unattended at 2:00am when I called. I was under the impression that night managers are meant to be available during the early morning hours. I would also suggest hotels to have some kind of volume limit on TVs so that they cannot disrupt the neighboring rooms. Especially during sleeping hours."