SpringHill Suites Flagstaff

My wife and I stayed at this hotel this weekend while on a roadtrip to play in the 4+ feet of snow that Flagstaff got over the last week or so.

This is quite a new hotel located just as you enter the city of Flagstaff from Phoenix. It is close to I-40 and I-17 but not so close that freeway noise is a problem.

The check-in process was very quick and the desk staff were friendly and professional.

The hotel is decorated with a sleek, modern style … nice touches in both the lobby / dining area and also the rooms. Our room was decoarated with spring-like green and blue tones. The room is not huge but is adequately sized.

The bed was one of those that you sink deep into — that may be a good or a bad thing — depending on your taste. There are very cool LED reading lights on either side of the bed which are nice in that one person can read a book or newspaper without blinding the other person who might be trying to sleep.

The bathroom is clean and modern with a walk-in shower. The door to the bathroom is a sliding heavily frosted glass model. This looks very nice but leads to one problem. When your partner wakes up to use the facilities in the middle of the night, you can be woken up by the brightly glowing door. We did notice a couple of the handles and towel hooks in the bathroom were loose but this is most likely due to it being a very new hotel where a few things got overlooked while preparing the rooms.

There was a 37″ Philips flat panel TV that can swivel to be visible from either the couch or the bed. The in-room literature states there are over 50 channels of TV including HBO, Food Network, etc. Unfortunately approximately half of the channels just show up as a black screen. I am unsure if this was just in our room, or if these channels were not were working in our room.

We took a look at the heated indoor pool and gym and both looked quite adequate for most travelers.

The only REAL downside we encountered was the breakfast buffet. It seemed quite understaffed and disorganized while the sausage looked greasy and oddly colored, the eggs and muffins were — eh. I would definitely stay at the hotel again, but might skip the breakfast as it just doesn’t seem up to par.