I'm staying at Hilton Garden Inn Bari for one week while on business in the Bari area
I'm comuting daily to Gioia del Colle - so the Hilton's location adjacent to the highway is great for me.

This is a great Hilton. Not too big, but with many great features.
The hotel appears very new.
It's (I think), 11 floors, however there are only about 8 rooms per floor, so you aren't aware of too much noise and activity.....i.e. it's very quiet.

There is undeground or street parking
Front staff is excellent and very friendly.
My room (on the 9th floor) is beautifully designed and fully equipped.
Room features
- Safe
- Mini-bar that is empty for your own snacks (grocery store across the street and field)
- Adequate storage
- Great proper adjustable work chair
- Very high speed internet
- Two telephones
- Nice flat screen with many foreign language channels - although English channels are limited to news type
- Adjustable memory foam bed
- Free coffee, tea making in room

I found my room (in March), quite warm. I tried to reduce the electronic heating. Every time I entered the room, it was reset to 23 degrees. I reduced it to 21 degrees....as low as I could go, and shut off the fan, but the room was still too warm, so I opened the window.

Also, being a solo traveller, the clear window to the bathroom (see my pics) was not an issue, but if more than one traveller, it may be embarresing to some.

There is a nice business center with computers and a color printer, stapler, etc... (nicely equipped)
The restaurant is reasonably priced for lunch and dinner. Breakfast was very good, with some healthy choices, like fresh cut fruit, yoghurt, cereals. You can also get custom eggs, waffles, french toast, cappucino (all included in the breakfast price). If your room rate doesn't include breakfast, it's about 10 euro additional.

There is a well stocked small "pantry" store with snacks.
I used the gym several times, it has a treadmill, eleptical, bike - all equipped with flat screen and headphones. Also, a full rack of free weights and 2 workout benches. (no weight machines)

What I liked about this hotel
- The staff - all of them, were very friendly and helpful
- The design, ambienced and features, cleanliness - it all works!!
- Undeground parking feels safe
- Super design on the room
- The size of the hotel - not too big so as to be impersonal
- 100% non smoking - or it seemed, (perhaps some floors had smoking rooms?)
- Nice compact gym
- Affordable restaurant

To improve:
- The heating in the room - allow more control to lower the temperature
- Add a couple of more English channels (non-news)

Other
- The excellent WiFi has 2 levels. The free level will allow email and surfing. However in my case I needed to download files for work, so I opted for a weekly rate package with unlimited download.
- Other reviewers have commented on the location as being poor and in the middle of a suburb. You do need a car for this hotel, but there are at least 4 or 5 restaurants within walking distance. 3 of these restaurants are listed in the hotel guide. I went to "Da Giampaolo) one night (2 min walk) and it was excellent.

Conclusion:
This is my best choice for business hotel in this region.