I have been on location for work and staying (aka "living") in the hotel for the last 3 months (literally here every day and night with the exception of a few weekends). Before that, I was here sporatically since last July, so I've stayed here over 100 nights in the last 7 months...i.e.a lot!! They are outstanding. Every single staff member in the hotel is extremely friendly. I don't know how they manage not to have a single person on their staff who isn't constantly smiling, but they do. The front desk is accomodating, knowledgable, learns your name, etc. My room is always perfectly clean after my housekeeping days. The housekeeping staff is extremely accomodating as well. I trust everyone on the staff--very important to me in a hotel stay!
As to the hotel itself, you can't beat the facilities for this rate. They are fairly new, so there are faux hardwood floors in the kitchen area of the suite, and faux granite for the kitchen and bath countertops. There are nice, big flat-screen TVs in both the bedroom and living area. The gym is very reasonable (I use it almost every day). The common room is nice as well, and a nice breakfast is served every morning, in addition to a "reception" (i.e. happy hour!) with complimentary beer, wine and light snack 3 evenings a week. The front desk always bears warm cookies in the afternoon/early evening for people arriving from work or checking in.
The free wireless internet is great. I use it daily for work and have only experienced a slow period here and there. Although the hotel is definitely geared toward the business traveler, I've seen plenty of families around with children!
I can't say enough good things about the MainStay. They've been outstanding. I've seriously never (NEVER!!) met a nicer front desk and housekeeping staff. I'll actually miss seeing their smiling faces every day when I go back home. If you're in the area and need a nice place to stay one night or one hundred, don't look any further! :)
