We love this hotel and its staff, the hotel is always updating their property so there is always something new to look forward to when we arrive yearly to visit our son at the University of Colorado. The hotel was quite when we were there so maybe the other people who had problems with this were there during football weekends when every hotel in town is busy and humming with chatter and excitement. Its within waking distance to downtown Pearl Street and shopping, so no public transportation is needed once we arrive at the hotel. This time we took advantage of the ski packages the hotel offers, what an amazing deal and an amazing experience,we cannot wait to come back. See you in the summer.

My wife and I stayed her for one night to check out the town of Boulder, stop by some local breweries and do some hiking. Overall we were very pleased with this hotel. It's location is great - roughly a 15 minute walk from Pearl Street. Also the complimentary breakfast was better than we expected. Including scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, as well as donuts, bagels, yogurt, juice, cereal, etc. From here it was also a very short (10 minutes), drive to Chataqua for hiking. The room was very nice with a fridge and flat screen television and all of the cable channels. Also free internet was available in the lobby.

Tip: A great way to get around town is to use the rental bicycles located all over town. There is a station located just a few blocks away. A map available from the hotel lobby can help you find all of the rental kiosks. We found this was a perfect way to get to a tour at the Boulder Brewing company. There is a fantastic bike trail that follows the creek just a couple blocks south of the hotel.

The rooms at this motel are fairly standard. They are average in size, but comfortable and generally clean. The bathrooms are small, but if you have realistic expectations in line with the price, then it is a good experience. There are a few noise issues depending on where you stay. Downstairs can be noisy with cars coming and going. Upstairs avoids this issue, but our room did get quite a bit of noise from guests walking past and down the stairs which were nearby. The location is quite good - close to the creek path and walking distance to the pearl street area.

Other amenities/services: the indoor pool and spa were both quite nice. However, the sauna was not working at the time, which was disappointing. Free bike's were a welcome surprise. First in best dressed - although for some reason the staff are obsessed with people being back by sundown or a fee is charged. I felt this level of militancy was a bit unnecessary. Breakfast was fairly standard fare - not bad but nothing special.

I decided on a four star rating overall - probably a 3.5 if half stars were allowed. I would recommend and return, but there are a few things I think the hotel could improve on to make an even more statisfying experience.

Overall, I would

liked the location and amentities
service average
parking ok
room not the nicest or cleanest
if the room is important this is not the place
if you want location with some amentities and some character and dont mind motels this is good