Pastor Mark Stroud in Wahoo hosts a huge youth meeting every year around this time and recommended this hotel to us. They gave us a cut rate, had beautiful rooms and a breakfast that put Shoney's to shame! Great place, great staff, just like home!

Needed to take a large group to a meeting and everything was great

Stayed at this property for 4 nights. The front desk and "morning breakfast" staff were very friendly and helpful. This hotel is convenient to a few dining options (not great, but something), to include an IHOP, which is right next door, McDonalds and Quiznos. As is the case with all (I think) Hampton Inn properties, they offer a hot breakfast which is convenient. Also, since it's "downtown" Gainesville there is easy access to drugstores (CVS), convenience stores, etc.
This property does not include an exercise room but they do provide access to a nearby gym free of charge for the during of your stay.
The rooms are very average but are clean and comfortable. One thing that I wasn't thrilled about is that they offered smoking rooms so if you end up getting stuck in a non-smoking one that is right next to a smoking room (which I did) you get some occasional odor. I don't know if it was just the week that I was there or not but I heard sirens a LOT every night. The traffic right outside the property is extremely heavy during peak time periods (before/after work).
Overall it was a decent place to stay for a work trip. I've certainly stayed at better but it wasn't horrible. There are a few other options on the same road as well if you're interested (Holiday Inn for one).

We travel a good bit by car in the US, and our normal choice for hotel is Hampton Inn. We have stayed in this one a few times and have usually not been disappointed. This HI is an older building, but you can see the results of a recent renovation. We were concerned about a noisy fan in the bathroom that we could not shut off, so we asked for maintenance - our problem was resolved and we had a very quiet night. The front desk staff were helpful, the room was comfortable, and the bed was great. The only odd thing for this stay was service staffing; we visited over Thanksgiving, and when we returned to our room that evening, the bed was not made. The towels had been replaced and the bathroom clean, but the rest of the room had not been touched...somewhat disconcerting when you expect some level of attention. We had to assume that the cleaning staff had the day off. Breakfast was the usual, not extraordinary but certainly adequate to start the day.