My husband and I spent two nights here on a combined business/leisure trip to Boise. The location of this hotel is great: very near to Boise State campus and not far from all the offerings of downtown. You can also walk to the Boise Depot, if you don't mind an uphill hike.

Caveat: I probably would have loved this hotel had we not stayed the previous two nights at a competitor suites hotel in Boise. Since we did, this hotel suffered in comparison. I think they are doing a great job with a slightly older property with an 'unusual' layout. This layout (think condo or townhome or apartment) would probably be appealing to some people or travelers, but on cold January mornings, I just wanted to be able to eat breakfast w/o having to put on my coat and venture across the parking lot to the main building. I found the breakfast offerings to be fine, but the breakfast room is cramped and a little dated (again, they are doing the best they can with the property they have).

The room itself was clean and had an impressive full kitchen. The bed was comfy. I liked the "rolling" end tables/work tables that we could move around the room to use as work or eating surfaces. I loved the little white board/key holder thingy right inside the door--cute idea and it came in handy for us. However, our suite had a tub that drained very sloooowly, so that you were showering in water above your ankles. We opted for a room downstairs (so that we didn't have to drag out luggage upstairs) but our upstairs neighbors (a visiting basketball team) made us regret that choice. I swear they were playing basketball above us! Also, we found it odd/frustrating that there were no lights in the center of the room--making it hard to use the sofa/TV area for work as it was too dim for us. Be advised that the heating system is quite loud--whenever it came on, we had to significantly increase the volume on the TV in order to be able to hear above the noise (sorry to our neighbors!).

Is this an awful hotel? No, far from it. It's tastefully appointed with lots of amenities in the suites and a great location. Just a few issues, many of which come from the age/layout of the hotel. I'm sure it's a fabulous place for many travelers.

Service here is AMAZING!! This is the second time I have stayed here and both times the front desk operators have been so friendly and helpful and it is always clean and just a great home away from home.

Great hotel; close to downtown and clean room with lots of space, kitchen, flat screen, fireplace, and comfy queen bed. Feels more like a condo than a hotel. Booked it on Priceline the day before and got the room for $47!

My family (me, wife and three young kids -- 2, 5 and 7) had to visit Boise to see my dad, who is dying of cancer. I called the Residence Inn and they gave me a great rate ($99 for a two room studio), but was told that the suite was available for only part of our stay: we'd spend the first two nights in the suite, then three nights in a one-room, then back to the suite for the remainder of our stay. I made the reservation.

We got to the hotel, checked in, and explained our situation. The manager said, "let me see what I can do." When we returned in the evening, we were told that she arranged it so that we could stay in the same 2-room suite the entire trip. You don't know how much trouble that saves, and it allowed us to spend more time with my dad.

When we were leaving, we had so many bags that we would occupy the entiire airport shuttle the hotel runs, so the hotel made arrangements for a large mini-van taxi to take us to the airport, and paid the driver themselves.

In between, we enjoyed the great breakfast buffet every morning. They had everything we could have wanted. Two of the nights we were there, they had dinner for guests -- a BBQ night on Wed and a baked potato night on Thurs. The food was always good, and the staff extremely friendly and professional.

The room was very nice. The only complaint is that the 2nd floor doesn't shut off from the first, so when my two boys were awake and playing at 3:00 am. downstairs (we flew in from China, and were jetlagged most of the trip, waking at 2:30 am and going to sleep around 7 pm), the noise carried to the upstairs.

The room had three flat panel TVs with cable (good for entertaining the kids while mom and dad stole a few extra minutes of sleep), a nicely-appointed kitchen area (4-burner stove, oven, microwave and full-size fridge), and a comforatable sitting area.

The beds were comfortable, the room clean and -- except for my own kids jumping around -- quiet.

A great location near the greenbelt (you can walk the greenbelt to a few different parks within 30 minutes), downtown, and BSU.

We didn't like the circumstances that took us to Boise this time, but the Residence Inn did so much to make our stay comforable, and allow us to focus our attention on my dad. I wish this company ran airlines!