We found this hotel to be clean, and the service to be friendly. We liked that there was a little shop stocked with food and toiletries that was open 24 hours a day - payment was on the honor system. We also used the hotel shuttle on a couple different occasions and found the driver to be friendly and prompt. The front desk also has a large movie selection available for free rental.
The rooms were average-to-good. They did include a small kitchen with a microwave (and free popcorn!), as well as a full size refrigerator. The shower was wonderful, with a very high flow rate. The television was a little small and not a flat screen. The room also had a combo DVD/VCR player. Local calls were free.
The hotel only had two big downsides. First, it's kind of out in the middle of nowhere. There will be no walking to restaurants from here. It is pretty close to the MSU campus, as long as you have a car.
Secondly, the rooms have a really bizarre climate control system. When we visited it was about 20 degrees Fahrenheit outside. The room heater/air conditioner was controlled by a thermostat on the wall - you simply dial in the temperature you want. There is a sign on the wall saying that the thermostat knows when you leave the room - so far as I could tell, the way this practically worked is that if there was no motion in the room for about 5 minutes, the thermostat would set itself to 69 degrees until motion was once again detected. That would be fine if the thermostat simply let the temperature fall from 72 or whatever down to 69 - BUT IT ACTUALLY TURNS ON THE AIR CONDITIONER to drive the temperature down to 69. Despite the fact that it is 20 degrees outside. Worse, you don't have to actually leave the room for this to happen - just take a shower, or even remain particularly still when watching a movie. I would actually sit there and watch the air conditioner come on, run for a few minutes, and then have the heater immediately kick on. That's nuts.
- Candlewood Suites East Lansing
- Candlewood East Lansing
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- East Lansing Candlewood Suites
