Have stayed at this hotel before. Great value for the money. Room and its amenities were excellent. Almost felt like home. Complimenary breakfast just enough to get you going for the day. Easy access to other parts of the city

Stayed one night in October 2011. Large room, large TV, large bathroom. Breakfast was good, but would have been nice to have eggs. Great whirlpool and pool (open from 6AM to 11PM).

Stayed here after arriving at RDU and didn't want to travel home. Check in process was very quick and the clerk was very friendly. Promptly got my key and off to room.

Room was very large and clean. I had a sitting room next to the bed area. Nice large flat panel TV installed. Bathroom was well apportioned. The HVAC system worked well, but was of the older style where you pressed buttons instead of setting a temperature on a thermostat. But the unit worked well and kept the space very comfortable.

Continental breakfast was what you expect for a facility like this. Remember....this is not a Ritz so you won't have the options you would get there. But you are paying 1/3 of the Ritz price here.

Bed was comfy and I received a good nights sleep. Speedy checkout and I was out the next morning.

Facility is almost finished with a remodel and it shows. Nice lobby, room was well decorated, and the overall building looked good. Would stay here again without hesitation.

I was booked here for a week while traveling on business. The hotel is undergoing renovations and the rough edges are visible. I could live with that. Or so I thought.

The room itself was nothing special. Things seemed clean. The bed and pillows were not especially comfortable. I was disappointed that the television didn't have certain channels (most notably FX and AMC, so if you're a fan of _Mad Men_, _Breaking Bad_, _Wilfred_, or _Archer_, make sure you set up your home PVR before you travel).

Pet Peeve: no vending machines on the floors. You have to go to the first floor where they have a little "market" and pay the front desk for a soda or whatnot. It was $2.50 for a 20oz Coke.

The "high speed" wireless internet access maxed out at .35MBps down. Not good. Most hotels I've stayed at provided at least 1MBps.

The free breakfast was uninspired, the hot food being self-made waffles, eggs, something that might have been canadian bacon, and whatever you could toast. I found it unsatisfying overall.

I ended up changing hotels in mid-stay due to some chemical compound (paint? glue?) that was used as part of the renovation: I can home from work and found my room uninhabitable due to a thick, intense chemical odor that gave me an instant headache. It took a bit of argument but the Front Desk finally agreed to let me check out without paying for that day.

I got my stuff, got a final bill, and got the heck out of there. The fresh air improved my mood considerably, so I was smiling when I checked into the Hilton down the street.

So that was my experience with the Springhill Suites in Raleigh. You may argue that I simply had bad luck / bad timing, arriving while renovations were happening, and maybe that's true. But even before the chemical odor issue surfaced, all of the other negatives had convinced me that I'd never stay at Springhill Suites again. Especially in the Raleigh Durham airport vicinity, where it seems like you can't walk 100 meters in a straight line in any direction and avoid colliding face-first into a hotel.