Reviewing a Courtyard is a lot like reviewing a Dunkin Doughnuts or a McDonalds in that for the most part if you've seen one then you've seen them all and you know that no Courtyard is perfect and each of them has their quirks which keep them from being great or elite hotels.

I've been coming to this Courtyard since around when it opened and while they may have tried to feng shui the room décor the same problems that have existed since the beginning still exist today.

1. You still have to make the turn of death at the bottom of the driveway to get out onto Glenmaura National Blvd. Nothing like having it flurry/snow and with the road being slick you then are trying to make either a blind left turn across four lanes or a blind right up a hill that would make a Billy Goat blush.

2. The elevators are S-L-O-W. This past weekend the hotel was dead and even with no one in them the elevators would take what seemed like minutes to get down to the first floor.

3. The pool is still the size of a shot glass.

4. The "restaurant" is not really a restaurant in so much as it's a glorified snack bar and to call it a restaurant is a euphemism in the worst possible way.

But on the good side the bed was very comfortable and nice and the staff we did encounter were extremely friendly, hospitable and truly seemed to enjoy what they were doing.

Also the location right off of 81, PNC Park, the Montage Shoppes, and the ski area cannot be beat and while this hotel will never be four star material, or even three for that matter, it does the job for a cheap short stay nicely