We attended the University of Rhode Island Family weekend this past weekend and decided to try the Comfort Suites based on the positive reviews found here on TripAdvisor.
We stayed 2 nights and saved about $50 per night over the hotels located in S Kingstown. The Comfort Suites are located at the junction of Rt 4 and I-95, or about 18 minutes from the campus, vs the 7 minutes for Holiday Inn which is the closest.
The hotel is very clean and their employees helpful and friendly. Our room was large, with 2 queen beds and a pull out Full sofa. We also had a refridgerator and microwave in our room. With all this, there was still plenty of room for all 6 of us.
The bathroom had plenty of hot water. The shower/tub was lined with granite, and the plugs for my electric razor and my wife's hairdrier worked fine. My only minor gripe was the tub did not have the bump-out shower curtain - something readers of my past reviews know I consider the best innovation in hotel rooms in 50 years.
The AC was only needed one of the days, but it worked fine - quiet, and controlled by a thermostat on the wall.
The breakfast buffet was OK. Not great. Waffles were good. Standard toast/bagels/pastries, cereals, and juices. The eggs were mushy and seemed undercooked - I couldn't finish them. The bacon was the same way - cut extremely thin and undercooked. But the area was well organized and the attendant kept things clean and stocked -- with a smile!
Did not use the pool, though the folks that were using it looked happy. Same with the excercise room. They also have a PC/printer in the lobby for business folks who forgot their laptops.
Parking was full on Saturday night, which was sold out. we had to park near the dumpster. Not a lot of extra spaces.
We met some locals who were staying at the Comfort Suuites while their house was being renovated. They were staying for a couple weeks and they loved it. they had also stayed at some other Warwick hotels and said this was their favorite.
We will be visiting URI a lot over the next 4 years, so I'm sure we will be returning and staying here agqain.
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