We stayed at this Embassy Suites after staying at the one near the Biltmore last year for our yearly Girl's Weekend Out!. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. We were in Room 5012 at the end of one wing, overlooking the pool and golf course and driving range. The extra few dollars we paid for a guaranteed view room was worth it. We sat on the balcony after dark when it cooled down and enjoyed the lights too. The view was great and we did not hear any of the dreaded tee time calls. Without repeating what others have said, we did take advantage of free drinks by the pool from 5:30-7:30 with some snacks available. In contrast to others, we were glad that drinks were in plastic glasses as we were by the pool. We noticed that some folks were ordering snacks from the restaurant at the same time. We also enjoyed the breakfast (also free) and never had a hard time finding a seat or waiting too long in line for omelettes. The pool is indeed a little small for the size of the hotel, but surprisingly, the pool itself wasn't terribly overcrowded on the Fri, Sat and Sunday that we were there and I understand they were close to being full this weekend. It was a little hard to find lounge chairs, but mostly because we wanted one in the shade and two in the sun. Picky picky. The two beds were double and seemed short - not a problem for me, but someone tall might have a tough time. I didn't think they were overly hard either - slept well. We ordered room service on Friday night after more drinks than were advisable to drive for dinner and the food was fairly good, plentiful and no more expensive than usual. It is close to shopping - Paradise Valley mall is an older mall, but we certainly didn't have trouble spending money. There are also many other stores nearby. We had little interaction with the desk area after check in which was easy and the clerk was courteous. Towels were quickly supplied as was room service.

We just returned from a 4 night stay here and overall it was a great place to stay. It was so convenient to everything. We asked for and received a quiet corner room, high floor with a view. We stayed in Room #5042 which overlooked the golf course. We had read about the loudspeaker calling out the tee times on this site, but never once heard the loudspeaker from our room. The only complaint that my husband and I had, like others, was the bed was really hard and uncomfortable. But for the discounted rate we got through AAA and the free cooked to order breakfast each morning, we felt it was a wonderful value and would definitely stay there again. There was a bar charge on our bill that was not ours and when I mentioned it at check-out, the young desk clerk was rather surly about taking the time to remove it while I waited, but she did because I told her I wasn't leaving until she had corrected our bill. All in all though, it's a nice place to stay.

Our main disappointment upon registering this year was that no effort was made to give us a room w/golf course view like last year. Had to stay in a suite overlooking parking lot the first night. We were finally transferred after 2 additional requests but ended up on the noisy side of golf course where every morning beginning before 7:00 am they announce players going out w/microphone! The front desk was certainly lacking from last year but the concierge(s) made up for it as did the bellman and bar staff. The golf course on site is very convenient even though they do not offer a junior golfer rate as do some of the premiere courses like Talking Stick. We were told the hotel has recently been sold and to expect some wonderful cosmetic changes in the area around pool, etc. You can't beat the location in Paradise Valley around Tatum and easy access to hiking at Squaw Peak and Camelback Mountain.

We had a nice big suite ($212) on the top floor with a big bed, large bathroom, large living room with kitchenette, large balcony overlooking the golf course. Icing on the cake was that it was Easter and there was free happy hour drinks when we got there and free breakfast in the morning. It's not somewhere to go if you want character or romance but it's useful for the area and getting to the airport and Scottsdale (we had a great meal at Razz's restaurant). Looked like a nice (not huge) pool outside.