Yes, the rooms are somewhat dated but they were clean. To me, that's even more important. The rooms have a full kitchen, seating area and wonderful patio. We stayed in room 610 which gave us a stunning view in both directions of Ben Franklin Pkwy.
The location is perfect. You can walk to almost anywhere. The front desk staff is friendly and helpful. Ignore their dinner suggestions, though. They recommended a chain restaurant our the night we arrived and it was horrible. In the light of day the following morning we found many places we would have rather gone for food.
The shower was tricky to figure out and the tub drained really slowly. It's gross for me to stand in the shower water like that so I dinged them one star for that. It would have been nice to have more than two towels in the room but they came up with extras, no problem. The elevators seem to get overloaded easily and they are quite slow. I'm glad we didn't stay on a higher floor.
The air conditioning was tricky, too. I went to bed very cold but at 4am woke up very warm. I had to get up and turn the fan on 'high' instead of 'auto' to get the air to turn back on.
If I were to go back to Philadelphia, I would stay here again, but I would check the shower right away and have them take care of it.
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