I usually stay here when I travel for work. Marriott is one of my company's \""preferred\"" hotel chains. Our Phoenix office is literally 5 minutes away. The only reason I stay here is because it's convenient. \n\nThe staff is friendly and helpful. They offer complimentary breakfast, which is average. They also have an evening social hour and provide food on certain nights.  But, the options aren't  appealing to me. There's a small pool and outdoor patio area with a little fire pit. \n\nThe condo-converted rooms may be older, but they're clean. They do smell a bit musty.  There's a full kitchen. The appliances and kitchen items seem fairly new and appear barely used. If you plan on using the oven, turn on the vent. It may have that plastic-y new oven smell, when in use.They do have plates, cups and cutlery, as well as hand towels and kitchen mitts.  But, they do not provide coffee filters, baking pans and I don't even remember seeing pans to cook with. \n\nMy biggest gripe is the \""free wifi\"" is just crap. A whole lotta crap. I've even attempted to add the \""enhanced wifi\"" for $5 a night and I got connection errors. I'm here for work and that means I may need to pull extra hours on my laptop. I would like to do it from the comfort of my hotel room, but I can't. How is work possible when the standard connection seems to drop every 5 minutes and I get connection errors, when I try for the enhanced wifi?\n\nThe hotel complex itself is located in a dark and sketchy neighborhood and it's right next to the freeway. My last night there, I woke up at 1 AM to the sound of 5 gun shots, which sounded as if they were a few blocks away. Five minutes later a helicopter was searching over the hotel complex and the apartment complex next door. Kinda reminded me of the old 'hood I grew up in....\n\nUh....thank goodness I double-locked my doors...? \n\nThanks, Residence Inn for such an exciting stay! Hopefully future rounds won't be so...um, eventful..... =P