We got a $79 deal on this hotel and the pics made it look amazing and touted the recent renovations. We got placed on the first floor (no privacy/view of parking lot) the first night in an empty hotel - we were happier when we got moved to the fourth floor the next night. The rooms were average size, the king beds felt small, and the linens were less than luxurious. All in all, it was a $79/nt hotel: nice, clean, but nothing special.

We stayed at the Doubletree for a wedding. The hotel was clean and comfortable. The complimentary cookies are a nice touch and delicious! They were starting to renovate the hotel the day after we left. We stayed in a King with sofa, the room was large and the bed comfortable. Wifi was free and the connection was great, we didn't have any problems with it. The shower pressure was good, but if you are over 5'6" you'd find it difficult to get under the shower head. All in all the hotel is fine.

Hi- I stayed at this hotel in June 07 and my experience was pretty positive. The room was very large, we had a king bed with a pull out; the room was clean and comfortable and hotel staff were nice. If you are coming to Philadelphia for the tourist experience, I would stay in one of the downtown hotels. But if you need to be in Northeast Philadelphia- close to the turnpike, Sesame Place, etc, I think this is actually a pretty good choice. In this area, there are a few Holiday Inns, a Radisson, a couple of lesser known chains and some independents- some of the independents are okay, others cater to the "day rate" crowd. The Doubletree is right on Roosevelt Boulevard (Route 1), well within the City proper; the others in that Northeast hotel cluster are closer to the city border or in Bucks County. A word to first time visitors: the area is not at all tourist-y. it is a residential section and the hotels are surrounded by strip malls and shopping centers and tend to be on major highways. If you're looking for a vacation experience, look elsewhere; but if you're in transit or have business in the Northeast, I think this hotel is just fine,

Hotel is not like any Doubletree I have ever stayed at. Most are nice, but this one is outdated, old and in much need of improvemnent. Its obviously an attempted ronovation of an old hotel that they cut down the cost of the renovation drastically. The drians were slow to drain and had rings in the bathtub. The walls were very thin and you can hear ur neighbor talking on the phone. There was maybe one vending machine working in the whole hotel and it was out of beverages. the staff was not very friendly or accomodateable either.