we stayed at this Hawthorn-tempe in September and the rates were the best in the area. It includes a hot breakfast and a usa today. like the post below, the pool is small but clean with towels. the rooms by the roads are a little noisy but if you request a room facing the parking lot, you will be OK.
I think It was a real value for a suite with refrigerator and microwave. this is a open suite with no doors inbetween rooms with sleeper couch, two tvs.

All Hawthorns look pretty much alike in my experience; this one was typical. The rooms were clean, the price extremely reasonable (I got a state rate) and the breakfast room acceptable. Because the hotel sits on a busy street (E. Southern Avenue) and next to the 101, the rooms at the east side facing the parking lot are MUCH quieter than the rooms facing the street (I did stay in both and it made a huge difference if you dislike traffic noise as much as I do). The pool is pitifully small but I didn't use it anyway. The staff was friendly and helpful, and the gentleman taking care of the breakfast room was particularly pleasant and accomodating, though the blaring TV was a bit much, not to mention the radio emanating from the kitchen. All in all, though, I think this Hawthorn is a bargain relative to other places I looked at and would recommend it to those who want a reasonable place to stay and without, as usual, expectations of luxury. Its about ten minutes from ASU and of course 101 and 60 give you access to other parts of the area.

We stayed at this property in May for 10 days and the sheets were changed every other day. We stayed at this property again in Oct. for 7 days. We asked for a quiet room and were placed on the 2nd floor above the pool!! Is there something the staff didn't understand?? When asking about how often the sheets were changed, we were told this only happened on Thurs. We had to ask for our blanket to be replaced because it had mulitple tears. The new one was semi clean and had rips too. The sheets had holes. We were met in the breakfast room by a loud '80's "shoot 'em up" movie most mornings. When we commented to the staff about it, we were told that people get tired of watching the news!! But, he changed the channel for us. The breakfast has gone down hill from our May stay and was not consistant ... from fresh fruit not being offered every day and sometimes only one kind of juice to having only one choice of jelly!! The jelly is a small deal, but on top of everything else, it was annoying. Thru all this, the staff remained friendly and courteous. Altho convenient to what we want to do, we'll pay a little extra and be more comfortable someplace else in the future.

Large clean rooms for a small price, what else do you need? Conveniently located, very friendly staff. Perfect.