We had one short night in Anchorage and looked for a budget hotel. This hotel was going through renovations on the ground floor at the Lobby area, which can explain some of the mess and would not have bothered us. However our room on the 2nd floor and the corridor looked as if they did not see a vacuum cleaner for a month or so. The bathroom was clean so we stayed. The bathroom was clean so we stayed. Breakfast was abysmal. Parking is available for extra fees. Spend more and get a cleaner place

Stayed only one night and arrived late at night. Glad that I had read the previous posts, because hotel is hard to find. Also, we had parked away from the hotel, because the hotel parking lot was full. On street parking is available, but you have to pay a meter. (As stated in a previous post, you can park for free from 6pm-9am. That means someone will have to get up and feed the meter.) That wound up not being a problem, because we were checked out by 9am. Check in was fast. Asked to have a quiet room and not located by elevators or vending machines. We got to our 2nd floor room and it was located by the elevator and vending machines! I looked at my husband, probably with those "REALLY!?!?" eyes, and he asked if he should go get another room. We had been traveling and so tired I just wanted to get some sleep. Opened the room man was it hot! We opened the window and turned on air cond, but it took forever to cool down. There were 2 beds. And, these 2 beds have seen better days....years ago. They sagged in the middle. Got settled down and watched some tv. Fell asleep after the room cooled down. Received a phone call at 12:10am! Receiving a phone call at that hour is never good. The front desk lady wanted to know what our zip code was!!! Really? I asked her what time it was, and she said that it was only 12:10am. You would think that she could have Goggled that zip code. We woke up and ran out of there. Won't be coming back there. Pay extra and stay at Dimond Center Hotel or Crowne Plaza.

When I checked in I was given my room # and key card. The key card didn't work. They gave me a new key card, didn't work. The desk person walked up with me and opened door. A woman screamed - there was already someone in the room! It was after midnight and I didn't want to go look for another hotel, so they gave me another room. There were kids running up and down the halls and adults talking loudly well after 2 in the morning. My room was very small and the furniture worn out. When I talked with the manager the next day, she didn't seem concerned at all. She just asked me if I wanted to check out. The front desk clerks were friendly and concerned, but not the manager. I was still charged for the room but moved to a new hotel. I did lodge a complaint with the company.

I was overall unsatisfied with my stay at the extended stay downtown. They were very inconsistent in a lot of different areas. FIrst off, I wanted a hotel that had a "fitness center". What they consider a "fitness center" here is a joke, it's basically in a closet, has a bike that doesnt work, a stair master, and a treadmill that sounds like its going to break. They do room service once a week which is standard for extended stay hotels but they were inconsistent with that as well, missing my day and not getting around to it until I prompted the front desk staff. They don't have coffee ready every morning, which is quite annoying when you walk down from your room all the way to the lobby for nothing. My dishes in the cabinet were dirty. The doors on the outside don't always work and you will stand there putting your card in and out several times.

I will say that staff was nice and ready to help out with any problem. However there were just too many things that went wrong and I will not be staying here again.