A Review of Summerfield Suites Hotels - The Suite Life Near San Francisco

I generally choose to stay at Marriotts. The exception is when I have to travel to San Francisco for work or when I'm traveling with family and we need extra room for the three kids. One of my favorite alternatives to Marriott is the Summerfield Suites hotels. They are now part of the Hyatt chain.

I've stayed at various locations of Summerfield Suites many, many times over the years. I have stayed at this particular location about a dozen times over the past few years.

For those of you that have never stayed at Summerfield Suites, this is not an Embassy Suites or AmeriSuites type of hotel. Those are like efficiency hotel rooms with a living area and then a bedroom with a mini refrigerator and microwave. Summerfield Suites is like staying in a mini apartment. There's a choice of one or two bedrooms, a complete kitchen, and living room with TV and VCR. Some of the locations now have DVD players in place of the VCRs.

The Bedrooms
As I mentioned you can reserve either a one or two bedroom room. For the two bedroom suites, each bedroom has its own bathroom and own phone line. This is great, not only for families, but even for corporate business travelers. Multiple people can share a hotel suite and have complete privacy and cut down on the hotel expense. The bedrooms can be reserved with 2 doubles or one king size bed.

What I liked about the bedrooms
The mattresses are incredibly comfortable. They are just the right softness and are the new Hyatt Grand Bed. If I sink into a mattress, my back will ache in the morning. I usually sleep very well on these mattresses, though I wish I had my own pillows when I travel. I like a very firm pillow and these, as with most hotels, were very soft. They don't give my neck good support.

The bedrooms each have a desk with a phone (with a data port) and free high speed. The closets in the room have shelves to place folded clothes and a pole with plenty of hangers. There's also a dresser with drawers for storing clothes.