We booked a 2 night stay at the Hampton Inn just 4 days prior to our arrival and we got a very good price for our stay. We really weren't expecting much considering what we paid, however we were very impressed. The staff were very friendly and the standard of the room was excellent...very clean and everything seemed new or at least very well maintaned. The location was great, only a couple minutes walk to the main streets of Philly. Shame we didn't make it down for the complimentary breakfast as a result of the great Philly nightlife! Would definately recommend it and would stay there again.

We booked into Hampton Inn because it was a block from the Convention Center, had breakfast provided, and we've stayed at Hampton Inns previously. It was booked through the Convention Hotel Group for the meeting . Our plane arrival was about 7 hrs late, so arrived at the hotel about 1am. We had called to let them know we were coming and they informed us that our room would be there for us. The room on the 7th floor looked like it had not been refurnished in quite some time. It was across from the elevators, but soundproofing was pretty good. There was about a whole city block under demolition right outside our window. If we had arrived earlier, we might have asked for a new room, but since we were so late and exhausted,and had to be at meetings at 8am, we just went to bed. The hotel was full, so figured we could not get any better room the next evening.
The breakfast room was great. There were 2 hot choices every morning, lots of fruit, yogurt, rolls danish, as well as coffee and tea available all day. When we came in after a long day, there were pretzels with mustard and lemonade in the lobby. The desk and other employees were all very friendly, esp the breakfast room crew. For a meeting at the Convention Center, this was much better than our friends at the Marriott*Convention Hotel) who had the lobby torn up and most of the eating areas closed...for 2-3 times the price.

My family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids ages 4 & 6) stayed in a 2 double room over Easter weekend. The hotel was within easy walking distance of the convention center and Reading Terminal Market. It was a longer walk to the Franklin Institute but still manageable. Parking is about 100 yards up the street in an uncovered lot but the price was very reasonable ($20/night) compared to others we'd looked at.

The complimentary breakfast was very good - fresh fruit, hot waffles and the usual collection of yogurt, cereals, muffins, etc. The room itself was fine - we found the walls to be a little thin and could hear some activity around us but it was very clean and well maintained. It was a little small but was fine for our purposes. The staff were very friendly and helpful. We checked out the pool but didn't go in - the pictures on the website make it look bigger than it is but we did see a lot of people using it.

This is the nicest place I have ever stayed. The people went out of their way to help you. We were allowed to check in early, while we were there our plans changed and they allowed us to check out later. The valet parking was great, we went to a show the last day we were there. They asked when we would be back and my car was waiting for us. They kept our luggage until we got back, the doormen could not have been more pleasant and helpful. We were treated like royalty. I would recommend this hotel to everyone I know. The rooms were nice and clean. The hotel was very nice and the free breakfast was very nice. I can not say enough nice things about our stay.