pleasant surprise.
I recently traveled to phoenix with my girlfriend to attend a concert and we stayed at this holiday inn and were extremly pleased with our stay. As other reviews have stated the hotel is not exactly in the heart of downtown however there is public transportation right down the street and getting downtown is quick and easy. Also there are some great restaruants that are right next to the hotel we definitly recommend alexis for italian and mi patio for mexican food both were delicious.The hotel was pretty 
modern and the rooms were of a decent size, we found the bed to be super comfortable, the fridge in the room was a big plus for storing drinks and snacks. 
 The staff at the hotel was superfriendly always asking us how our stay was going and if there was anything they could do for us. My only complaint about the hotel would be the state of their pool, the pool was dirty when we checked it out on the first night with water bottles floating in the pool and wrappers all over the floor, furthermore there were no lounge chairs which was dissapointing as we wanted to lay out by the pool and get a tan. 
 All in all we had a great stay at the hotel and if we are ever in the phoenix area we will def return to this property as the price was right, the hotel was modern and the location was convienent.