I drive twice a year between Philly and Orlando to visit family. This hotel is starting to become a regular stop for my wife and I. In some respects, it serves our purpose as a "Route 95" hotel, but we also tend to enjoy the upscale surroundings.

Comments about trouble finding local restaurants are not overblown. We arrived at 9 on a Thursday night, booked our reservations while standing in the driveway, walked in and checked in at the desk (yes, it works that quickly), changed, and then headed back out to look for dinner. We, too, drove 45 minutes up and down the state highway it sits on, route 287. We initially found just one place open "that late", which turned out to be a cowboy bar with very loud live country music. Luckily, there was a much quieter BBQ place elsewhere in the plaza, One Hot Mama's, which was open, even if only to serve about 4 food choices after 10pm.

Still, the hotel is very clean, comfortable, with all of the trimmings you would expect to find in one of the "good" to "great" Hampton Inns. I enjoy staying there every time, but the construction on 287 is really quite annoying. Don't stay there and expect to walk to the beach. Its about 25 minutes away on a 55 mph road (or more with the heavy construction going on 7/2006).

If you're passing through on the way to or from Florida, it is a great stop on 95, with a number of good restaurants in the area, so long as you look for dinner before 9pm.

Great hotel, very clean and new. Staff was great. Breakfast was typical of Hampton but always good and no complaints. Would definitely go back again to hotel and Savannah, Charleston area.

Nice, comfy place. Hamptons, unfortunately, are starting to slide into "good" Hamptons and "crummy" older Hamptons that aren't well kept up. This is one of the good ones. It's six miles off 95 and on the main road into Hilton Head, although maybe 15 miles away from it. That can be one busy road! They had no restaurant recommendations available, and when I asked the clerk, she gave vague directions to a place she thought might be good, and I never found it. I would assume a list of local places with directions would be standard in any hotel. Not here. Given how difficult it was to navigate the main road at dinner time, this was very frustrating. I was on the road for 45 minutes trying to find dinner after a six hour car trip! Rooms are in good shape, although only an outside pool.