While the building won't win any architectural design awards, the layout of the guest rooms is among the best we have encountered. The "suites" aren't much larger than a comfortably sized standard hotel room, but the rooms make excellent use of available space. Several mirrors, one full length, add an appearance of spaciousness. There is a sofa and recliner chair for lounging; a well lit work table with internet access, small kitchen with sink, microwave and refrigerator, windows that open (useful during the brief summer months in Fairbanks), and a spacious room with shower/tub and toilet. The vanity is located nearby in an alcove for privacy, but not in the same room as the shower/toilet. Lighting is excellent everywhere.

The included Continental Breakfast is bountiful, with a pot of hot oatmeal, and hot eggs and breakfast meats in addtion to waffles, breads, danish, yogurt, fresh fruit, cold cereal, etc.

The hotel was spotless. While we were there one employee was hand-sanding the grout on the floor tile in the lobby to restore the original white color.

There is 24 hour airport shuttle service (useful when the Alaska Airlines flight arrived late at 3 am).

Staff was very accommodating; housekeeping did an excellent job during our 6 night stay.

One problem is that the hotel has very limited parking. We observed one customer for the hotel's restaurant (who was not a hotel guest) who was denied parking at the hotel due to lack of space, resulting in a nasty exchange of words with the hotel front desk attendant.

The hotel is located downtown across the street from the Visitor Information Center and Chena River. The new Visitor Information Center, being built at the time our visit, will be about 3 blocks away. There are several restaurants located nearby, though the more popular Fairbanks attractions, such as the Riverboat Discovery, Pioneer Park, and University of Alaska museum will require use of an auto or taxi. There is little or no traffic noise since most of downtown Fairbanks shuts down at night.

In all, a great property and highly recommended.

(the reviewer has no connection to Marriott, SpringHill Suites or any of its employees)

Nice location across the street from the Visitor's Center and the Chena River. There is a beautiful park with several interesting monuments. Close to a couple restaurants worth your time ESPECIALLY the Bahn Thai restaurant about 2 streets just behind the hotel. Don't miss this restaurant.

The hotel rooms are clean and although a bit crowded since the sq footage is small, it's comfortable. The staff is friendly and helpful. Nice pool and hot tub except you can't get into the hot tub before 0600, in a place where the daylight hours are very long, would be nice to be able to access the hot tub and pool for longer hours, especially adult travelers.

Only one real complaint with the room, the coffee pot doesn't fit the coffee maker. It's too small. You must stand and hold the pot up to the base of the coffee-holder so the water/coffee will drain into the pot. For some reason, and have never had this experience at a Marriott establishment before, no coffee is made overnight in the lobby. Since you can stay out and about until all hours of the night and early morning, it would be nice if you could also get a cup of fresh HOT coffee at any time in the lobby instead of standing in your room holding the too-little pot high enough to make the coffee drain into it.

The complimentary breakfast is adequate. There is an attached bistro not owned by Marriott but it's only open at lunch and dinner. Work-out equipment is limited to a couplel treadmills, a stationary bike, and a stairclimber. There is a small universal type gym but it's not tall enough to allow for maximum extension of your arms and the leg portion didn't seem to work at all. You won't get much of a workout with the universal gym.

The Springhill Suites has an excellent location. It is right across the street from the Fairbanks visitors center. We requested and got the top floor, and had no problems with noise. The suite was clean, and to us , felt luxurious after our long journey. There was a kitchenette, coffee maker, and two nice beds. We were pleased that there was a washer/dryer in the hotel there as we had been on the road many days. Many higher end hotels would not have provided this. Downtown Fairbanks is a bit downtrodden overall, but this hotel, and the restaurant in it, (Lavelle's, I believe) are both highly recommended.

A business associate and myself stayed at the Springhill Suites in downtown Fairbanks in mid-June. I only have positive things to say. The location was nice...I actually had previously avoided downtown Fairbanks because parking can be a problem but it really wasn't and it was smack in the center of some nice shopping, restaurants, and a nice park right across the street. The room was great! Walking in, there is a little office nook to the right with a full size desk, swivel chair, internet connection, sink, counter and fridge. To the left is a couch and a chair, and a TV in the living area. Walk past that, you are in the bedroom area. The beds were absolute heaven. I just sank into them. Plentiful pillows and very comfortable mattresses. The bath was fantastic, large, the showerhead was nice and high, and the vanity area outside the bathroom was perfect with accessible electrical outlets and great lighting. The room was air conditioned (a must in the summer in Fairbanks, as temps were in the high 70's/low 80's the entire time). Housekeeping did a great job and the front desk was top notch. The hotel features an elevator that requires a key card to access, which I presume keeps the non-guests out but I never saw that as a problem. FYI, there is this unbelievable Thai Restaurant a couple blocks down between 4th and 5th- definitely recommend you try it!