Hotel EVEN HOTELS di Ann Arbor

We stayed at this hotel in mid-July 2024 during a visit to Ann Arbor. It was our first time at an Even Hotel, and it was a good stay. The hotel is located right next to I-94, and our room was on the side of the hotel facing the mall and away from the highway-facing side of the hotel. So we cannot report on whether the road noise would have been notable had our room been facing the highway. We did not notice any highway noise in our room located on the opposite side of the hotel. Even Hotels have exercise equipment and yoga mats (wrapped as ”cleaned for your convenience”) in each room, which was a nice touch. The beds were very comfortable, the sheets were soft, and the towels were thick. The bathroom had sufficient towel hooks, and the shower worked great except for a clogged drain one day that maintenance fixed after we reported it. Our only complaint with the room (Room 436) was that the toilet had the loudest flush noise, resembling the sound of a jet engine starting. Our IHG Diamond status entitled us to free breakfast. Even Hotels have a limited breakfast menu that seems to be the same regardless of where the hotel is located. There was nothing on that menu that spouse was interested in trying, so we ended up getting breakfast outside the hotel and opted for the points amenity instead. (Our Diamond status also netted us a room upgrade, which we had to decline after noticing that it had only a single bed instead of the two beds we had reserved.) The hotel's location near the highway made it very convenient to get around to other places, including Ypsilanti for excellent Mexican food one evening (at Maiz Mexican Cantina -- be sure to try the Camarones à la Diabla if you like spicy shrimp) and a Tigers baseball game in Detroit, and it was also very easy to get back and forth to places located in Ann Arbor itself. The front desk workers were very nice. Since it was a points and free nights certificate stay, we were surprised to see a charge on our credit card for $42.46 after we had returned home, but a quick phone call to the property resulted in a credit being promptly applied to our account removing the charge. We would definitely stay here again.