My husband and I stayed at the Cambria Suites on a Saturday night. The hotel is a bit far outside of pretty much anything we wanted to do in Madison, but we couldn't get a hotel closer because it happened to be the night of the Mifflin Block Party.

The room was nice, clean, and comfortable. I didn't like the decor, but oh well. Our room had a microwave & mini-frig right inside the door on shelves on a table-type-thing that also held the coffee maker. Our bathroom had a nice faux tile look surround that in the end opposite the showerhead had the towel bar, I kind of prefer the surround to tiles that seem not so clean in the grout lines. There was also a vessel sink on a stone counter top. The shower curtain was decorated with dragonflies to match the throw on the end of the bed. Between the bathroom & bedroom-area, the room had a couch, chair, and a flat screen TV on the wall in a little living room area. On the wall by the desk there was a panel with hook-ups so something like a DVD player can be hooked up to the TV. The desk-area was to the left of the TV. The desk chair looked at an open shelving area into the bedroom-area. The shelving area had some odd vases on it. On the wall between the bedroom & desk, next to the chair, a long mirror was leaned against the wall. Our room had a king sized bed and another flat screen TV on the dresser. The heat/ac unit is too close to the bed for my liking because I hate air blowing in my face at night.

I don’t know that I’d stay at the Cambria again mainly because of where it is located. We also had an issue because no one at the hotel could figure out how to add my husband’s frequent flyer account number to our room. The evening desk worker had no clue how to add it and told us to check with the manager in the morning. We did speak to the manager who added it to the comments section. Of course, we never received our airline points for the transaction. After months of calling Southwest, Southwest calling Choice Hotels, and the two groups arguing about whose fault the lack of points was, my husband finally got his points six months later. My tip would be to save a print out of any offer you’re using because Choice doesn’t seem to like to give up the points. Choice claimed all along that the hotel wasn’t eligible for the promotion but it did eventually get resolved.

If you need a hotel in this area of Madison, it’s a fine place to stay. It was quiet and the rooms are nice.