text: Listen I party A lot And I do not drink and drive I will however pay off an imaginary DUI by taking Uber to and from places each time I go out nnOn the evening of Halloween my wife and I decided to party on Mill We knew that traffic would be terrible as well as any overnight parking And worse surge rates for Uber would be off the charts We both felt that getting a local hotel would be the best option nnAfter an exhaustive search I came across the newly remodeled Graduate Tempe It was a bit more than the other hotels but the location worked out wellnnHere is what was great about it from start to finishnn The website was easy to navigaten The lobby was completely redesigned and looked fantasticn The staff was friendly Paid attention to details and even had a bellhop waiting to see if we needed help up to the roomn The school theme was well thought out Even the room key cards look like old student IDs Hotel stationary looks like composition notebooks and instead of hotel pens pencilsn I freak out about cleanliness everywhere I go The room was flawless From the bedding to the bathroom to the towelsn All new everything I do not mean to call out other local boutique hotels in the valley Clarendon El Dorado etc but everything has been replaced in the rooms Not just fresh paint but the chairs paintings bedding TV etc nnHere is what I would have changednn I did not get a chance to really enjoy the room or the balcony We were there for such a short time n The same goes for trying out the newly refurbished Normal Diner which replaced the IHOP that had been there for years nnBoth of those things are my fault thoughnnIt was a fantastic looking hotel that I would love to go back to I usually stay at hotels based on price and look forward to some great deals from The GraduatennEven at a regular room rate you cannot go wrong with this hotel Five stars for location staff amenities and cleanliness