Residence Inn Richmond Midtown/Glenside

Seems like a newer build, shares a parking lot with a Hampton Inn. Parking is free. There's a small bar in the lobby offering drinks and snacks but I didn't partake. Has the usual gym, pool, and grilling area. Too chilly for me to grill anything.

I had two stays: a week in a standard king and a week in a suite (Ti upgrade). The suite lacks a night latch on the entry door. All suites are at the extreme ends of the floors and I've been hearing people come and go through the stairwell doors all week, so that's annoying.

The standard room was on the 3rd floor and you will definitely hear your upstairs neighbor thudding around practicing their dance routines. The suite was on the 4th floor and other than the stairwell door noise it's quiet.

Both rooms have the same furniture aside from an additional dresser in the main room under the TV. The suite has a full-sized oven and stove, where the standard only has a two-burner stove and no oven aside from a microwave. Both have cute little dishwashers. I didn't prepare any meals aside from nuking a couple of frozen things, but I noticed some of the pots in the standard room were kind of gross and crusty-looking. 

The downside of places like this is when someone decides that cooking a mackerel, cabbage, and liver casserole in their room is a really great idea. The entire top floor reeked of something gross tonight. Please don't be that person.

The suite has an extra TV in the bedroom where the standard has one.

In both rooms the curtain by the bed lets in an awful lot of light first thing in the morning. Bring an eyeshade if that bothers you.

Note: these pics are from the hotel webside. Pretty accurate.

Of the two I preferred the standard room because the bathroom has a nice walk-in shower vs the rather shallow bathtub in the suite, and there's a towel hook right next to it.

There's nowhere to hang a towel in the suite bathroom other than the back of the room door which is inaccessible when you're in the shower, so I ended up putting it on the floor on the bath mat. Not really appealing, and this time of year that fake-marble floor gets really cold!

In both rooms the hot water took quite a long time to arrive. The shallow tub in the suite meant a lot of water sploshing on the floor despite the shower curtain.

No service was done per my request.

No dining available other than bar snacks and some frozen meals in the little market.

Nothing of note in the immediate area, but there's plenty of fooding options a short drive away.

I'd stay here again if I'm ever in the area, but I would turn down a suite upgrade. The extra space is nice and the oven certainly improves one's cooking options, but the bathroom kills it for me.