I found this hotel adequate, the location is good, within walking distance of convention center and restaurants. The staff was friendly, and I did like the shuttle service. I had a few problems in my suite - the coffee maker did not work, and the TV in the bedroom was unplugged - requiring me to push a rather heavy armoire away from the wall to locate the plug. The restaurant has weird hours and the public spaces are a bit tired looking.

The rooms here are fine, standard Hilton Garden Inn. Property looks to be pretty new, 14 stories. They do not tell you that you have to check in before you can drive up into the parking garage. If other guest dont know that at check in, you get stuck behind them when they can not enter. When you enter the hotel from the garage, you have to go up a few steps with your luggage. If they had told me that, I would have taken my luggage upstairs when I checked in. The staff was very nice, they just do not communicate about things like the parking garage.

As far as being in uptown, this is not the area of uptown where you can walk out of the hotel to places to eat or drink. There is nothing within walking distance around the hotel. That part of uptown would have to be driven to.

I stayed here for a few nights on a work trip in March. Whilst this isn't exactly an exciting hotel, it's perfectly adequate for what it is. The rooms are pretty good, clean and a good size. Room service food was fine and delivered quickly. The public areas in the hotel are a bit dismal though. One recommendation I have is to try the seafood restaurant opposite the entrance - really excellent.

The Hilton Garden Inn Uptown is very conveniently located, just a few blocks from the main drag on Tryon Street, and close to the sports stadium/arena. The staff was pleasant and the rooms were clean. The breakfast was not great, not terrible -- slightly stale pastries and whatnot, but I've had worse. It's pretty inexpensive for the area, so it's a good value.

The only major complaint I have is the extremely scratchy toilet paper. If I ever stay here again, I'll bring my own roll. No joke.