My spouse and I
stayed at the Hampton Inn Fishkill for two weekend nights in late September
2015. We made our reservation online using the Hilton website. The fall weekend
that we visited (even though it was not peak foliage season) sold out most of
the hotels in the Fishkill area. (We had to use our Hilton HHonors Diamond room
guarantee to secure a room.)
This hotel is
located in Fishkill at a busy interchange of I-84 and Route 9. The intersection
is also home to several other hotels (including Ramada, Hilton Garden Inn,
Marriott Courtyard, Holiday Inn Express). There are several restaurants nearby,
as well as a movie theatre (all walkable although you need to cross some busy
highways). The hotel offers plenty of self-parking in an open surface lot,
including dedicated handicapped spaces as well as parking spots reserved for
Diamond members.
The lobby area of
the hotel contains a small business center area with two computers and a
printer. Also located in the lobby is the dining/lounge area, with banquette
seating and both regular tables and a high-top communal table. The breakfast
area is separated by sliding doors when not in use. The indoor pool is located
behind the front desk on the ground level. Although we could see into the pool
area (it had some regular chairs, lounge chairs, and a handicapped lift), we
could not enter with just our room key. A posted sign indicated that guests
needed to visit the front desk to sign a waiver before entering/using the pool
(something we have never seen before in all of our travels). Unless it is some
sort of state law, it seemed like an unnecessary inconvenience, and therefore,
we saw no one using the pool the entire weekend. This property does not feature
an on-site fitness center, although it offers complimentary access to one
located less than a mile away (called All Sport Fitness Center).
Our room was
located on the ground/first floor of the four-story building and featured
typical Hampton Inn décor: king-size bed, lounge chair and ottoman, desk and
chair, bureau holding a mini-fridge below and a flat-screen TV on top. The
bathroom was typical Hampton Inn issue as well, and supplied towels, hair
dryer, and toiletries (shampoo, conditioner, lotion, mouthwash). Wi-Fi is
complimentary.
Rates include
complimentary breakfast, which featured the usual Hampton Inn fare: scrambled
eggs, breakfast meat, waffles (make-your-own), oatmeal, yogurt, fresh fruit,
bagels/bread/pastries as well as water, coffee, tea, and juice. On weekdays, a
grab-and-go breakfast bag is available if you are in a hurry.
The Hampton Inn
Fishkill fit our needs for a short trip to the Lower Hudson River Valley – we
visited Bannerman Island from nearby Beacon (a 10-minute drive) as well as the
Walkway on the Hudson in Poughkeepsie (a 15-minute drive) – and we had a
satisfactory stay.
