Hotels Near McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale

Hot city, more than 40 degrees, this is the first experience in life. . . The hotel conforms to the Hilton style. Basically, the hotel stays at Hilton along the way. The rooms are larger, breakfast options are less, and the environment is good. Not very far from the hotel (less than $10 by taxi, you can go to Little Maggiano for dinner, a chain of Italian restaurants that I have always liked).

I loved everything about this hotel! It was clean, well maintained and safe. (Safety is big for me traveling alone). I watched the sunrise at one end and set at the other each day over the mountain ranges. I LOVED the adults only hottub. The rooms were incredibly spacious with many windows. The front desk staff were ALL so friendly and helpful. Tim from maintenance was so friendly in passing. I enjoyed the company in the hottub and fire pit. I love the reasonably priced little store on the property. The other guests were very pleasant. I will be back for sure.

We stayed here for six nights in early October as part of a vacation to Arizona where we saw the Arizona Cardinals-Cincinnati Bengals NFL game and also took a day trip to see the Grand Canyon/Sedona/Oak Creek Canyon. This hotel — and the staff — might have been the best we've encountered on a U.S. vacation. The pool was big and wonderfully refreshing (highs were 97-99 degrees while we were there), and plenty of towels were available at the pool every day. There was a restroom next to the pool (we've stayed at places where this isn't the case, and it's incredibly inconvenient). The hot tub and fitness center were near the pool and looked nice, but we didn't use either. Our suite was big and the balcony was nice, everything worked like it was supposed to. We only ate breakfast at Agave, the on-site restaurant, but the Huevos Rancheros was beyond amazing. Hashim was our server all 3 times we ate there, and he was terrific; friendly, helpful, and went above and beyond repeatedly with his service and kindness. Ditto Jim driving the shuttle, and Dominick working the front desk when we checked in and driving the shuttle. They offer free shuttle rides (though you should tip) anywhere within a 5-mile radius. As is custom for my wife and I, we went to a grocery store nearby when we arrived to stock up on drinks, snacks, etc. Jim helped bring the groceries up to our third-floor room, and he and Dominick offered plenty of tips and helped whenever possible. We are Marriott Bonvoy members, and that came in especially handy on this trip. In addition to using points to pay for the stay (we still had to pay sales tax & a daily resort fee), we received a daily $30 restaurant credit & free bottled water whenever we wanted it. The landscaping was solid (plenty of palm trees, which I love) and cactus plants throughout. The setting, with the McDowell Mountains to the east and TPC Scottsdale right next door, was good as well. There really isn't anywhere you can go (restaurants, shopping, etc.) within walking distance, so either rely on the shuttle, drive and pay the $20/day parking fee (we opted not to) or Uber/Lyft everywhere. The parking fee kinda stinks because the location really doesn't call for it unless TPC is hosting an event. Finally, housekeeping was really, really good (daily service, which is increasingly rare) and the rooms, furniture, and bedding were all clean and in good shape. Just an incredible experience from start to finish. When/if we have reason to visit the area again, we'll definitely stay here, and I'd highly recommend this place to anyone staying the Phoenix area for any reason.

Have just spent nearly 2 weeks in this hotel and had a very pleasant stay. The rooms were very clean with everything you would need and the pool area was also well kept and was never too busy and had pleasant background music. Thank you to Breanna the Manager for her assistance with a few minor issues we had at the beginning of our stay. The hotel restaurant The Desert Pony was excellent, we had a delicious breakfast there every morning. All the team are great! Special thanks to our server’s Naja & Alan who looked after us so well!

HORRIBLE PLACE, even worse staff. Working in a hotel should be for people who are friendly and kind, that extends to the people they work with. I stayed here, and while I was walking one evening outside my room I noticed a housekeeping worker sitting alone past midnight on a small little golf cart. She was distressed and almost crying, when I asked what was wrong she said she had left her car key locked in the workers office and the staff and security guard refused to help her, she had no money for an Uber no family to come get her. She said she’s a mother has small kids, and all I could think of is what kind of establishment treats people like that? Or is it just housekeeping workers get treated that way? The front desk staff was rude and condescending, like you’re bothering them by asking them questions. They think being a front desk receptionist means they get to be rude to everyone else and pretentious. If this is the way this establishment treats its workers then it’s a very good reflection of how they run it and I will not ever be staying here again, I will not recommend it and I hope they get some kind of lawsuit for treating their workers like scum.

Manager Ron was amazing. I was so str sswd and confused over a visit in October 2024. He helped me through all my questions and concerns. I would 1000% recommend any stays at the Aiden in Scottsdale thanks to the manager. Ron went above and beyond with calling me back and helping me through everything as I reside in California so thank you again Ron

Stayed one night. Price was right and it included free breakfast. The place is a bit run down. The beds were comfortable but the pillows were chopped foam and lumpy. Over all a fairly clean hotel. Now the free breakfast. It is served 7am-10am. They do not refill any of the food so what it put out is all there is. We got there at about 9:20am. No more eggs, oatmeal empty, the orange juice was rancid. There were sausage links that were just barely cooked as well as biscuits and gravy. So if you want to eat get there early. The others surprise is there is a $250.00 hold on your credit card for “incidentals” not sure what that meant and all the clerk could say was it was incidentals. He couldn’t give us an example of what that would be. It fit the bill for what we needed.

Rooms are beautiful and spacious but the policy of the length of stay that we were made unaware of when we booked here was a negative and made it so my boyfriend and I were unsure if we were to stay here again. Other than that the resort was beautiful