I visited Albany for the first time this weekend. I had a horrible experience with the Hilton Hotel on lodge Ave. My school provided me with a list of hotels and I randomly selected this one as my second choice. I had the pleasure of being greeted and taken care of by Mathew... He truly made the remainder of my trip in Albany a pleasure. He helped me with a smooth check-in and check out. Sometimes when you have a bad experience at one hotel the experiences seems to follow.. Needless to say, I have to return back to Albany in January and I will be booking with this hotel again because of the service I received.