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The best hotels near Mill Ave

Tobias Lang

Tobias Lang Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Updated 1 September 2026 · 17 Tempe hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Tempe, out of the 17 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, all five scoring 4.4.

All five are inside 600 m of Mill Ave, so you can walk it.

Tempe Mission Palms, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel

Highest rated of the five

Tempe Mission Palms, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel

★★★★★4.4 from 2,203 reviews

Tempe Mission Palms, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.4 from 2,203 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is a 4 star property, found under poi and around $328 a night on the dates we checked.

17 hotels in Tempe qualified for this list and five made it. Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Tempe Mission Palms, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel1

    Tempe Mission Palms, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel

    ★★★★★4.4 from 2,203 reviews

    under 200 m from Mill Ave, about a 1 minute walk

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    • Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU2

      Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU

      ★★★★★4.5 from 399 reviews

      500 m from Mill Ave, about a 6 minute walk

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      • Residence Inn by Marriott Tempe Downtown/University3

        Residence Inn by Marriott Tempe Downtown/University

        ★★★★★4.5 from 885 reviews

        300 m from Mill Ave, about a 4 minute walk

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        • Canopy by Hilton Tempe Downtown4

          Canopy by Hilton Tempe Downtown

          ★★★★★4.4 from 858 reviews

          500 m from Mill Ave, about a 6 minute walk

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          • AC Hotel Phoenix Tempe/Downtown5

            AC Hotel Phoenix Tempe/Downtown

            ★★★★★4.4 from 994 reviews

            600 m from Mill Ave, about a 8 minute walk

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            How this list was put together

            17 Tempe hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Mill Ave second, then took the top five.

            Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

            The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

            What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

            Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

            Tobias Lang

            Tobias Lang Germany, Austria and Switzerland

            Touring already moves him around Europe nine months a year, so he stays on three or four extra days at his own cost whenever a tour hits somewhere new. He calls it stealing time.

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