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It’s a working class town but there are areas nearby that have lots of historical and beautiful sites to see. There are plenty of restaurants and shopping. Pay attention to your GPS as roads can be confusing and highways have construction. We spent most of our time in nearby McCungie.

Anywhere but Here!!! This is not going to be an honest review in terms of visiting so it's biased by all means. This is my hometown, so obviously I'm going to want to go anywhere by home in this case. However, if you're staying here for business, taking in a game or show at PPL Center or Coca Cola Park, or a little action at Dorney and Wildwater during the opened months; you'll want to stay clear and away from the center city district if possible. No joke. Poor parking conditions, and swervy neighborhoods even though there's been an aggressive up-turn of development in the downtown area and it is bringing business and results to the area, it's still not the best for lodging at the moment. Downtown Dining though is a ticket to check into. There is the Renaissance Hotel located next door to PPL Center. There are some good gems in town but just be aware that outside of that area, it gets sparse and questionable. I strongly recommend considering hotels just outside of the city on the outskirts a bit, if you're looking for great stays at great rates. If you're mode is upscale, then consider the Renaissance in town. As always, just be aware of your surroundings in the city as should be a "general best-practice" anywhere you travel that you may not be familiar with.

Attended DCI competition at Crum stadium. After the competition which ended late only Wawa was open for food. Their ham sandwich is amazing with lots of ham, cheese, lettuce and tomato. Will order from their again.

Basically this was just a stop over for another destination. The front desk clerk told us about The Starlite Diner just up the street, that was close enough that we could have walked to if we had chosen to do so. Good food, Great Soup & Salad Bar and Deserts to die for. Good area, quiet and being at the end of the road so to speak there was not a lot of traffic, autos or foot. Would stay again.

Allentown and Bethlehem are quite diverse towns (small cities) and have many distracting and Interesting sights. We were there for the NMIH Museum in Bethlehem and its location in the former Bethlehem Steel location was most fascinating - the remaining structures were quite interesting; showing the skeleton of how a major industry of the 19th and 20 centuries was able to produce some 80% of the Steel used to build New York City. Further - the Old Town sections of both towns were very friendly and the small businesses were charming to browse or eat. In Bethlehem the Roasted restaurant on 4th avenue serves Breakfast all day and the coffee was really good. While we stayed in Allentown, near the Airport - we spent most of our time in Bethlehem.

The plumbing was bad. Toilet wouldn’t flush. We had to open tank constantly to fix lever. Hotel staff checked once and said it was fine but it wasn’t. Bathroom sink kept filling up so you had to turn off water while brushing teeth. Plumbing in our room really bad for RM 305. I wish staff seemed more like they cared. Due to COVID no hot breakfast but they could have done a better job. Hot water wasn’t hot to get a nice cup of tea.