"You wouldn’t know it from looking at our hotel listings, but Tempe is part of the Phoenix metro area. East of Phoenix proper, south of Scottsdale, it’s the home of Arizona State University, which is both a reputable school and one of the easy-living capitals of the American higher education system. Thus it’s particularly fertile ground for a Graduate hotel, and indeed the Graduate Tempe is both a serious hotel and an enormous amount of fun." - Tablet Hotels