The Friendship Suites provides temporary accommodations to the business, medical, and academic communities of Pittsburgh. We are only three miles from the downtown business center and one to two miles from Oakland where the university and medical centers are located. We have Doctors, Surgeons, Professors, Faculty members, Research Scientists, Patients and families, Parents of students and visiting scholars from around the world coming to the Friendship Suites. The Pittsburgh Glass Center also keeps us busy all summer long. We are fortunate to enjoy a very high percentage of repeat guests. We have become very popular to the universities and hospitals due to our low prices, our safe, clean and comfortable suites, and our reputation for providing excellent service. Every guest at the Friendship Suites is given my personal telephone number. As the owner, I am directly involved with every aspect of my guest's comfort.
We also have public transportation at our door to take you in every direction. We have two major grocery stores (Whole Foods and Giant Eagle) just a five minute walk from our door. A major pharmacy is closer. The local post office is a fifteen minute walk. The police, fire, and paramedic stations are less than a mile away. We are minutes from local, "popular restaurants" or "fine dining". Shopping of all types is five blocks away on Walnut Street in the heart Shadyside. The Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History is less than two miles away. The Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium is 1-1/2 miles away. Basically, we are closely situated to everything important in Pittsburgh. In addition, every apartment is provided with complimentary Satellite DirecTV with the Premier programming package and wireless high speed Internet access.