Checking reviews online before booking a hotel or making reservations at a restaurant has become a common habit for many. Travelers want to make sure the establishment will meet their needs and won't be a waste of time or money.

AAA makes that process even simpler by doing the legwork for travelers. AAA's professionally-trained inspectors visit nearly 59,000 properties unannounced. They use strict guidelines to conduct thorough hotel and restaurant evaluations, assigning ratings for One to Five AAA Diamonds.

Collectively, Four Diamond hotels and restaurants represent just 3-9 percent of the nearly 59,000 AAA Approved and Diamond Rated establishments. They clearly stand out!

AAA Four Diamond hotels are refined and stylish, providing upscale physical attributes, extensive amenities and a high degree of hospitality, service and attention to detail. A Four Diamond restaurant provides distinctive fine-dining, creatively prepared and skillfully served, often with a wine steward, amid upscale ambience.

Four Diamond properties recognized in the AAA Western and Central New York region include the following (in alphabetical order by geographic location):

AURORA 
Aurora Inn (2005) 
E. B. Morgan House (2010) 
Rowland House (2015) 
Wallcourt Hall (2016)*

BUFFALO 
The Mansion on Delaware Avenue (2003)

CANANDAIGUA 
1795 Acorn Inn (1996) 
Morgan-Samuels Inn/BB & Spa (2003)

CLAYTON 
1000 Islands Harbor Hotel (2015)

GENEVA 
Geneva-On-The-Lake (2001)

ITHACA 
The Statler Hotel at Cornell University (2010)

NIAGARA FALLS 
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino (2006)

PITTSFORD 
The Del Monte Lodge, A Renaissance Hotel & Spa (2010)

SALAMANCA 
Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel (2009)

SKANEATELES 
Mirbeau Inn & Spa (2004)

VERONA 
Lodge at Turning Stone (2005) 
The Tower Hotel at Turning Stone Resort (2006) 
Wildflowers (2006)

WATKINS GLEN 
Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel (2010)

(xxxx) indicates year establishment first received current, consecutively maintained Diamond Rating. * indicates establishments new to the list by year-end 2016.