you get exactly what u pay for here. its cheap and its clean. its good value for money at $75 a night and only $10 for a cab ride down town. the staff were nice. no elevator so you have to carry luggage up and downstairs but if your on a budget its perfect... neighbourhood is fine but keep your wits about you. plenty of shops around too

I stayed at the Abbott years ago with friends. We needed a quick place and found it while driving by. Instincts (and common sense) told me not to stay there, but my friends would not listen. Everything else you read here is true. I also saw gay porn in the lobby, brown water coming from the sink, mirrors on the ceilings, crack heads and hookers roaming the halls. Our heater/radiator was broken, so they sent up some wierd guy with a wrench to try to fix it. As he left, the lock fell off my door. NONE of this is an exageration. I was afraid to even take a shower and freshen up (after 18 hours traveling by car) for our event. As soon as my friends were ready for the evening we checked out....did not even stay the night. All these years later, we laugh about the experience.

If you are traveling the Lost Highway, I recommend a stay at this hotel. A welcoming 'Lobby Closed' sign greats you as you enter the lobby. Take a moment to appreciate the pair of doves pecking at each other in their small cage. The desk clerks will great any politeness with looks of pity and distrust, constant eye contact is recommended. The halls smell atrocious, take a deep breath, tomorrow morning you will pray that the halls smelled this delightful.
Blood stains and pubic hairs will be present, in the bed. You may be lucky enough to get a bile like fluid stain on the side of the bed. The window will not shut all the way, but this allows you to become fully immersed in the street noises outside. Their claim to have a color TV, is true, but never turn it on. Instead close your eyes and listen to the radiators, pretending that you are in the London Blitz.
Also, the toilet will be very sturdy.

*For best effect, videotape your experience and post it on youtube, like we did.

Not only are the rooms jacked up but the Manager of the Building is total lacking customer service skills and has no respect for heterosexual people obviously. I had never met this guy before and told him about my shower not working in my room in which I paid for a private room with shower and he acted like a kid, stating "you can leave when your rent is up". My rent is up on Tuesday, at noon, and I definitely would be out of the building. If Abbott wants its hotel to improve, it first must rid of the manager. And the next time a paying customer states they shower is not working the Manager should just say I will have maintenance take a look at the situation and we will have an answer for you when you get back. Belmont is a historical place and ABBOTT HOTEL must shape itself around the Beauty Belmont holds instead of having a Bum Manager run and ruin ABBOTTS Hotel. GET RID OF THE MANAGER! Once you do that, I think the place will get better ratings.