This Clarion Hotel is in a decent area and seems to be well kept.... until we attempted to use anything in our room.

First, the positives: The hotel offers a nice lobby, breakfast area, and pool. The rooms are clean and comfortable as you would expect for a hotel in this class.

However.... upon settling into our room, it didn't take long to realize that maintenance needs to be more diligent. First thing I always do upon entering a hotel room is to adjust the temperature. After fiddling with the controls I finally coaxed the A/C compressor into running.... for 30 seconds. The room remained stuffy and a bit warm throughout the night. Also, the in-room phone was unusable. Not sure what the issue was, but it sounded like the dial tone was having a fight with a bobcat. Finally, I had chosen a room with a whirlpool tub. One problem.... there was no way to plug the tub. There was some odd thing in the plug hole, but there was no way to make it stop the water from draining. I'm fairly mechanically inclined, yet I was baffled. Obviously, a whirlpool tub is useless without the ability to hold water.

For fairness, I need to mention that due to the fact that my sleepy family of 5 arrived at the hotel late, these issues were not mentioned to the staff until morning, so they had no opportunity to rectify them. The staff was very apologetic and professional in the morning. I would have been more upset had this not been a free stay through then Choice Hotels rewards program. Nevertheless, having this many things broken in one room should never happen at a hotel in this class.

What a great getaway with friends to ring in the New Year. This Clarion Inn & Suites is in a great location close to area Restaurants and Shopping
Our check in was quick and easy. The Staff was very helpful suggesting a very good restaurants even
providing directions. We chose Rick's Boatyard Cafe. Everything was wonderful from the Seafood, pastas and salads. Dining by the firplace to watching the sunset made our experience even better. Ricks is a don't miss on your trip to Indy.
Also a local favorite is Trader Joes an upscale friendly, wacky grocery that sales great wine and speciality foods. Ah we made 2 trips
Other things to do was a trip to the Fountain Square area about 30 min. from the Hotel for dinner
at the Smokehouse on shelby. The food was very good but allow time if you have reservations for
Duck Pin Bowling which is in the same building. This is a don't miss. even people that hate bowling
thought this was GREAT!
The only disappointment with this Clarion was the free Breakfast We observed unused milk being poured back in the carton for the next day UCK! Try McDonalds across the street.

This was a good hotel for the night. We were traveling through and it fit our needs perfectly. We also got an extra sitting area (not sure if that was an upgrade or all rooms have it) but it was nice to have the extra space that we didn't get in other hotels during our cross-country traveling.

My family arrived late at night and had my children not been on the edge of exhaustion I would have loaded them back in the car and stayed elsewhere. Hallway smelled. Dirty towel found in bathroom. Carpet in need of a good cleaning. Ugh! Mentioned this to the hotel staff and got: Sorry about that. I'll tell them to clean up better for the next visitor. Ugh x 2.