“Location about the only REAL asset here. Don't bother.”
My wife and I stayed here for a short vacation. If you're young and don't plan to spend any time here outside of sleeping, this would be fine. Price and location were my driving points to select here. Wished I had chosen a more expensive place; it would've been worth it. The only nice feature is the location which was nice. We walked to Newport Riverplace, HofBrauHaus, and to GABP to see a Reds game; bridge ends right at hotel. But the money you save on parking and gas could go towards a nicer hotel and ends up being worth it because you don't want to think about the cleanliness and the smell issues amongst others.
It's not a good thing when your hotel reminds you of your freshman dorm and this certainly did, right from the start. Whole hotel smells like smoke, big time. The room was a basic quarters, nothing special. Smelled like smoke and it was a N/S room. Blood stain on wall. Burn holes in carpet and blanket. Mattress was basic, old, and not comfortable. Bathroom was basic with shower stall and fairly clean but the entire room looked like it needed a remodel and to be CLEANED! We checked for bedbugs and found none and no roaches. But I took some time and cleaned every touchable surface with Lysol and a Febreze-type spray and the room smelled tolerable after that. We also brought our own bedsheets and pillows.
Elevator worked some of the time and felt a little unsafe. Cont. BF was just bread, doughnuts, cereal, coffee, fruit - nothing special. All in all, we basically got 2 nights here for 1 night at a nicer hotel. It was tolerable and ok and the location was the only NICE thing. But if I had to do it over, I would've picked a nicer hotel and spent the extra $$. Your peace of mind will be better and you'll enjoy yourselves more.
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