I ended up staying here because there were no hotels available for less than $100 in the area that day. Parking is not good. When I got to the room, the main light did not work and one of the lamps didn't have a bulb. The heat never got warm enough. And the toliet seat was peeling and the toliet had stains in it.
But the room was clean and had a large TV. I would stay here again but only if nothing else was available.

I have no idea where to start. First of all, this is the worst hotel I have ever stayed at. I will never stay with another Howard Johnson hotel after this. Our room was absolutely disgusting. There was hair in the bed and the bathroom was full of hair on the floor. The toilet was not even cleaned and we didn't even have any soap. I phoned the front desk about this and they had the nerve to say to me.. "If you don't like the hotel check out!!!". I could not believe this. We wanted to leave but could not find another available hotel in Saginaw. We requested another room and that one was the exact same. It is obvious that the rooms are not cleaned properly. I also agree with the last review about the security in this building. Anyone can walk in the back door and be able to wander the hotel without having to pass the front desk. This hotel is not safe, disgusting and has the worst customer service I have ever seen.

If you are staying in Saginaw do not stay here!!

We have just returned home from a stay at the Saginaw Howard Johnson. This was our first stay with Howard Johnson and due to this trip we will NEVER stay at another HJ hotel. In brief, the hotel itself is unsafe for it's customers. It is in a very dangerous neighborhood and the hotel has not bothered to invest in simple security measures such as mandnatory room key swipes to enter the hotel doors/elevator/pool area ect. The most frightening part of our stay was when we discovered that the hotel's idea of security was going into "lock down" in the evenings. We attempted to leave the hotel and we couldn't get out because all the doors were locked. We had to get someone to unlock the doors. Upon returning we found that we were locked out and had to wait for someone to come and unlock the doors. My husband and I are going to report this activity to the fire department....it is a definite no - no to lock anyone into any building. When a family member asked us where we were staying, they offered their spare bedroom because the didnt want us staying there. They informed us that the area was infested with gang related individuals and that there had been stabbings and gunfire at the club next door to the hotel (the club and hotel share a parking lot as well). We then learned that the hotel actually owned the club. Besides the obvious troubles there, the hotel was very hot, the elevators didn't work very well, the service was rude and the rooms were not worth more than $40.00. My husband and I couldn't believe that this experiance ran us $98.00...never again!!!!!

I recently stayed at the Howard Johnson Plaza because it was conveniently located close to an event I was attending. I was suspicious because the room rate was very low, but I was pleasantly surprised when I checked in. The front desk staff was very helpful and courteous. The room was quite spacious and extremely clean. I liked the in-room coffee maker, the two telephones, the hair dryer in the bathroom etc. I even loved the extremely comfortable reading chair and matching foot rest. Fairly early in the evening some guests next door turned their radio up extremely loud after they returned from a minor league hockey game that was played across the street. However, a call to the front desk solved the problem in minutes.

There were a few negative things. My room did not have a guide to hotel services. The restaurant/bar seemed to have unreliable hours. When the hotel clerks informed people of the dinner hours and the continental breakfast hours, they could not pinpoint precise times. I was informed the next morning continental breakfast would start being served between 7:30 am and 8:00 am. When it got to be close to 8:00 am, the guests were informed that the server was running late and we could not be given a precise time when breakfast would be served. I took off because I didn't know how long I would have to wait. Another negative thing was that not many people were staying there, and you always have to wonder why. Finally, the hotel is located in kind of a bad area, and the parking lot did not seem very secure.

All in all, though, I would stay there again.