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Days Inn Minneapolis/Univ of Minnesota – reviews, photos

2.0 of 5
2407 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
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Days Inn Minneapolis/Univ of Minnesota
Ranked #26 of 52 hotels in Minneapolis
4.0 of 5 stars 74 Reviews
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Lincoln Ne.
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29 reviews 29 reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
21 helpful votes 21 helpful votes
“Perfect for what we need!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 November 2011

We stay here regularly now that we have been shafted at the Radisson Hotel just a few blocks away. The Days Inn is more affordable and not so pretentious. When I book a hotel, I want it to be convenient, good location, clean and get a good nights sleep. That's IT! We stayed here to go to the Huskers VS Gophers football game and the location can't be beat. This hotel is NOT fancy, it is worn down but I go to sleep there, wake up, eat and leave. Not there to judge it for Home Interiors magazine. Help is always good and we don't stay at the Days Inn to have a conceirge, fitness room, pool, daily newspapers etc. We don't use that so we don't need that. The competing hotel a few blocks away we had rooms on the same weekend and let family stay in those two rooms, well they competing and expensive hotel screwed up the parking and we hassled with them for 30 minutes about the two parking charges when we only had one car. At the Days Inn we get what we need, a room, tv, excellent location to the U of M campus and breakfast. Leaning Tower of Pizza across the street is a plus too!

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  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Wonderful experience”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 October 2011

We stayed here because it was so close to the University of Minnesota's football stadium. The staff was very friendly and the rooms were very clean (extremely important!!). The atmosphere was fun with all the tailgating outside. Prices were very reasonable. It was nice not having to think about finding parking - just a short walk to the game!

  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“price/quality relation excellent”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 October 2011

After a very bad experience in Chicago, with a 240USD hotel, we visited the Campus University where our daughter is studying. The hotel is very confortable, nice people, shuttle every hour and very reasonable price.
regards from Barcelona, Spain

  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Minneapolis
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Big Mistake”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 September 2011
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I stayed here last October and decided to come back because it was close to the concert we wanted to attend. This time the rate was jacked up because of "freshman orientation" happening and I couldn't even use my Wyndam employee discount. Anyway, I was fine with that until we got our room. The beds were run down, no bed skirts so you could see the nice big giant brown stain on the side of the mattress, and the dirty dusty job the housekeeping left behind. I work at a hotel, so I'm not the pickiest person, but this hotel room needed some help. The shower also needed repair badly, as the floor of the tub had a weak spot that you had to stand directly on, and would sink in and creak.
When we arrived back from the show, we were relaxing in our room....what do we see running away from us behind the night stand and the bed? Cockroaches. Yes, cockroaches. I am not making it up, we tried to kill them but they escaped into some hidden place! Needless to say, it was hard to sleep the rest of the night thinking about critters crawling around on you. When I checked out the next day, I mentioned the cockraoches to the desk clerk, she told me "I'll make a note of it." Seriously? If this would have happened at my hotel, not only would I give a discount, but I would care just LITTLE bit more. Not the best customer service skills on the planet. I don't know what happened to this place between October and now, but it seriously has went downhill fast. I am not comming back, and I am writing this terrible review because I'm sorry, nothing was done about anything! I work in this business and I was sad to see this happening. The only good thing that the Days Inn has going for it is the Tea House next to them and the free shuttle service. But not worth it. We paid $89 plus tax for this terrible room, when we could have went to the Ramada for around $69 with my discount. Epic fail on my part! **Will be uploading pic of stained mattress as soon as upload it from phone.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with friends
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
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Pat Chiankhamphet, Front Office Manager at Days Inn Minneapolis/Univ of Minnesota, responded to this review
12 September 2011
Dear Traveler:

I’m sorry to hear about your most recent stay at our hotel. Please be assured that we strive to do our best to accommodate all guests that check into our hotel with the utmost guest service while providing a quality stay. I understand that you stayed during a busier time of the year for us as it seems to have been during the state fair season and student move-in on campus. You are correct in that our rates fluctuate depending on availability and events that are going on around town and on campus like most other hotels that are conveniently located on the U of MN campus.

In regards to your “Wyndham” employee discount, I’m sure you know as a Wyndham employee, it must be booked ahead of time prior to your check-in along the proper reservation channels in order for us to honor it. I do want to personally apologize for the condition of the room and this matter will be looked into immediately as our standards for our guest rooms are a lot higher than what you experienced. In regards to your incident with the bugs in the room, I am just curious as to ask if you informed the front desk right away as to the situation versus wait until morning so that we could take care of the matter right away. To possibly move you to a different room for example so that no guest would have to go through the experience you had to endure for the entire night. I can assure you that we have not had any recent experiences in relation to the bugs that you saw in the room and rest assured we do perform preventative maintenance done by professionals in the entire hotel so that we do keep incidents like yours from ever happening.

I would definitely like to hear from you so that we can keep things like this from happening to any other guests that stay at our hotel but would need more information so that we can take the preventative measures as soon as possible. Please feel free to contact the hotel so we can discuss this matter more. Thank you for you time and thank you for staying with us.
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Greendale, WI
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Not Again”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 August 2011
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We came to drop off our son to College and decided to stay here because of the price and location to the campus. When I went online to investigate, I saw they offered a standard room and an "executive" room for a little bit more money. I called to find out what the difference was and was told the executive rooms had been recently remodeled. I decided to pay the extra. When we arrived and got to our room- we were disappointed. It did appear that the room had gotten newer furnishings and wall paper but the small bathroom had a very distinct musty smell. My son went to take a shower and the handle of the faucet came right off in his hand. Free breakfast is always a nice perk but the seating area is much to small and cramped. It was very busy and I had to sit at a wall counter with another gentleman eating almost facing me a foot away.
All in all it's a clean place and is certainly at a low price but next time we come up we'll be

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Pat Chiankhamphet, Front Office Manager at Days Inn Minneapolis/Univ of Minnesota, responded to this review
29 August 2011
Dear Traveler;

I wish to thank you for staying here at the Days Hotel. I do have to say that I am disappointed to hear about the situations that occurred during your recent stay with us. In regards to the room condition, I can certainly have that looked at as to the cause of the odor that you noticed. As for the bathtub faucet, I do realize it may be difficult to use as it is not your traditional handle you would find elsewhere. I also want to thank you for letting us know your thoughts on our recently renovated breakfast room. We appreciate all our comments in regards to this recent renovation and have received positive reviews on this matter.

I would like to get in touch with you regarding this stay with us so that we can properly address all of the issues you have informed us on. We look forward to providing a great place for all of our guests to stay and everything noted here will go a long way in helping us achieve our guest service goals. Thank you.
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Address: 2407 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
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