On a family trek from NY to Florida, we were looking for a pet-friendly room for one night, and booked this place from the road.

I don't know where to begin. The walk from the (bulletproof glass enclosed) lobby to our room was like running the gauntlet of strange characters and smells ranging from raw sewage to cigarettes to worse than you can imagine. I've never been to a crack house, but I imagine it would smell something like this hallway.

Once in our room, which was surprisingly acceptable, there was no hot water. There were several commotions started in the hallway. We then noticed that the door to the parking lot was not secured - the card-key lock had been broken, so all sorts of people were walking in and out.

About a half-hour later, my son was thirsty, so it was back down the smelly hall to the soda machine to buy a bottle of water. As I opened my door, a police officer walked in through the parking lot door. He kindly told me to "have a nice evening." I could not think of a more impossible task at the moment. We could hardly wait for sunrise to make our departure

Now I know why my GPS more or less REFUSED to lead me to the Motel 6 in Roanoke Rapids NC! My first clue should have been the 1" bullet-proof glass all around the front desk... that and the $35 room rate for 3 people and pets! Weird smells, dirty, torn sheets, all types of stains on the rugs... what else could be wrong! Even though the front desk clerk was friendly... the free coffee they gave us? Why bother... after all, you can only drink so many 4 ounce cups of coffee, right? Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Well, maybe an enemy!

Stayed here one night because we were tired. We had styed here before but it had been a while ago. When we walked in the hotel the smell of smoke was terrible. Even if you get a nonsmoking room you will still smell it. The sheets were so bad I went to Walmart to buy a set of sheets. After the change of sheets, lots of fabreeze and Lysol we went to sleep.

Stayed on a Saturday night on our way to NY from FL. We stayed at other Motel 6's before, so we figured this couldn't be too bad. How very wrong we were. I understand that for the price we weren't going to get the Ritz Carlton, but to be honest, it was a scary place. After checking in and paying, I noticed a sign for an "hourly rate". Um...not exactly the type of place that I was looking for. The night that we were there, there were a bunch of youths outside drinking and partying - until 5 AM. This naturally kept us a bit on edge and we ended up getting a tiny bit of sleep and checking out by 5 AM to get back on the road. Rooms were really dirty and smelled awful. My advice to you is to stay far away from this motel.