Helpful folks
- May 2, 2008
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
I traveled alone with my 10 year old daughter and the hotel suited our needs perfectly. The pool is smaller than in the pictures but it was big enough for us. It was close to lots of things and the people are very friendly and helpful. The gift shop guy is great if you need any help getting around. He is sweet. The breakfast had lots of choices but not much if you have to limit sugar intake. Oatmeal would be nice.
Nice hotel for it's price in L.A.
- December 11, 2007
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
When i was booking my room through the internet, I had some doubts due to the traveler's reviews. When i checked inn, i was really surprised, it didn't seemed a 3-star hotel, the hallway was clean and odorless, the room was very clean with a nice balcony where i can smoke. Bathroom was good except the drain was a little slow. The only problem in the room was a misplaced post. It was almost in the middle of the room. Anyway it's just a minor problem, but other rooms was without the post. My room was Rm. 222. Breakfast was a bit limited in variety but still ok, after a few days you might want to sheck out the restaurants in the neighborhood.
Ramada Inn, bad for the corporate name
- October 2, 2007
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
From the beginning it was bad news. I requested adjoining rooms. One with a single queen/king bed, and the other with 2 queens for my teenage sons. What I got was a single room on the 1st floor for my wife and I and for my sons.....their room was on the 3rd floor with only 1 queen even though I requested 2. When I paid for the rooms in the morning I was confirmed at the front desk but told the rooms still had to be cleaned. When we returned late that night everything was changed and all the rooms were sold out so we could not get a new one, and it was too late on a friday night to look elsewhere. Our rooms were the smallest I had ever seen. Only enough room to walk the sides around the bed, but no room for our suitcases or to set up a roll-away bed. We travel alot and always know that the Ramada Inns are like staying at the Hiltons. Always top notch and the best bang for the buck. But not this place. Corporate needs to review this Ramada because it is bad for their good name. I was disapointed at every level. Especially since my children had to sleep on the 3rd floor while I was on the first. It's also the first hotel that allowed my minor children to have their own room so far away from us. Even the pool was a disapointment...not heated as advertised. And during checkout all of our luggage got wet because the parking lot was being hosed down instead of being swept and my car was in a low spot next to the door where I had to park because it was the only handicap parking. Over-all a bad experience.
Good Choice
- August 26, 2007
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
I searched for a hotel near a train stop since me and my friends were not renting a car. I came across the Ramada hotel since it was a block away from the train. I like the fact that they had a breakfast buffet, microwave and fridge in the room, plus a balcony. The hot breakfast was delicious, especially the made-to-order waffles. On the last day it seemed brunch was included, which was a nice addition. On the down side, the Ramada website says they have a shuttle, but that is not true. Also I thought there was a business center, but there is just a computer in the lobby that you get charged for if you use it. So bring your own laptop. There was one day our room wasn't cleaned, which we called housekeeping about and they never did anything. Other than that, the location was excellent, the train and bus system is easy to use, and the locals are friendly--I even got to use some Spanish. I would definitely stay here again, becuase it is priced well and the free breakfast buffet is delicious!
They don't care
- August 9, 2007
- Rated 1 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
We arrived on a Friday night and went to bed around eleven thirty or so but we couldn't sleep until after 2 am even with earplugs because the hotel's bar was playing loud music until then when they closed. We tried to call the front desk, but you can't from the phone in your room from what we could tell and so we had to go down stairs in very slow elevators because the stairwells are locked and asked the staff to please ask the bar to turn their music down. They told us they can't and it was okay because they'd be done around 2 and gave us some ear plugs when we asked. Even with the ear plugs we still couldn't sleep. So our one full day, Saturday was severly impacted because no one got enough sleep and everyone was irritable and tired.
That was the biggest thing, but it was by far not the only thing. The beds were horribly uncomfortable. We didn't get the type of room we booked (we booked a queen with a roll away and got a room with two fulls), the roll away bed had large lumps you could feel, the free breakfast is only accessible by elevator, very slow, very packed elevator so we ended up eating elsewhere and not using our free breakfast. There was no lock on the bathroom door and even though we paid for three people, we only had bathroom towels for two. When we checked out the staff asked, "How was your stay," and I said something like, "Pretty bad" and the lady (the staff) said absolutely nothing in response.