Decent hotel/great location
We just spent two nights at the Red Roof Inn in room 203. Having stayed there one time in the past, I never planned to stay there again due to the extremely tiny size of the room (don't remember which room number). However, not being able to find a "reasonable" rate for any other hotel in the area, we decided to try it once again, not expecting much. I have to say, that the room size was okay--certainly not big, but manageable. I did open up the ironing board and used it as a "dresser" to set some things as the counter space is very limited. The air conditioner worked fine; the beds were comfortable; the room seemed clean although I did notice some stains on the carpet; the one big negative was that the room smelled like smoke!! And I know it is smoke free hotel....That was a big thing for me---I HATE smoke, and having a young son with allergies and asthma with us, it concerned me. In fact, when we walked into the room, my husband (who never pays attention to that kind of thing) said "Oh we must have gotten a smoking room". One of the girls from the front desk called up to "see if everything was okay" with our room and I mentioned the smoke smell, and she said sometimes people go out front and smoke...and with this room being only the second level right above the entrance to the hotel, I wonder if smoke creeps in thru the window or airconditioner into the room when people smoke out front.....because it didn't always smell that way---it seemed to come and go. If that is the case, they should ban ALL smoking out front of the hotel. We generally took the stairs up to the second floor (quicker) and the stairwells could certainly use a good cleaning. Overall, the hotel was fine---I think you get what you pay for--and at $119/night I certainly didn't expect the Ritz. Also, being a hotel in a large, urban city and an older building,you know the place is not going to be perfect---its never going to look like a resort on Maui. I did overhear the lady in front of me checking out complaining of finding roaches in her room (on the fifth floor) but I did not see any in my room.