Horrifying experience
Never stay here. 3AM in the morning, we were tired, needed a place to rest...thought the Howard Johnson would do just fine from the looks of it. That was not the case. The hotel was disgusting - dingy and dirty, and we felt extremely unsafe. We were being eyed down by people hanging out in the hallway at this wee hour and they watched us walk into our room. We were receiving phone calls at 3:30AM from another guest(s) and were awoken soon after by banging on our hotel room door.. We did not answer, but through the door peep-hole they seemed like they were up to no good. There was no security in the place. Our cellular phones were dead and we felt so uncomfortable at one point that we dialed what the phone said to dial for an emergency: "9 and then 9-1-1." The phone did not even allow for us to call NINE-ONE-ONE! The phone didn't allow for us to call the front desk either. That really got us spooked. We ended up feeling so threatened that we jumped out of our hotel window and left the area immediately. Maybe we overreacted? But I do not believe that to be the case. If you go to this hotel, I would recommend getting there early in the day while it is still light out and stay in your room through the night. Better yet, I recommend staying somewhere else.