Days Inn Denver Downtown

Not only is this the shadest part of town but yes staff is outright RUDE. I stayed here for three nights and asked for an extra hour for checkout and the guy on the phone not only refused, telling me that fee could only give out two late checkouts a night SOME BULLSHIT THERE!, but then called my room back to tell me I was rude?! I paid $ 500+ for this honey, you have got to be kidding that you can’t give me an extra hour to get gone from this sleazy sex motel. If you have children them don’t stay here, it’s an overpriced gay sex motel.

Some reviews have mentioned that this is a sketchy motel… I’d say, please don’t give them such high praises — they still have a ways to go to reach sketchy.
I booked this hotel — thinking it was a hotel and not a motel, because of it’s proximity to downtown and the price. Only after arriving did I find out that walking from the convention center back to the hotel at night was unadvisable. This, of course, isn’t the hotels fault but it should give you a hint about what part of town it is in.
That said, Denver is a pretty friendly city. While the motel is in a questionable part of the city not once did I feel unsafe walking to and from. However, I wasn’t sure how ‘safe’ I was sleeping in the bed…
Here’s my expectations when I am paying $ 100 a night:
The room is cleaned daily, the bed is made each day, I can shower and sleep, and most of the items in the room work.
Days Inn meet much of this, but the ones that missed did so by a long way:
TV & AC worked… the AC was basically a window unit and was either on or off, the temperature control didn’t have the unit cut off. That’s okay because there were bars around that kept going until pretty late. BTW, if you need it dark in the room, look elsewhere. The lights for the parking lot are bright and the window coverings don’t block it all.
Sleep: The bed was okay. I checked for bed bugs and found none. I don’t have a blacklight so I’m not sure what else I slept with — I’m glad I don’t because I’m pretty certain that if you ask the right question this could be an hourly place. In fact, by the questions about my comings and goings by the staff I wondered if my own room might be used for those activities while I was out.
Because I booked late I had a room with 2 queens. I’m glad I did because the bed I chose had sheets that didn’t seem clean so I was able to switch beds.
The 3 pillows on the bed were awful. Imagine filling a pillowcase with those little shampoo bottles and trying to sleep on it… ugh. Thankfully on the second night I remembered the other bed and those pillows were a bit better.
Shower: Everything bathroom wise worked well.
Bed Making: While my bed could be considered made, only the comforter really was. Somehow they are able to make the bed look made without moving the sheet… it was in a bundle under the «blanket» each night. Blanket gets quotes because I am pretty sure that the blanket was from the 70s. The 1770s! I was surprised that no one from the Smithsonian stopped by to collect the blanket for the American History museum since I am sure it was used in the Civil War.
Room Cleaned: Ha!
Trash was removed daily and things were tidied… but the room was super dirty. You could see dirt on the floor. My second night as I went to bed I noticed that my socks were really dirty and thought that maybe it was from my shoes… so on the third night when I got back to the room I checked the bottom of my socks — white. After walking around the room for less than 30 minutes the bottoms of my socks were brown. Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!
DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON THE FLOOR!

Very sketchy area, but very helpful front desk staff who made me feel safe as a woman traveling alone (6÷4÷16, long blonde hair, flawless eye make-​up: I thank you). Small rooms, but clean and honestly one of the most comfortable hotel bed/​pillow combos ever. My only complaint was the extremely overbearing smell of air freshener in my room, but that’s better than that old food hallway smell you usually get in a 2star hotel. Honestly, a fine place to stay if you plan on not being in the room much.

I had one of the worst experiences of my life in a hotel with a clerk in your hotel on the night of the 14^th.
I understand that the parking area is very limited, but what I don´t understand is why if I have to have a dashboard permit, there are other cars that do not require it while taking parking spots at the hotel parking and that the towing policy is not being enforced.
The night of the 14^th, actually the 15^th since it was past midnight there was a concert happening across the street, the street was crowded and I had just come back from a graduation dinner with family. I had my two sons and wife with me in the car and there was no parking anywhere.
I asked the clerk what to do about parking and he told me to go park someplace outside in the street. Since I had to leave very early in the morning I had the car already packed for travel. I would have to unpack everything and load the car again in a few hours. This while my kids were asleep in the car.
When I went back to my car I noticed several of the cars parked in the hotel parking lot didn’t have the permit on their dashboard. I returned to the lobby and asked the clerk (BG Dyandatumbe) if he could check the cars without permits and call the tow company and enforce the rules. He did not want to. He said he couldn’t do it. Then I said I would call the towing company and he threaten me that if I did it, I would have to pay for the towing.
I asked him how he could ask me to comply by putting my permit on the dash board but would then not enforce the rules when other cars didn’t following them. I asked him to do his job and at least check the plates against the registrations and he seemed bothered. Mind you this was already close to 1:00 am at this point and my kids and wife still in the car waiting. Every time and went out and back in he was on his cell phone and seemed bothered that I was interrupting his conversation.
I asked him one last time to go out and check the cars with no permit, he stormed out of the lobby and told me to «Chill out man!» as if I was one of this buddies or something.
He went through the parking lot looking at the cars, didn’t write make or model, or license plate (I don’t know, maybe he has a photographic memory or something), when back to the lobby and started looking through the records, or so I thought. I stayed there for about 5 minutes, he didn’t seem to be getting anywhere so I decided to let my wife know it might take a bit longer, walked out of the lobby, told my wife, and walked back in. In this time, less than a minute, he said he had found them, all of them, and they where all registered.
I asked him, already bothered, how convenient that as soon as I left the lobby he was able to find all the records so quickly. And to show me what he found. He refused and at that point told me to «Chill the fuck down!»
This is obviously no way to treat a client. All I was asking was for him to check the records and enforce the rules. I had enough at that point and asked him to give me his name since he didn’t have any identifying badge or ID on his and seemed to be in just casual clothes, he wrote on a card BG. I told him that those were just initials and that I needed his whole name including last name. He said that I was making fun of his name (Like I was in the mood to make jokes!), and used other explicit words. He then reluctantly wrote the rest of his name in the card.
I could not believe I was being verbally harassed by a hotel clerk! He said he had it all on video, so I would just hope this exchange can actually be reviewed with audio from your security footage.
I had to leave very early that morning. No apologies from the same clerk, didn’t look me in the eyes when I checked out, didn’t offer a copy of the receipt, I had to ask for one. Didn’t ask me about my stay, no wishes, nothing. I’ve never been treated this way in any hotel in my entire life and I spent 3 years traveling all around the country for my job a few years ago.
I will make an effort to make my stay experience known in every and all reviews, ranks, sites, etc. etc. etc. I can.

If you are looking for 5 star place why don’t you just skip this review. Actually, if you are looking for a 5 star place why are you even looking at a motel in this part of town?
You need a room in a part of town that has concert venues literally across the street? Here you go! Want an economical solution to spending a weeks wages at bars that won’t completely bend you over and you literally have over a dozen options less than a mile of walking? Rip off your shirt, pound your chest and say I’m your fucking man! Hulkamania baby!!!
When I vacation, my money is better spent on things including and not limited to local attractions, cheap food options, and an amazing amount of alcohol consumption. Any sort of lodging that has 4 walls and a ceiling for protection against the elements is all I require. We had that along with cable TV and some towels my friend «Mark» tripped over.
So, if you are still reading this that means you are much like myself, rather cheap on many things but still refuse to sleep in a car or random set of bushes in a park some homeless guy has pissed on. You deserve better than that. If you need a room in this area, and I mean your simple basic motel this place is good to go. Beds were decent, although I had a bit of a hard time sleeping in mine as we crammed 4 of us in one room and my friend «Chris» consumed approximately 100 ounces of pure grain alcohol in one night and started having those drunk night terrors where he was swearing in his sleep, loudly I might add, and punching the pillows and mattress with his exceptionally scary sleep screams. Three nights of that made me rethink our decision to share beds. You learn something everyday. I can’t blame this motel that I picked drunks as friends.
People complain about the bar next door being loud. The first night we were there I looked out at the patio of that bar and thought «Oh, hell yes, a bar 50 feet from my hotel!» We walked over and as soon as we got in we discovered it was a gay bar. Didn’t matter, they poured those drinks stronger than the hull of a Navy Battleship. Employees and patrons were insanely cool, had a great time other than when a Twisted Sister song started playing, because I hate that band with serious conviction. In the three nights there the bar never disturbed me. Might of had something to do with the fact that I was three sheets to the wind every night on that trip but if you are staying in this part of town I am going on the assumption that you do not refrain from drinking enough alcohol to just pass out and have night sleep terrors and sleep screams, like my friend «Chris»
Some other idiot complained that there is no gym here. In all honesty, I never looked for it. You are at a Days Inn man, is this really what you worry about?

Avoid this motel. If you don’t want to spend much the Ramada one block away is far preferable. It’s extremely noisy here because of a bar with an outdoor patio across the alley. And the smell of the cleaning chemicals pervades everything here. Plus, there is no mini fridge in room. I can’t believe I tried to save a few bucks. Very bad decision.

I just finished a 4 night stay at the Days Inn in Downtown Denver off of Colfax.
Although I don’t usually review hotels I felt it was necessary to share my pleasant experience ESPECIALLY after I noticed that their Unilocal reviews were extremely exaggerated and poorly represented the property and more importantly THE EXCELLENT STAFF!!!
I will break it down for anyone that is in the Denver area looking for a place to stay:
1. EXCELLENT LOCATION: If you are looking for a place that is in the middle of awesome diverse area that offers plenty of attractions that are walking distance, this is the place!
2. OGDEN THEATER: Although I was not here for any shows, the hotel is literally 20 steps from the Ogden Theater.
3. AMAZING STAFF: All staff members were extremely helpful. I had questions about the general area and I received clear answers from all of the staff members. I had a dental kit and towels given to me and a togo plate of breakfast.
4. CLEAN ROOMS: All sheets and covers were fresh and did not have any feeling of the other reviews.
5. BARGAIN PRICING: My room was a steal considering the convenient location and staff.
Overall this is one of the best places to stay in downtown Denver. Although smoking is not allowed in the rooms, I thought it was better as the sheets didn’t wreak of old cigars.
There is a ⁷⁄₁₁ across the street which allowed for easy snacking and if you can wake up early enough they offer a free breakfast with pastries, waffles and cereal. I was in a rush my last day and an employee packed me a plate to take to my room and eat while I got ready to check out. Awesome and attentive individual that really didn’t need to take the extra step to make sure I took advantage of the breakfast. This alone makes me want to come back to stay with a hotel that actually cares about their guests!!!
Awesome stay, will be back and Shame on all of your Beverly Hilton snobs for complaining about your stay!
Thank You Days Inn!

I have stayed at many hotels in my lifetime and this by far was the worst experience. They had no regard for my care as a customer. They blatantly laughed at me when I asked if we could have more than one parking spot. The room smelled terrible, dirty towels in bathroom and management wasn’t around after 10pm. I am angered and saddened by my experience.

If you’re not from Denver you probably won’t like the area. It’s on Colfax and there’s homeless people all around but being from Denver I know this and my stay here was fine. I just needed a room for the night, while I attended a show across the street.

If you are staying on the west side of of building you’ll have to listen to the club across the alley all night. It’s loud enough to wake you up. On the east side there is homeless/​druggies surrounding the parking lot yelling about not getting drugs and packing and unpacking their bags. I will say this, the room was clean and staff friendly. Still don’t stay here. Or at least don’t stay on the west side.

Booked this motel a day or so prior. Looks nothing like the pictures. If anything WORSE! Dead bugs all over in the room. Homeless people fighting for ownership of the curb next door. Drug deals in the parking lot which is the smallest I’ve ever seen for a motel of any size. The smell in the room was enough to feel like a mortuary. I will not stay at another Days Inn after they declined a refund and wouldn’t own up to the look of the room. I would feel safer and cleaner in a prison.

I have a moral obligation to bestow two stars upon this place. But please, reader, keep on reading. Because I actually enjoyed my stay here.
The thing is, I kinda dig divey hotels. And this place is pretty divey. It has all the trademarks of a divey hotel (motel). The linens were terrible, the front desk was a strange cast of characters that seemed to rotate frequently, there was a great deal of commotion at all hours, and everyone working there seemed like they would rather be getting dental work from a semi-​educated goat.
But I like the atmosphere. Upon check-​in, there as a great chase scene in the lobby where the tiny front desk girl was yelling at some dudes that they couldn’t ride the elevator because they weren’t registered. And the dudes were stoned out of their minds. I survived it, so it makes a great story, and now I get to tell it to you.
This is right on Colfax, in what I’m told is the «not good» section of Colfax. But go a few blocks in any direction and you’re fine. My local friends also described it as the «prostitute-​y» section of Colfax, but the only working girls I saw looked like they were actually headed to legitimate jobs. For reference, I went running a few times, once at night, and didn’t feel too threatened.
The big plus here is price. It was still waaaay too much (seriously, Denver, what’s up with your hotel prices?) but significantly cheaper than other nearby hotels. It includes breakfast, but I can’t comment because I never made it to breakfast.
Maybe I’m too easy going. I dunno – I feel like this motel was like a friend who’s feeling cranky. And frankly, I don’t think their mood is what makes them. I just dive in, enjoy the experience, and have a great stay.
But like, for real… two stars is morally as high as I can go here.

If they haven’t busted at least two meth labs in this place I’ll eat my hat.

On the plus side the room was clean … Although the manager seemed on top of things, the girl checking me in seemed vacant and bored. She couldn’t seem to figure out if there was a clean room available (it was 5pm and the room had been reserved ahead of time for a month) and took forever to get me checked in. The area the hotel is in is pretty sketchy and loud. For $ 139 as the going room rate I would expect something a little nicer. I chose this hotel because it was a hotel eligible for booking with my credit card points, but would definitely not recommend if you have other options.

As other reviewers have mentioned, this is a budget hotel. Excellent hotels are only a few minutes away in downtown Denver. The rooms were blah, the bath facilities were cheap, the carpet was so dirty it would blacken your feet, some things didn’t work properly. Also, the west side of the hotel borders a bar which will rock your room on that side every night until 2am. However, the sheets are clean, the towels and the bathroom were clean and the AC worked great. I met six different people at the front desk during my stay, and all were great. The housekeeping staff I met were kind as well. It is a scrappy neighborhood (lots of homeless), but the staff keeps their turf under observation. If you’re a traveler, rather than a vacationer, and you’ve had any experience with a hostel, you’ll be fine here.

Ya, two stars at best. I got to town later yesterday and wanted a place to stay. All three star places were full, so this was the only thing near that was under $ 100. Room seems dirty, sheets are scratchy, just not in good shape. The breakfast was pathetic. All it had was waffles, dry looking pastries, and apples. And lastly, the chain lock in my room was missing, so I moved the heavy desk in front of the door.
If you can, avoid this place. If you do have to stay here, at least it’s not the worst place ever… so it has that going for it at least.

If you’re looking for affordable accommodations within walking distance of downtown and various concert venues, you can do better than the Day’s Inn. You’d probably pay more, but even then, you would spare yourself the misery of finding no refrigerator in the room, unclean bedsheets and a used Kleenex in the tissue dispenser. It’s clear that this hotel and its staff have given up trying. Situated between a ⁷⁄₁₁ and a gay bar, it’s a colorful neighborhood to be sure. The police stand-​off outside the gas station was certainly more exciting than the lackluster Continental breakfast. So, you get what you pay for. Enjoy your stay…

I’m giving this hotel 3 stars because it was a good price and right across the street from The Ogden, where we were seeing a show. It couldn’t have been more convenient. After reading reviews, We knew we were getting a 1 star hotel and are familiar with the neighborhood so I guess our bar was set pretty low. There was a stabbing on the street a block away the night we were there. Police tape and blue crime scene markers everywhere. It’s not a nice neighborhood, but certainly not the worst either. The room was mostly clean– except for the shower which had some mildew going on. The front desk staff were very friendly and helpful. I wouldn’t necessarily stay here on vacation, but it’s great for a show at the Filmore or Ogden so you don’t have to drive home.

I do not recommend staying here. we were looking for a place near downtown for the Denver RNR Half Marathon and decided to stay here since it was fairly close to the starting line. The location is super sketch, lots of bums around. There is a concert venue right across the street so it’s pretty loud as well. We heard cops sirens every 20 mins. The room itself wasn’t super clean either but at least the sheets and towels were clean. The parking lot is TINY so if you come back late, you will have to park on the street. Bah, not a pleasant stay and prices were super high for this ghetto motel!

Worst experience ever. Do yourself a favor and stay elsewhere… a park bench perhaps. Disgusting from the moment you walk in, and the rooms are only worse. The second room they put us in had a one inch gap along the door frame, you could see clearly into the hallway. Very creepy to say the least, I’ve never felt more uncomfortable in a hotel. Would never recommend this place to anyone!

In two places on Days Inn Downtown Denver website it says they have a gym/​fitness center, and that is the main reason I decided to stay there.
After checking in I asked the front desk where the gym is and was told, «Oh, we don’t have a gym.» I said, «According to your website you do» and was told I was probably looking at something like Kayak or Travelocity because those other websites sometimes make mistakes.
I opened my computer and showed her the Days Inn website where it says «Gym» and «Fitness Center» and she said, «OH, that, yeah, well, we have a gym, but we don’t have any equipment yet.» I said, «Then you don’t have a gym.»
«We do have a gym, but it’s empty.»
«That’s NOT a gym!»
Yes, I’d like to discuss this with the manager.
Manager gave me the same line — «We have a gym, but we just don’t have any equipment yet.»
«That’s not a gym.»
«It is, but it’s empty.»
I was flummoxed — how can I argue with such logic?
I also found a dead bedbug in my room and while in lobby a previous customer entered and demanded his money back because the hotel gave him bedbugs.

We ended up leaving this hotel early. We woke up covered in bites. Come to find out our hotel room was infested with fleas. We brought it to the attention of the guy at the front desk. He didn’t care. His reply was «What do you want me to do?» Never again will I stay at a Days Inn!

We stayed here two nights this last weekend. We enjoyed ourselves. It is a great location to be able to walk around or grab the bus and go around downtown. It is right next to a bar Charlie’s, that gets pumping and going early in the evening and dies down before 10pm. The loud noise from the bar cannot be heard inside the room, and is fun to be entertained while out on the patio.
The staff is friendly. Really enjoyed the manager Tay. He is so warm and friendly and goes out of his way to help you in any way he can! I had a scratch on my car that I thought happened on the lot and he helped me by going thru the parking lot video to see if we could catch the act. To no avail, but he went above and beyond. The only negative is the rooms do not have fridges, but the staff allows you to put anything you need in the fridge in their offices! Will stay here again in the future!

We stayed here 2 nights. It wasn’t bad. The sheets were clean, the pillow was comfortable, we had lots of channels to
Choose from, the bathroom was clean, and the towels were all very clean. It’s close to the denver broncos stadium and shopping. There’s lots of things to do around it. This could be a negative thing because there’s lots of homeless around. But friendly staff. Would stay here again.

What a horrible hotel. Spent 3 days here in Dec 2013. Bed is ok but the floor is dirty, towels thin, heater noisy, drafty room, and the neighborhood is loud and prone to sirens and car alarms at night. View from my room was a crumbling out of business bar with refuse all over the place.
Only good thing about this dump was good tv selection on an HD TV and on sight parking. Stay away!