Red Roof Inns

Door is a bit wonky. Walked in and it was burning hot. However, the room was clean and the bed was fine. Just what we needed. For $ 50 I didn’t expect better.

We needed a cheap place to stay one night while passing through Lexington — and this fit that description. It’s nothing special, and it wasn’t dirty. We slept fine, except that a car alarm went off in the early morning for a good bit.
Cons:
There is no hair dryer in the room.
The room is super tiny.
It’s a little old and worn out.
The lights above the bed look dirty, but it’s just burns in the lenses.
The pillows are a little dense.
The air conditioner is pretty loud.
Pros:
Cheap.
Staff was nice.
Clean.
Bed was comfortable.
Good location in Lexington near lots of retail and restaurants.
Had a security guard making sweeps constantly — it did feel safe overall.
Starbucks is next door. Score!
I would definitely choose to stay here again, as it was nothing fancy and had a great price — which is just what I needed.

Stayed there on 11÷24÷15 to go to first UK basketball game. The price was pretty reasonable but the room was not very nice or clean. Stains on the blankets and sheets, mold in the shower. My brothers room next door had an old water bottle and nasty washcloth under their bed. My family wanted to drive home but we were all exhausted. We slept on the beds but left all of our clothes on and used no blankets. Just not a very nice place but the area is pretty decent. Will not stay here again.

Stopped in southern Lexington for a night, decided to stay at a Red Roof Inn. Front desk staff was very courteous and hooked us up with a great room rate! The bed is super comfy and the room is very, very clean. We also brought our dog along for the day and there wasn’t a pet fee — where other hotels in the area wanted as much as $ 100.
The only thing that I found strange was that there was no mini fridge or microwave (not that we needed one) but maybe other rooms have them?
All in all, very happy at Red Roof so far. We’ll be back next time we’re in town.

PLUS: Pleasant and helpful staff. Ideal location with stores and eatery within walking distance. Relatively affordable and a step up from motel 6.
MINUS: Intermitten, slow and spotty WIFI (I was on the 2^nd floor). There’s a saying that you should not threaten what you can’t enforce. Despite the 100% non-​smoking hotel signs, the atmosphere of the lobby and the corridors suggest smokers do what they want here – and they get away with it. The room feels stuffy (poor ventilation).
A GEM AMIDST THE MINUS: the Starbucks within feet from the hotel provides Google-​sponsored WIFI and a nice environment for being productive.

I only stay at Red Roof’s for my dogs and I really liked this location. It clearly was recently renovated, it had the newer hardwood flooring, re-​designed sinks and cabinets and was a great value for the work they’ve put into the rooms recently. My only real complaint was we had some wet towels in our bathroom, and took them to the housekeeper a few rooms down and she asked us to take them to the front of the hotel to the desk for her, my friend did just that but I would have just left them as they were in our room. However, I don’t judge the stay by that, the room was clean besides that one miss, and they were hung on the back of the door so I could see how they were missed. We had a smoke free room and it didn’t smell or have any odors. It was a great value and I recommend staying here.

If it was possible to give no stars then I would have. I stayed here with my boyfriend and his family over Memorial Day weekend and it was horrendous. We had three rooms and I was lucky enough to get the one that was filthy. There was a distinct odor permeating as soon as we walked in. There was also a huge stain on the bedspread and the toilet seat had a dark sticky substance with hair stuck in it! The toilet was brown and the tub was scuffed up/​black. It was disgusting. I went directly to the front desk to request a new room immediately. The woman working was the ONLY one on duty; she was the receptionist, maid and maintenance worker. She promptly assigned us a new room that to the naked eye looked alright.
However, at 1 o’clock in the morning, after being there for a total of five hours, my boyfriend’s mother woke us up because she found bed bugs in one of our rooms! His brother found them in the pillowcase after his fiancé rolled over and saw them. They alerted his parents and they took the proper precautions immediately. His parents went to the front desk and was initially given a hard time about receiving a refund. The woman was not helpful in the least. Thirty minutes later we finally found a hotel, Courtyard by Marriott (10 minutes away) to be exact because they were the only ones with vacancies. The five hours that I had to endure there was one of the most frustrating in my life. I will never be coming here again let alone endorse it. I understand that most people look forward to getting a good deal in terms of rates and why not, but I’m assure you that there are other quality hotels out there.

The non-​smoking rooms smell like smoke. It is a nice location, the rooms are nice, the staff is great. But the non-​smoking rooms smell like an ashtray. One stay and a bad room was a forgivable mistake. The second time means the place is hopeless. Spend more money and don’t stay in an ashtray. On the other hand if you smoke, all the rooms are fair game