Hampton Inn & Suites Columbus-Downtown

This was a terrific stay at the hotel. It might have been the cleanest hotel I have ever stayed in. It wasn't just our room that was clean. The pool area was extremely clean considering my kids swam late at night (8-10PM). There were not towels laying around and all of the furniture by the pool was clean. Then when we had breakfast the next morning, the dining area was extremely clean. The food was pretty good for a free breakfast. We could not have asked for a better stay. The only drawback is the parking garage is a block away and we had to walk over. However, that was well worth it.

We had a very nice stay for the most part. It was close to the concert venue and various restaurants so that was convenient. The Breakfast was very good and the staff was friendly and helpful. We reserved the room and paid extra to have 2 queen beds and then a pull out in a room we could shut the doors to for the kids. The only problem we had was that the mattress on the pull out couch was very thin and worn. We also did not have pillows for the pull out and when I went to get some the hotel was out of them due to a lot of teams that weekend. The girls weren’t happy at first but they got over it. All in all it was a nice stay.

When we checked-in the staff was AMAZING. So friendly and able to provide suggestions for dinner. The room was clean and trust me I check for all the little things and was very happy to know that it was all clean materials. The lobby and hallways were well lit and clean during our stay and it was St.Patty's weekend. The breakfast was impressive except for the hard boiled eggs that I could not get to peel. It was as if they were old and the shells would not come off, even with dipping them in water at the table to peel. The pool area on Friday evening was very clean and stocked with towels, on Saturday you could tell that families had been in there but it wasn't bad, however on Sunday morning at 8:30 am the pool area was trashed(garbage, open and partially empty alcohol bottles; no one had been in to clean up or replace towels. I would expect if the pool is open from 8am to 10 or 11pm that a staff member would clean it after it closed or before it opened. When I mentioned to the front desk staff when we checked out at noon (it was the same because we walked by it before checking out) they said, "oh well we are short staffed" The other issue I had was on Friday night it was extremely loud, like there was a party going on in the building or something because our room was on the inside of the building and the noise seemed to be coming from the "courtyard" area. The location was great, we were able to walk to Nationwide within 7 minutes and the market is less than a minute walk.