The Blackwell Inn and Pfahl Conference Center

Staying at The Blackwell is a great option for any families /parents visiting students enrolled at Ohio State. It’s also walking distance to High Street, making coffee / dining options easy. The on-site restaurant is good for lunch, dinner, late night snacks / drinks. Two downsides -breakfast is overpriced for the quantity & options. The coffee is also pretty weak. Better to walk to the Starbucks or Dunkin Doughnuts on High Street. -the valet service is pretty bad. The people don’t pay attention to the details. They’ll sit at the valet desk inside the front doors and not help people until someone walks up to them, even when cars are waiting outside. It also takes forever to get your car. There’s no sense of urgency, which is very frustrating.

My daughter is an OSU student, so this Inn is the most convenient, quality place to stay and be able to enjoy a whole weekend with my child. You can walk to any where for anything. Just fantastic place to stay.

We love staying at The Blackwell when we visit our child at OSU. Great campus location. The staff is very friendly and are starting to remember us. Love finding deals to stay at this property but definitely DO NOT plan to stay here for any home football game as they hold a summer lottery. Nice bar area and a small gift shop area.

Upon booking this hotel 8 months out, we were excited to experience Ohio at this highly rated establishment. The place was very clean, the beds were comfortable, and rooms were pretty quiet! All of the pros end there as we quickly became very frustrated & disappointed in the service, hidden fees, & demeanor of the staff. First issue was with parking as there was the option to self-park or do valet, both only within $5 of each other ($30 or $35 daily) however what we were not told is that if you chose to self park, it was not a daily fee, but a fee every time you left the parking structure. Which we found out on our own not from the staff. When we brought up these concerns to the staff, they said there was nothing they could do as they were not affiliated with the parking garage. There are no microwaves in the room, only one in the main lobby for all guests to share, and the fridges in the room couldn’t keep anything cold. As a mom of 2 toddlers, nothing here felt family friendly in the way of convenience or assistance. Everything felt like we were the inconvenience whether it was asking for clean towels, or having to get new key cards daily as we were locked out. Staff was really unhelpful & unfriendly when asked about recommendations or had questions. No one seemed to have answers to anything and unwilling to take the extra step toward customer service. For the 4-star nature of this hotel, we were not impressed. It was not at all what we expected! We would not stay again.