Two Double Beds (Exterior Entry) | Front of property

Reviews of Hotel Aiken

2.5 out of 5
Hotel Aiken
Richland Avenue West ,235, Aiken, SC

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 51 out of 326 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 93 out of 326 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 72 out of 326 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 60 out of 326 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 50 out of 326 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

3.4/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Samuel

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel looked shady from the get go. The toilet had to be fixed when we got there and couldn’t change rooms he is e”there wasn’t another room available”. Found a couple bed bugs on the sheets and the cover on the other bed looked as if it had dry blood on it. Also it’s not the Hotel Aiken that you’re staying at, but the Holley House. May want to change that on your site. Overall an unpleasant experience to say the least.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020

2/10 Terrible

Heather

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Henry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Michelle

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The lobby/check in is a hotel room someone is living in. The sheets smelled of urine. Bathtub was dirty which was fine because there was no hot water. The location was fantastic. We walked all over Aiken with all of its great shops and restaurants.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Disgusting, Huntsville alabama

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have stayed in nicer tents in Afghanistan! Outlet was duct taped to wall and ceiling was leaking. Toilet seat was lying in floor of bathroom
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Ian

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not great
Main hotel is currently closed and fenced-off, pending a large refurbishment. What you have left is quite a run-down motel whose rooms are looking very tired.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

ricky

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very old and run down . staff was pleasant and helpful
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Enough of these no smoking polices. Smokers have rights to
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Website totally misleading. What a disappointment! Nothing that was advertised was available. But it will be torn down soon. Good riddance!
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Anna on 22 May 2019
Greetings, We are sorry you were unsatisfied with your stay. However, as the noted on our official website and the website where you booked your reservation the main hotel building is under renovation. We took photos of that building off of the sites to reduce confusion and we no longer advertise rooms in that building. Only our motel building is available for rent as your reservation will have certainly shown. Additionally, it is FALSE that this building will be "torn down". We expect our renovations in the main building to be complete in 2020 and the popular motel portion will remain operational as always. Thank you!

2/10 Terrible

william, Charleston sc

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I didn’t even get out of my car to check in. It looked like a run-down work/release facility with a lot of men loitering outside. I was very disappointed that this property was listed on orbitz.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Sarah on 2 May 2019
Greetings, I am sorry you didn't come to check in and that the other guests somehow bothered you. Those very qualified and hard working individuals are in town working on a new solar plant being built in the area. As they work very long hours they do tend to hang out after work and enjoy their brief down time. We don't mind this at all because they are some of the most pleasant guests we've ever had! Additionally, there are very accurate and current photos of the motel building posted on the website so hopefully no one is surprised that they are staying in the exterior entry building of our hotel. Hopefully you'll visit us after our renovation!

2/10 Terrible

Unhappy, US

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The original hotel I booked my stay at I was told had closed when I arrived and what was there was a really run down motel. It looked like something from a horror movie. They had a piece of paper on the front door of the shut down hotel saying to “check in in room 107” I got to the room on the side of the building and the door was locked . I girl opened it and her and a small child were in the room and checked me in. I took one look at my room and immediately checked out! No one bothered to ever email or contact me that the original hotel shown in the picture when I booked had closed, the check in girl said the hotel had closed at the end of last year. I was in the area for a sporting event and luckily was able to get another hotel near by but that was a horrible place with horrible accommodations.. do NOT go there. They now show the actual “motel” on the website. It reminded me of the Bates Motel. And I paid $160 for 1 night stay, of which I am just out the money. I booked my trip way in advance due to rooms being next to impossible to get in the area for the event I attended. I understand my reservation had been made in advance but to completely shut down and move into a extremely run down 10 room motel and not find it necessary to contact your expected guests to me is really bad. Please do not spend your money on this place!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Management on 2 May 2019
Dear Guest, Very sorry for any inconvenience our renovations caused you. However, prior to closing down the main building on the property the rooms for that main building were taken down from all sites and only rooms in the "motel" portion were advertised. I am sure that if you review your reservation you will see that you room is designated in the "Exterior Entry" building. There have always been pictures of both buildings posted online and when renovations began we simply removed the ones of the big hotel leaving the motel pictures visible. Additionally, on our official website there is a rather large notice regarding the renovation. We are sorry if this information was unclear however, the original room you booked was for the motel building. We invite you back after the remodel is complete. Thank you!

8/10 Good

AL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible experience
Awful hotel - not at all as represented on website - absolutely disgusting
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fast check-in and friendly. Well worth the price. Crappy reception on TV.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not so much
Not sure if we received this bad room because we reserved through “HOTELS” or not, but it was feezing in the room and we could not shower because bathtub did not drain. Water took 5+ minutes to get hot when running faucets. On the positive side, sheets were clean, but no blankets - only top sheet and “bedspread”. Office lady was very nice and accommodating with towels. Right in middle of town and close to nice restaurants. We left ASAP - no showers.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice but unprofessional people. LIke a family-run gas station. No ID asked for on check-in, no Do Not Disturb sign in the room.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

MadDog, North of the Border

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The shower did not work so I had to use the ice bucket to dump water over my head to wash my hair. I hope they have the renovations completed before my next visit to Aiken.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from J on 24 Jan 2019
Dear Guest, The shower is activated from the faucet. There was a tab which is to be pulled down and it will activate the shower. We are sorry you were unable to activate the shower. Someone from the desk would have shown you how if you had contacted us with this issue. We look forward to seeing you again. Thank you so much

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I did not like anytging. I was very disapointed. I was scared at night people in and out All hours of the night. I was not exoecting to stay in a Motel. Again. Very very disappointed. I would never recommand the Hotel Aiken. Shoukd be Motel. Aiken
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Kourtney on 26 Oct 2018
Dear Guest, we are sorry you were disappointed with your stay. The main building of Hotel Aiken is under renovation and there is a notice posted on Expedia (and all partners websites) as well as a rather large notice on our hotel's official web page. We also removed almost all photos of the main hotel building (expect for the outside of the main building) from 3rd party sites. That photo was left in place because GPS navigation will always direct guests to that building as the motel on the property does not have it's own address. Additionally we made sure that "motel" portion of the hotel is set as the main photo to be displayed in search results when someone search for hotels. We were hoping that these steps would eliminate any confusion and make it apparent as to where guests would be staying. We are sorry for any misunderstanding. Lastly, we are very busy hotel, especially on the weekends, as we are in the center of the downtown area and in walking distance to all local day time and late night attractions. We are sorry you felt uncomfortable but welcome you back after the renovation on the interior hotel are complete. Thank you.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Loud. Just Ok.
Noisy neighbors-I think they were living there, not just visiting. No regard for other people who may be sleeping. Loud thumping at 3am; turning on and reving up loud truck engine for no reason, then turning off a few mins later. AC didn't have a setting to keep the fan constantly blowing, so it was hard to drown out loud conversations of people standing outside my ground level room. Hotel was under construction, so lobby and parts of the building were closed, but the room was decent. Check-in staff was nice, welcoming and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Kourtney on 18 Oct 2018
Dear Guest, I am sorry for the noise issues you experienced while staying at our hotel. If you stayed within the last week there may have been noise late at night from the City of Aiken doing work on various water lines around the downtown area and unfortunately very close to our building. Additionally, although this doesn't benefit you at this point, I will speak with the guest regarding the loud truck at night. Thank you your review and for bringing these issue to our attention. I hope you will visit us again once the renovations are complete.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The main hotel is under major renovation,so our rooms were in the “courtyard” building next door (which we knew would be the case.) Clean, but a little worn, and a couple of bugs. One room didn’t have a door between the sleeping area and bathroom, just a curtain. Renovation noises next door commenced about 5 am. But you can’t beat the location in terms of proximity to restaurants and the Trinity Home, and the price was fair.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great stop
The hotel is a little dated but well maintained. Desk staff was pleasant and helpful about the area.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A bargain but for a reason
OK, I didn't pay much, but I guess because of the renovations being done on main building, they have had to cut back on things like TV channels, sheets and towels and breakfast. Luckily it was quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It's a little better than what you'd expect.
Better than you would expect given the price. The girl at the front is very nice and helpful. All around it's a nice place for how little you lay.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Needs work. Under construction big time. Great location and the beds were comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Buyer beware, look elsewhere for lodging!
Hotel Aiken should be closed until further notice. I understand it has been purchased and is under renovation. Until this is complete, I would advise looking for another hotel. They are taking reservations for Hotel Aiken and upon arrival, redirecting to a small, dirty, cheap motel. The receptionist was rude, could care less that she had guests still willing to stay. In my case, there was nowhere else to go for the night so I decided I'd get through it. Biggest mistake in recent memory. The room was crappy. The toilet ran all night. The bar nearby stayed open till 3 am making lots of noise. Car horns blowing, no water pressure and old rooms. I'd been better off sleeping in the car. It will be about 18-24 months before Hotel Aiken reopens. Until then, I will stay elsewhere and would advise you do the same!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Not that good.
Since Marriot bougt it seems they closed the main building for renovation. So only rooms available in side bldg next door. It was ok clean comfortable but definitely not worth $210.00 per night. There were other places in Aiken as mice for half price. Had i known anout the reno i wud have stayed elsewhere.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Main hotel is closed and being renovated. We stayed in the motel / annex section. Didn’t know this info prior to arriving there. Would not have stayed there if I had known. On positive side, Aiken downtown is fun and has great things to do and restaurants are great.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Motel Unlike Any Other
Dangerous, unsanitary, terrible experience. Room was sweltering and muggy (broken A/C) we asked to change rooms, they gave us a fan. Visible illegal drug activity in the room next door. Itchy/old towels, bar soap the size of a postage stamp. The picture showed “Hotel Aiken” which looked like a nice building, large-format Hotel. We arrive and they tell us that the building is being renovated and we were staying across the parking lot in a run down motel, which was branded “Holley House.” Total bait and switch. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
I really enjoyed staying at the hotel Aiken, The people there were very nice room was clean .I would recommend any my friends to stay at this hotel. The hotel is very convenient to bars or restaurants more than only 200 feet away
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unfortunately, on both nights in the middle of the night I saw small bugs/roaches. The TV had few channels and the majority of them were static. Otherwise, a good stay.

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great bar and location.
The room was ok but I wanted to stay at the main hotel, not across the street. the hotel was being renovated and no one told me until I got there. I like the bar at the hotel and the location was great. The room as clean and the staff were helpful.

10/10 Excellent

Robert E.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

2/10 Terrible

Frank

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Neveragain.
The blankets haven’t been changed after the previous guests.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very run down
The main hotel that we booked is under construction so we were shifted to their motel. Very run down and disgusting. We were supposed to have three nights there but we cancelled after the first night. Now we have to work to get our money back.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

4/10 Poor

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Exhausted
Well it was Mardi Gras in Aiken. So the bar outside the front door and all the drunks in the alley we're going til 2:30 am. The music came straight thru into room, so sleep was not an option. Once this all wound down some moron decides to start his Harley at 3am and let it idle for 10 minutes. Then the annoying bird outside with the most annoying noise started soon after til 9am. The children next door around 7 am decided their room was a playground so the screaming and yelling and bouncing off the walls. So no sleep on 2 night stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

MICHAEL LONEY

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, great restaurants close by. Friendly helpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Vyles, Summerville, SC

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Party Downtown
Hotel is in GREAT location near downtown bars and taproom. Waited on staff for about 10 minutes to come to the front desk to check in. Once they came, they were friendly and quick. Rooms are VERY outdated, but if you are only there to sleep off the alcohol before a long drive home, it served it's purpose well.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

tameika

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
call back
My stay was awful I would like a call from hotel.com to explain my conditions
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

Nick, Vegas

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Ok hotel near restaurants and bars.
the hotel is kind of old, but the price is not bad.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible hotel
Hotel was closed for remodeling was moved to the outside entrance section which was offsite. Ended up not staying there
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

4/10 Poor

Ryan

Disliked: Room comfort
Not worth it for location
There were 2 options for rooms to book: outside access or room with view. They have 2 buildings. We booked the room with view which would be the inside rooms. It asked our bed preference when we booked queen or double beds. At check in we are given double beds in the outside building. I get that it was a bed preference, but the person checking us in said the inside room building was being renovated and the outside rooms building only had doubles. It's one thing to not get the preference, but the queen beds don't even exist right now and we were switched to outside rooms. Also it's not appropriate to allow noisy renovation work before check out time (circular saw) just outside the rooms. Save your money and stay a few miles away from downtown in a nicer hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Van

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Aiken SC
Great location in Downtown Aiken SC. Old hotel with creaky floors, but the location makes it worthwhile, the staff is friendly and helpful, and it's as clean as possible given the age of the structure. Enjoyed my stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

4/10 Poor

Martin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rooms were not clean & there was a lot of bugs. My group was very unhappy about the whole stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Wendy, Myrtle Beach

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Run from this nasty place
Expedia shouldn't even offer this hotel! Dirty, old and run down. We immediately left after checking in and getting to our room to find the bathroom ceiling falling in and the staff wouldn't even get back to us about switching rooms and then wouldn't refund any of our 2 night stay even though we stayed 5 minutes!!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

4/10 Poor

Rebekah, north carolina

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So much potential
This place has the potential to be a great historic place to stay but it belongs in one of Gordon Ramsey’s hotel hell episodes. The band in the connecting bar played into after 1am. I could feel every vibration and make out every song they sang. The room was fairly clean but it was obvious it had been vacant for a while. There was half an inch of dust in the bed. The wallpaper is falling off the wall. The bathroom walls need a good spackling, it could just use a really nice clean update and improvement. Like I said, it has potential but right now, I want my money back.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017