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2 out of 5
Budget Host Town Center Motel
3356 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH

Reviews

4.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 1 out of 117 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 117 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 117 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 27 out of 117 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 53 out of 117 reviews" "

4.0/10

Cleanliness

4.8/10

Staff & service

3.0/10

Amenities

3.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Jameason

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Eh
The staff was nice, the location wasn’t bad at all. Needs some TLC. Not for the weak or stuck up type.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

William

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Never again
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nothing . Didn’t stay the night. Place was dirty and poorly maintained.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was literally cinder block walls and a tiny window. Literally looked like a jail cell. The blue carpet was stained all over. There was a HUGE brown liquid looking stain on the wall. Extremely dingy & smelled like an outhouse. DO NOT GO HERE UNLESS YOU LITERALLY HAVE NO OTHER OPTION.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Alexandra

Liked: Staff & service
Not bad, not great, you get what you pay for
Considering it's a low budget motel, it's pretty good. Holes in the comforter and sheets had some tears, but seriously, when I say low budget motel, that's what this is, drug dealers and all. In terms of the Ritz? 1 star. In terms of low budget motels, the only reason it's not 5 stars is because they had a sign posted stating that they charged $30/night for service dogs which is illegal. Meh. Two chicks, one night, we were safe and so was our car. We slept well. We left the next day no worse for the wear. The guy we checked in with was nice and helpful, so bonus.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Priced way to high not clean at all very old rundown felt very cheap wish i would of never went will never go back or say anything good about stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Elisha

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nastiest motel ever
This was the worst motel I ever stayed in in my whole 34 years on this Earth I will never stay there again the room was nasty dirty the had bugs and no hot water beds was broken down smelt awful never again
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

XIAOGUANG

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easily the worst motel I've ever stayed at. We booked the suite due to the size of our group. It was a last minute trip and this was the only place that had a large enough room available in Cincinnati. On arrival, the keycard would not work on the door. The guy at the front desk couldn't get it to work either. Then he said he'd get us two adjoining rooms. After returning to the office he was unable to find connecting rooms so he just gave us two random rooms about 5 rooms away from each other. The windows would not close or lock. The heaters did not cut off at desired temperature. All bedding had burn holes in it. The rooms smelled like smoke, alcohol, and bad decisions. Rooms were not clean at all. There were ashes and cigar tips strewn about. If not for an upset toddler we would have just slept in our vehicle.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Was rushed to vacate the room. No quality food places nearby.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

2/10 Terrible

Joselyn

It stinks. Bed bug stains everywhere. Bedbug on my pillow in the am. I complained they took me nothing could be done until the next day when three owners came...0 out of 5 stars
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Paul

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I will not return.
This facility may have been fine 50 years ago, but it is run-down and under-attended to. Bath-room window would not close completely. Linens were thread-bare. I could hear my neighbor's TV and other guests outside were noisy in the morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

2/10 Terrible

Juanika

It wasn’t amazing due to the box spring kept falling down in between the rails and I was disappointed I will not stay there again
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Sunshine, Michigan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The environment was nice. The pool was closed. I was looking forward to going swimming. It could use a few updates,but it was a nice place and the staff was friendly and supportive.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Dwight

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The staff was friendly but the cleanliness was below par. I'm sure they can afford a few touch ups on aesthetics. For instance, table umbrella at pool was severely worn and broken. That is not an expensive item to replace. It took some time to check in. But the most disappointing was that the room floor was filthy and bathroom had hair on counters and tub. Shower curtain had dirt spots on it as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was not very clean. Outdated. Staff was rude. There was a phone but no phone service.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Lyle

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Andrew

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was terrible, dirty, and poor service.
They didn't have our reservation from Hotel.com. They had one room left that they offered, it was smokey, filthy with dirty sheets, floors. We found hair and dirt on the covers. It had poor circulation, and we were not able to adjust the heat. The other hotel guests were rough looking, most men with women. When I asked the policeman on duty ifnit was safe for our family, he said "yes...you may have a fight here in the private rooms, but you should be safe. It's mostly men and street women that come here." It was horrible, especially when you have children. Hotel.com couldn't find anything else with availability. The check-in staff had holes in their clothes and were smoking. He laighed at me when I asked for availability of rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

2/10 Terrible

Sally, Canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst place ever do not stay!!!
This is the worst place I’ve ever stayed and I’ve been to a lot of slum shacks. When i arrived they didn’t even have our reservation, we booked a queen non smoking and all they had was a two bed smoking. I asked to cancel my reservation since they didn’t have any record of it to begin with and they didn’t have a room we wanted. They said they’d personally find my reservation and charge me one night anyways. So we stayed..for an hour, and then left. Extremely sketchy, people sleeping in their cars in the parking lot, homeless people walking about asking for change, prostitutes, stairwells smelt like a homeless shelter, we didn’t feel safe leaving our car in the parking lot. The room was horrible old and grimey. Towels had stains. It was the worst place ever. Expedia should take this off their listings.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

2/10 Terrible

VictorHF

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
hotel receptionist said that did not get the reservation confirmation and does not care about Expedia reswrvations since it was lots of people in line.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Good enough for price
It was good enough. Stayed 2 nights during the Bunbury Festival. It's a cheap hotel so you have to understand you're getting what you pay for. It wasn't great, but it was fine to just come back and sleep after a long day.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Domestic abise and drugs
Had to leave on the second night in a hurry. Some woman was screaming at a man, doors were slamming, some of the words were about “give me the drugs” The hotel staff and everyone on site acted like this was normal and didn’t do anything. We called the cops but the aggressor was staring at our room and we felt like we had to leave for our own safety, and fast too
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Horrible choice. Place is gross and run down. Got locked out of the room and had to sleep in another room and was not able to get my belongings.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Ed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Affordable
This hotel was everything you promised to be. Basically, no frills but a cheap price and an ideal location for my needs. The people I met there, especially Laura in housekeeping and William at the front desk, were very nice.

4/10 Poor

Susan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was so dark, damp and miserable that I checked out 15 minutes after checking in.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Sharai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

lori

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

4/10 Poor

J, Ohio

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Never again!
Should have know not to stay when I arrived to find that you check in from outside using a pass through window. Our door was difficult to latch and appeared to have been broken into previously. The walls were very thin and the people occupying the room next to us were yelling and pounding on the walls until after midnight. We stayed in February and the heat in the room was difficult to get comfortable. It was too cold then when we turned it up, it would not cycle off and became too hot. The room itself was tolerable and fairly clean, but not in good shape. Very disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Aydin

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Lisa, Cincinnati, Ohio

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Does not honor price given by Expedia
Booked a room online for $59 but when arriving was told rooms are $69, Budget Host would not honor the online booking price, we did not stay and got a better deal at a hotel next door.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
I've stayed here a couple times, only because of the close proximity to the University of Cincinnati, when I come to town to visit my daughter. I have stayed in much nicer places for less money. Make sure you lock your cars! Not a great neighboring area. Tough to sleep as someone in a nearby room had a small dog ("No Pets") that yipped throughout the night. The room was clean enough and the staff was friendly enough. Again, if not for the convenience of the location for me, I'd find another place to spend a night.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Milos

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
You get what you pay for.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Carol

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible condition
This was the worst motel I've ever stayed at. I had to clean the room before I could do anything. The toilet was horrible the tub and sink was dirty I had to clean everything in this room the mirror I couldn't even see to brush my hair plus my card was charged $78.00 but they said they only charged $64.00 forsing me to use the last of my cash there for I had no money to get anything to eat or drink I Will never come back to this motel
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

M, OH

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I refused to stay
This hotel is one of the most revolting buildings i have ever entered. The lobby reeks of human feces and urine. The rooms are disgusting. Literally a drug den. The sketchiest people Ive ever seen lingering. I refused to stay there. Syringes and drug materials. Stinky. Roach infested. I was afraid Id get murdered unloading my car. And the office attendant literally screamed at me when I told her that she would have to cancel my reservation. AVOID AT ALL COSTS
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

Christiana

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very sketchy hotel. Odd staff and the room was kinda gross.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place smelled of mill due. It was warn out. Carpet was warn out. No ammimites in the bathroom.. The towels were old, and stiff. Our taxi driver said " I hope you have a gun". Terrible is being kind!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible and gross! Do not go here unless you want skid marks on your sheets.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

Angela, Virginia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible hotel
The room was very dirty. The beds looked ok (even comfortable) but the floors & bathroom were nasty. I went and bought bathroom cleaners to even feel like we could safely use the bathe. The room smelled like stale smoke, rven though it was supposedly a smoke free facility. The outside stairway reeked of urine. There was no room service for the whole 3 day stay, not even to vacuum. They acted reluctant to even give us clean towels daily. If we had checked the room before we paid, I probably would have left.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017