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Reviews of Doubletree Hotel South Bend

4 out of 5
Doubletree Hotel South Bend
123 N Dr. Martin Luther King BLVD, South Bend, IN

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 426 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 277 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 141 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 97 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 61 out of 1002 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Kim

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness
Hello, I feel as though there was such a lack of interest all around. This was our 2nd stay in 18 months. I am disappointed in the friendliness of staff we interacted with. Our check in representative was great but unfortunately our room was not. We stayed in room 316 and our King sized bed had a king sized piece of wood sticking out under the bed about 8 inches. That could have been very dangerous had we not seen it first. Still unacceptable for any room. We were there for a wedding at the Palais Royale. so when we were able to check in it was time for the ceremony and we thought between that & the reception we would bring this to the hotel's attention but there was no time for that so it was what it was. When we checked out the gentleman that my husband spoke to was receptive to hearing about it and said he would let maintenance know but it wasn't until I turned in my key and was making final payment that I asked politely if possibly our parking could be waived since my husband did trip over it three times. He graciously agreed & I appreciated that but sure would have been nice to have had him suggest the parking waived. Just my thoughts because some people still believe in the little things that matter. Sincerely, Mrs. Kimberly Reicher
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Renee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We had a corner king room, which did seem a little run down. The corner wallpaper was peeling and there were cobwebs. One other downside is the AC turning off sounded like a creaky door, which was a good scare in the middle of the night. other than that, the bed was comfortable, and the room was pretty clean! The shampoo and conditioner were very nice as well.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Julius

Liked: Amenities
Need to be remodeled, No clean face towels Other then that it’s nice n clean
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Brian

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not clean. Old and run down.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Will definitely be staying again next year
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Seth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Convenient location with on site parking near walkable dining and entertainment options
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Matthew

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was filthy. The bathroom still had used towels from the previous guests. There was dust everywhere and the windows were disgustingly grimy.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Stefanie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A little outdated in the rooms but staff was very friendly. The pool area and restaurant were nice. The atrium was a neat touch.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Fred

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Easy access to interstate 80, friendly staff, clean no frills rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lexi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Katrina

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Convenient area but room wasn’t vacuumed or dusted. Hair in bathroom, dusty tv/lights and noisy hallway at 1am due to a wedding or other event.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

JANET

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This hotel is in need of an overhaul. It is not a nice place. Breakfast buffet was mediocre at best. My bed was too hard and the shampoo and bar soap in bathroom dried my skin and hair. very low quality products. Carpet was worn throughout hotel, and glass in elevator was dirty/water spotted. I got the impression no one has paid any attention to the upkeep of this place in years. Sorry to have to say it, but stay was sub par for the $$$.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Peter

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Awful hotel, not clean, old and terrible all around!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Had

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Jeff and Colleen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
restaurant bar in lobby - think it was called Baker's didn't have enough staff. Service was beyond SLOW and stay needs to be trained for customer service. They wore on their shelve how much they didn't have enough help. Hotel is in need of some renovations. Very tired all the way around from common area to hotel rooms
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Grace

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen, Grand Rapids

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Person on the front desk was very friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Lisa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
no convenient fast food, convenience stores
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Justin, Bloomington

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
1. The toilets don't flush properly. 2. The heat/AC sounds like a freight train running through your room every 20 minutes. 3. The hallways smell terrible (see #1). Staff was friendly but only so much they can do.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

jennifer

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property is highly outdated and doesn’t live close to being. Hilton property. The beds were the best part but the room and all else was still living in the 80s.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Aaron

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Lisa

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Kevin

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
ONLY 1 ELEVATOR WORKING ALL WEEKEND. THE RESAURANT WAS UNDERSTAFFED UNATTENTAVE AND WERE OUT OF SEVERAL MEALS ON THE MENU.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

charles

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Only had 1 elevator in service during our stay. But only a minor inconvenience. No hot tub was a huge letdown. Restersunt menus online differed from actual. Having said all that.... property, staff, view, convinience were all excellent. Will absolutely book here again next spring
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Ryan

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Shower wouldn’t drain, hot water was spotty, and heat/ac controls was inop.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Joshua

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best thing about this hotel is its location. It's in severe need of updates. 1/3 elevators were functional the first day, we were unable to get into our room upon arrival and required someone from maintenance to fix the lock, we extended our checkout but housekeeping still tried coming to our room while we were using it, and very disappointed for the quality based on the price I paid.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donna, Calgary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Doubletree was a great choice for my stay. Conveniently located for a family celebration, I did not have a vehicle. Baker’s restaurant in the facility was convenient and had good food choices at a reasonable price. There were other restaurants near by and the Starbucks in the complex was also appreciated. Open and spacious it was great to move about.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Monica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall great stay...excellent view of the river!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Mark

Travelled with group
Room was dirty, housekeeping cleaned all but air vent. When showed to front desk, oh that is engineer issue. Front desk offered complimentary drinks and apps. There was 1 employee working his tail off, not enough staff. Had to go through 3 bourbons they were out of to find one. Staff knew of issues and did there best. Would not stay again, unless total renovation.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room air & heating unit did not function properly and the noise literally kept us up all night. Drapes did not close all the way and morning light was right in my face. Wall paper was peeling off the wall above the desk. Very low water pressure in the shower. It was a very disappointing stay and I would not recommend until they did an overall updating
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 8 Mar 2024
Thank you for making us aware of the issue(s) you experienced. I do apologize for the inconvenience. Fortunately, we have already begun our complete renovation. This will continue most of the year. We are being cautious to not interrupt normal business. Please come see our progress.

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I liked the pool rooms
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 5 Mar 2024
Thank you for your feedback. Come see us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Brooke

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and staff was friendly
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
THANK YOU!

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you so much!

4/10 Poor

Chris

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Pros: Front Desk Staff (Andy?) was super friendly and welcoming. Cons: Both Toilet paper holders missing. 9th floor windows mostly obstructed by roof structure. Broken lights, fixtures. Towels were worn / scratchy. For some reason they run 2 demolition floor fans in the gym with doors open. This was true for 4 days straight. There was a ton of dust / dirt in the corners of the room. Water pressure extremely low. One of the buttons was missing in the elevator, with just a hole in the panel. General disrepair accross the board in the facility.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you for the honest feedback. We will continue to improve.

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you

6/10 Okay

thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Excellent front counter staff. Water pressure poor. No real hot water - just warm. Front door lock was error prone. Elevators slow. Hotel needs better maintenance all around.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you for the feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Awesome. Thank you

8/10 Good

Georgina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
very good
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
THANK YOU!

6/10 Okay

Leroy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was a alright some areas need to be updated sauna broke ice machines not working on 3 floors
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you for the feedback! It is appreciated.

10/10 Excellent

Alexandria

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
THANK YOU!

8/10 Good

Erica

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
It was okay for the most part.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you

6/10 Okay

Andy

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Beds were comfortable and room was decent. Staff very helpful with early arrival and late check out. Water pressure was horrible in showers and no shampoo or conditioner in bathroom. Pool in need of a refresh!
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you for the feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great view of city
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
THANK YOU!

6/10 Okay

Maryann

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location. Hotel needs updating.
This hotel is in a great location in downtown South Bend. It was convenient to many things. It is just very run down and dated. We booked it for the pool and hot tub and the hot tub is permanently closed up. The pool room is really dated and not clean. The rooms are equally dated. Perhaps they were clean but it was hard to tell because the tile and shower caulk just need to be redone.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you for the feedback. Excited to share we are beginning our complete hotel renovation soon!! Already completing some model rooms... Come see us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Marshall

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you for the feedback!

10/10 Excellent

Grant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike- GM on 1 Mar 2024
Thank you.