9/13/22: Overall 1.5 stars. First off, I'm a Hilton/Hampton Inn fan and have stayed at some really nice ones. This location was such a way off experience from what I've come to expect from the Hilton brand. Out of all of the Hampton Inn hotels I've stayed at, this is in last place both in terms of the rooms and service (The best is Hampton Inn in Keller, TX. See my 5 star review. This location needs to take a lesson from their customer service).
After my grotesque experience at Knights Inn (see my review), I was frantically searching for a hotel to stay the same night. Because this town didn't elicit the feeling of safety, I wanted to stay somewhere more inland from the freeway.
We had dinner at Panda Express which had a well lit parking lot and a very nice SpringHills Suites by Marriott there. But they were nearly $200. So I booked this room through my Hilton rewards points for-ouch-30k points! It was about a mile from Panda Express.
Location wise seemed ok, and the parking lot was pretty well lit and full. I ended up booking the very last room. The girl who checked us in was very nice and gave us complimentary bottles of water.
The lobby was clean & maintained and they had sanitizing wipes & a 24 hour tea/coffee station. That's where the good impression ends. Our room was a different story.
It was older, dated and needed quite a bit of maintenance. It was a handicap room, but if a person with a physical disability were to stay in this room they would have problems. The bathroom door was warped and you had to shove the door to open and close it.
The shower was not working and when I called, the worker said there was no maintenance because it was night time. To me if you are a hotel, you should have 24 hour maintenance, because things can go wrong with the room at any time, not just during business hours.
We had to go to our car and get tools and try to fix the shower ourselves, which is not acceptable as guests.
The refrigerator wasn't working, and we did not discover that until the next morning when none of our items were cold, thus ruining our groceries.
The beds and pillows were so uncomfortable. I barely got any sleep and had a pounding headache and neck ache.
The next morning, my friend and I went to the breakfast buffet. At least this was in line with other Hampton Inn breakfasts. The biscuits with gravy were actually good! I also like their tea selection, but they need to do a better job of replenishing the teas.
The worst part of the stay, believe it or not, wasn't even that our room was in such poor condition, but rather the checkout worker.
Whoever was working the morning of 9/14/22 around 10:45am (female, longer dark hair, wearing glasses), shouldn't be interacting with the public. First of all, when I went to check out, she didn't even say good morning, ask me how was your stay or thank me for staying at there. When I requested water, I kid you not, this was her snide response to me. "just so you know these are only for check-in".
Are you kidding me? Passive aggressive much? You've got to be a special kind of miserable person to treat a hotel guest this way. I've been staying at Hilton Hotels for decades and bottled water is provided at every Hilton brand hotel at check-in or check out and even during our stay! I've NEVER had a worker so rudely say that. Holy $hit, it's not like I was asking for a case of water!
I was so annoyed, that after we left, I actually called the hotel to get her name as I decided I wanted to write a letter about our experience to Hilton corporate. I didn't want to seem creepy by calling and just saying hey what's your name lol, so I just asked what is your check in and check out time which she answered (so I know she could hear me) and then afterwards I said oh what was your name and I think she might've recognized my voice or something because she refused to answer me and then hung up on me!
She was 1 star and I would've rated this review as 1 star, but because Hilton corporate apologized & refunded my points, coupled with the good breakfast, I rounded it up to 2 stars. I think they should've refunded me for my spoiled refrigerator items as well as given me some extra points for the poor experience. Now, that would've been really good service from Hilton. So overall 1.5 stars.
Having said that:
1. I hope to never stay in Gallup, NM ever again. Gross town!
2. If I have to stay in this town again, I will spend the money and go to the SpringHills Suites by Marriott. Even though I am not a rewards member there, my friend went inside while I was on the phone with Priceline (see my Knights Inn review for background), and he said it was very nice and clean, but when he was talking to the front desk the cheapest room was almost $200 which I refuse to spend that in this grotesque little town in the middle of nowhere!
3. When people say do not stop in New Mexico when you are on a road trip heading to Texas, there's a reason why! read more