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    Olgentangy Motor Inn signs, coffee shop, lamp
    Stephanie S.

    The Olentangy Motor Inn blends a retro vibe with modern conveniences. Embracing a 1980s aesthetic, the inn features 55 guest rooms with modern amenities such as microwaves, mini-fridges, flat-screen HDTVs, and Wi-Fi. Additionally, the inn is pet-friendly and offers FREE coffee and breakfast sandwich at "The Crimson Cup," the coffee shop connected to the inn. Crimson Cup is the best feature of this motel. Open from 6 am to 8 pm, they offer a fun assortment of caffeinated beverages, plus vegetarian options with an impossible breakfast sandwich of ciabatta bread. This local coffee chain has high quality coffee and excellent customer service, definitely a huge step above your typical hotel coffee fare. Rooms are comfortable with sparse yet charming decor, the retro lamp especially gets a thumbs up, plus it included a cheeky note, "Your touch lights me up." In terms of its history, Facebook suggests that this was originally a Hilton property, which later lost its branding and was transferred to Ohio State University, becoming the University Inn. OSU then collaborated with WHI for its management. Today, the Olentangy Motor Inn stands as a distinctive lodging option in Columbus, offering a distinctive yet affordable atmosphere that appeals to both nostalgic travelers and cost conscious guests.

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    First of all, I found bed bugs on my bed. When I told manager she dismissed it, but they did change my room, to an one bed Ada room that had filthy floors, steamer didn't work, toilet wouldn't flush, no body wash and cable was messed up. Again, I told manager and asked for refund and was denied. I am pursuing action as I don't think it's fair that I had to encounter bed bugs and hope I didn't bring home with me. Don't stay here!!

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    Breakfast ends at 10 so missed that at 10:40 check out. Don't make the same mistake we did.

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    Hilton Columbus Downtown - Meeting Room

    Hilton Columbus Downtown

    (238 reviews)

    $$$

    Downtown

    If you have to go to the Columbus Convention Center, then the Hilton is one of the best options. It…read morehas a modern decor, good restaurants and bars, and you can get to the convention center without going outside, which is nice if you don't want your feathery suede cotton-candy Wonder Woman outfit to get wet on a rainy day. This actually at least two buildings as there's the hotel where you check in and park and all that jazz, then there's another hotel across the street, which you can get to via a skyway across one of the downtown Columbus streets. There's also a restaurant or two there as well. Rooms were nice in the "old" hotel (the one I was in) and I didn't have any problems and slept pretty well. The pillows were acceptable and my room actually had a desk which seems to be something I've been having trouble with lately. I'd stay here again if I was coming to the Convention Center. I'd come back just to eat at that FYR restaurant. Great experience all around there. I only wish there was a Piada close by...

    I stayed her for a conference earlier in the week. Several things could have been better:…read more(1) Tell me about the room power on/off switch. I didn't know about it and thought there were only two working power outlets. (2) I could never connect to wifi in the room. I usually bring an USB-C to Ethernet dongle and Ethernet cable. (3) The Internet was very poor in the hotel. It was also very poor for the TV. Try watching sports and have a freeze every 30 seconds. It was better in the meeting rooms. Good stuff (1) The gym in the second building (402?) was OK. It was not just a converted hotel room (2) N High Street was fun to check out. Lots of good restaurants and bars.

    Hampton Inn & Suites Columbus-Downtown - King Bedroom

    Hampton Inn & Suites Columbus-Downtown

    (112 reviews)

    $$

    Short North

    Honestly super clean! I checked in at 11pm because of flight delays; but there was someone at the…read morefront desk within a few minutes of my arrival and when I door dashed they even called my room to let me know it was there. My only qualm was I really stayed at Hampton because I love my breakfast waffles. One of the waffle machines was broken and the one that was working kept sticking the waffles; but again that's just a qualm because I was super hyped for breakfast. Overall breakfast was yummy! Checkout again was super easy and I was out in literally less than a minute! 10/10 would recommend and probably stay here again if I needed a hotel.

    I hate to leave a bad review of any business but I am highly disappointed. I am a Honors member…read moreand I booked directly with the hotel. I was told that my Honors Member rate would be booked for the full stay. At check in, the reservation I made was not even for the correct number of nights. I booked for Wednesday thru Sunday but they only had my block of rooms for Wednesday and Thursday. We were told to come down and check out and check back in the following day. When we came down in the morning to take care of this, that front desk person said we should not have had to check in and check out and move rooms even though this is what we were told upon arrival. We then find out that our rate has gone from $187 to approximately $500 a night for the remaining stay. Of course we are shocked. We went to speak to the manager and he was not willing to meet us in the middle to find a solution. He gave us a hard no and said you won't find another hotel in this area for the remaining days. We found another hotel, three rooms left and did not stay and found other accommodations. I think there were enough issues with our reservations and being told a different story depending upon who we spoke with that the hotel. It is unfortunate that they seemed to not care to loose guests and two rooms. I am truly floored by the switch and bait and also that management/staff really seemed to not be bothered. We might only be 6 guests total but they just lost customers who that will never book with this hotel chain again.

    Hotel LeVeque, Autograph Collection - Building Exterior

    Hotel LeVeque, Autograph Collection

    (140 reviews)

    $$$

    Downtown

    I travel for work with my work wife, whose standards for hotels can best be described as "bougie…read morewith an excellent breakfast," so we end up in a lot of Autograph Collection properties. This trip brought us to the LeVeque. I opened the door to my room and literally stopped in my tracks. My first thought: Can the interior designer come do my house next? The decor is gorgeous. One of my favorite discoveries was that the gold framing around the mirrors and bed? Plastic. The crisscross "marble" lamp bases? Also plastic. Honestly, brilliant. They look exactly like the kind of ridiculously heavy gold frames and marble lamps that would double as murder weapons in a Dateline episode. The bathroom is huge, the towels are fluffy, and there's a separate privacy door for the toilet--an underrated luxury when traveling. My only room complaint: the shampoo has that generic "guy cologne" scent that never quite smells as good as its creators think it does. The hotel's artwork is classy, and the bar area is comfortable with plenty of couches for lounging. The drinks, however, are pricey. At those prices, the martinis should arrive with special effects--a bubble on top that explodes into smoke, minimum. A minor annoyance: the lobby ran out of Diet Coke for purchase. Unfortunately, Marriott doesn't seem to give employees a small emergency soda fund to run out and buy a case. As for parking, valet would have been nice, but instead you park in the garage around the corner. The attached walkway makes it easy enough, though. Overall: beautiful hotel, stunning rooms, great atmosphere.

    Some coworkers stayed here and couldn't locate any open conference rooms for the day in the office…read more Our work had several departments coming in for meetings. The hotel was asked if there was a conference or meeting room we could use for the day! The answer was Yes! One room was in the second floor and the other one was a meeting area in the lobby next to the library. It was between the Starbucks and the front desk. It was out in the open but we weren't discussing anything confidential. Very few people came by us as most people waited closer to the front desk if they were waiting for someone. This led to a quiet atmosphere where we could hear each other without difficulty. We used a delivery service for lunch because The Keep's kitchen was going to close in 20 minutes. They are open for breakfast and close, close for several hours and reopen for happy hour/dinner service. The valet parking for the day was about $26 before tip.

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    AC Hotel Columbus Downtown

    (26 reviews)

    Short North

    I wanted to love this hotel because I've been a Marriott bonvoy member for a very long time. This…read morewas a downtown hotel with lots of things with him walking distance. I felt $39 for valet parking was very high, especially since the first night my car was not even parked in their lot. I actually felt that they should have refunded part of the valet fee since my car was parked a block and a half away in an unattended lot. I actually felt that for $39 per night that the cars should have been in a garage. The hotel was nice, though we were looking for something to eat late at night after 10:00 p.m. and didn't realize that the sports bar stop serving food after 10:00 p.m. and the restaurant upstairs was packed and very loud. We ended up ordering out doordash which was easier and quicker especially since it was pouring down rain outside. The desk wasn't always staffed while we were there, that included when we called on the phone at 7:00 p.m. to speak with someone and the phone just rang and rang and rang, it also included daytime when we were looking to speak with someone at the front desk and there was no one there. A desk in a downtown hotel should be staffed 24 hours a day. When we booked our room I didn't realize my mother would need a handicapped room. When we finally did get a hold of someone a little bit after 7:00 on that first evening we were able to move to a room that was supposedly handicapped but wasn't quite as I expected it would be. Yes there were rails everywhere in the bathroom but the toilet was low and what really blew my mind was there was a bathtub and anyone who's handicapped like let's say in a wheelchair is not going to be able to get into the bathtub or out very easily. There was a seat underneath the sink that could be set up in the tub but how would somebody if they were handicapped get into and out of it. The first room we had had a nice shower that you could practically walk in without having to climb over the edge of a bathtub. I would have felt that would have been much better of an option for someone handicapped. Drawer space in both rooms was non-existent. In the handicap room there was one drawer underneath the fridge. In the other room there were two drawers. We were there for the weekend, we operated out of the suitcase. They were all so only four hangers. It seemed to me a bit ridiculous that there wasn't enough storage space for someone who might want to unpack if they were there for a week or longer than a weekend. In fact, I've never been in a Marriott hotel that didn't have more storage than this one. It was a bit odd to me. The staff was friendly, helpful, the little store downstairs was nice to pick up some drinks or some snacks, I'm unsure where we would have heated up the frozen dinner or pizza that were in the freezer in that little store since we didn't have a microwave in our hotel room. It was nice that the hotel was close to comfest that was happening while we were visiting the area and that North market was just a block up. It was nice that you could walk to things and weren't always reliant on your car. Again I really wanted to like this hotel thoroughly, but there were just things that didn't make sense and were problematic to me. But since we were there for an event, we didn't have a choice of the hotel for that event.

    Good location downtown. Easy in and out. Rooms were clean. Staff was great. I'm a Marriott fanread more

    Canopy By Hilton Columbus Downtown Short North - Meeting Room

    Canopy By Hilton Columbus Downtown Short North

    (65 reviews)

    Downtown

    Updating review and dropping it down a star. Stayed here for a three day weekend and booked a suite…read moreas Hilton Honor members. Once again room was clean, modern and had beautiful views. Thermostat didn't seem to be working well, but I had a personal fan that helped at night while we slept. We would turn it down to 68, and the temp never dropped beyond 72. We also called to request a pillow and blanket since we had a pullout couch...And they just delivered us two sheets. No pillow, no comforter, and nothing supplied in the room. Had a bite to eat at the downstairs bar again. Food was good, but bartender both Friday and Saturday night didn't seem like he wanted to be there. No personality and seemed annoyed when we would order drinks or food. Just had a very lazy attitude about him. We did head up to the rooftop bar this time and it was amazing. Bartenders were super friendly and the views were beautiful at night. We asked for a late checkout on Monday morning bc our daughter was at a volleyball camp all day, and the receptionist was extremely rude (putting it nicely). She gave us an extra half hour - which didn't do much for us. Hilton members, staying in a suite and it's a Monday morning ... didn't see why that was asking much. Overall we will stay here again bc we love the amenities and it's a beautiful hotel. Just lacked service this time around.

    Awful experience! First night our room was 80 degrees. The next morning we requested maintenance…read morecome fix it. We went back at 5pm still 80 after maintenance apparently fixed it. They " fixed" it again but still not cool. They finally moved us rooms that evening. The next room the thermostat read 68 but we had our own thermometer and the new room was reading 78 on our thermometer We had 2 nights of no sleep and no one could do anything. We asked for a manger but she was not available, we called corporate but they said there was no one for them to contact. I just can't believe that there was no one in charge to help us. They offered us $100 off! I mean really we paid $800 for 2 nights of misery . Don't stay here, if there is an issue there is no one in charge to take care of issues that arise.

    Olentangy Motor Inn - hotels - Updated July 2026

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