Howard Johnson Express Inn Albuquerque

Marginal at best. Old décor… Peeling wallpaper… Borderline terrible breakfast… Worn out bathroom fixtures… But $ 57 a night and two beds… I dunno… I won’t stay here again.

From start to finish the staff here was full of excuses. We didn’t get breakfast. The man behind the counter «Didn’t have time to get to it yet» While I was checking in the woman behind the counter was making excuses to another couple about their room smelling like smoke.
As for the facilities it was old and very run down. The pool was the highlight. Clean but nothing fancy. The worst part was the AC didn’t work very well. I hate to sleep hot.

Clean room, man working at front desk at night was super friendly. Solid hotel for the price you’ll pay.

So just checked in 5 minutes ago and already found all this… Toothbrush, sock and coloring books. Ryan is a trooper for holding that toothbrush for my post. Lol
The stains on the cover sheets and broken lamp are the least of our worries tonight.
If you are trying to save a buck, I’d recommend the hotel next door.

There are smoking rooms here. Good if you smoke, bad if you are surprised that in 2014 smoking is still allowed indoors. The smell permeates the entire 3^rd floor. It isn’t so bad on the first, where your free breakfast of waffles, cereal, biscuits and gravy, and bagels is served. At least the wifi is free. I just couldn’t stand the stench.

Pretty so-​so hotel. It was clean, quiet, and had beds. These were the pluses. We specifically stayed here because they offered breakfast, which was paltry at best.
The staff members were friendly, though, it was secure, and they had space for use to park our large moving truck. So all in all, it wasn’t too bad.

Ok place to stay. Room was clean. Cheap paper products in room. Did not have breakfast due to getting up at 4 am to crew for my balloon pilot, so can not comment on that. The staff was pleasant.

I never post reviews online, but finally felt compelled to do so after this experience — mainly to inform and protect the public. «Meh» is probably a «glass half full» version of my experience.
There was a dead roach, belly up, under the sitting table where the two chairs were. I took pics for the management and I am not making this up. This was absolutely disgusting, and simply unforgivable in the hospitality industry, period. Er, what other bugs are crawling around? Am I really going to put my leftover Carne Adovada tacos from Taco Cabana in the fridge now? This telegraphed to me that this hotel is rarely cleaned and/​or nobody really cares. Big problem if you’re asking me to sleep in your room. Next to the dreaded bane of hotels everywhere, the bedbug, no insect comes closer to Homo Sapiens repulsion than the infamous Periplaneta Americana.
If I could give it ½ of one star — I would. Next, the semen stain on the chair. Geh. Seriously? Obviously nobody really checks these rooms. Semen is one thing, roaches are another, but sheesh. At least wipe it down. On top of those cleanliness issues, they provided coffee cups for the coffeemaker which had «No Hot Liquids» printed on the cups themselves (um, huh?), and I had to go to the front desk to get the actually coffee packets, as there was none there. Towels were missing.
Also, note: there is a mini-​fridge, but no microwave. Good luck heating up a breakfast burrito or whatever else in the morning before you hit the road. (Not that I’d want to, especially after the roach thing. Wow.) Bottom line? Unless you’re willing to take the risk on creepy-​crawlies and stained furniture, avoid this joint like the plague.

Nice room good place to stay will stay there again

Meh. Room clean, but half the floor was smoking rooms, so our room, and the entire hallway, reeked of cig smoke. The breakfast was hot and included eggs and sausage, so we were able to fill up the family before leaving.