Red Roof Inn

A month ago we visited Washington and picked this hotel through Expedia. we checked in to this hotel and immediately saw a white male in his mid 40 – 50 in a blue Tacoma pick up staring at us walking into the room we thought it was weird so we looked through the window for 5 minutes to see if he left. He did not and he passed by again in his car and waved at us. At this point we got all our belongings and went to the front desk to file the complaint and told the person what was happening. The car passed by again looking through the front desk window. The guy at the front desk. He didn’t seem concerned at all like he didn’t even call anyone to check up on it. his name was Cecil and he saw the man looking at us and did nothing. So we left and got a hotel in DC but we noticed we left our ID back there so we went back the next day. I stayed in the taxi and my sister went out to get it. When we were pulling out of the parking there he was again coming towards our car and driving towards the back of the hotel. So this guy might be looking for young girls. Disgusting and the area is pretty bad area around Washington please do not book save yourself the time and stress. Doesn’t even compare to the pics because it is so dark and gross.
We later stayed in Capitol skyline hotel and it was about the same price and safer.

Motel, sure. But what they have here is a «red roof plus» with only new rooms. New as in poorly renovated with, for example, holes in the bathroom walls.
The first BIG minus was the lack of refrigerator in the rooms.
With a fridge it would have been an ok stay.
One tiny tube of shampoo for three guests, staying two nights? E–

I was really surprised at the room… recently remodeled, clean, contemporary. It was a little small but I was by myself so it was fine. Plus, the hotel is in a good location and you can’t beat the rates!

While the outside is a bit worn don’t let that fool you. Rooms have been upgraded under their new Plus program. The things I look for when just spending a night or reinsert there. #1 is clean: check #2 is bed comfort: check #3 is shower with lots of water flow: check and finally is does it have a modern TV and not one of those hold overs the size of a Smart car. HD flat screen. Check! Staff was friendly and had the I like to see. Location is just off Wilson Bridge so it’s easy to locate. Subway to DC is a 5 minute drive.

In-​laws stayed here and reported a dirty floor, moldy shower, and a filthy torn A/​C filter. The hotel should be ashamed. I certainly would not recommend this hotel. If you’re a Red Roof fan look elsewhere.

Wanted to quickly plan a trip to DC and Red Roof Inn in VA was only $ 108 a night compared to $ 160 – 200 for hotels 5 min closer to DC with worse reviews so chose this one.
Room was clean, price was good. free parking on site, right on the major highway leading to DC and the VA suburbs.
However, bed was ROCK hard! i was able to sleep by using my own pillow from costco and a memory foam mattress topper i wanted to bring since I’m a light sleeper. (–1.5 star) hard bed.
service was spotty. called for some towels and maid came in an hour, plus put the do not disturb sign on the door and maid comes in anyway. (-.5 star)
In conclusion, I would consider staying again since it’s a great value and clean room, but they need more comfortable beds and better service.
Also if you are a light sleeper, request a room in the back away from highway, learned my lesson this time.
Pros:
Great value
clean room
Cons:
HARD bed (–1.5 star)
mediocre service (-.5 star)

Great find, especially in a rush. My bf and I changed our vacation destination in two days and needed to find a reasonably priced hotel near DC.
Positives:
— Great price, for 3 nights at this inn it cost approx. $ 360ish~ including tax
— Big parking lot! Dont be fooled if the front lot is completely full, just go around the back and I bet you’ll find plenty of space.
— Pretty room, it was nicely arranged and far better looking that I expected.
— Free wifi
— The staff will leave you alone unless you need something, and when you do need something they are pretty helpful. We came to Alexandria around midnight and we were able to check in quickly, I did call ahead to let them know we will be arriving late but they didn’t seem to mind. To check out my boo took his sweet time and did not end up leaving until 12:30ish-almost 1PM (their check out time is 11AM) and the front desk did not mind and I was not charged a late check out fee (a horrible practice some other hotels take part of). Lastly, I don’t like having my things moved/​touched (all of us have some quirks, this is one of mine) so when I told the cleaning lady not today she didn’t push it.
Negatives:
— Slow service. At one point I called to request for more towels and toilet paper and it took about an hour 1hr. (–1 star, this really is inconvenient when you’re trying to go out and sight see).
— really, really HARD beds and pillows. Not conducive for a goodnight’s sleep. We ended up driving to a Costco on our way back from DC to buy pillows, yea. (–1.5 star. As a Inn/​Hotel/​Motel, the main point of the business is that they provide you with a place to SLEEP, so if your furniture makes that hard to happen, well then you really need to rethink things.)
Overall: 2.5 stars, but if you see the long list of positives it clears up why I’m rounding up to 3. If this was a hotel like Hilton/​Borgata I would have taken a lot more stars off, but since this is a two star Inn, what you get isn’t too bad.
Tips:
— They have late check in, huge plus
— Lots of parking space
— Bring your own fluffy pillow, and a memory foam topper wouldn’t hurt.

A recent renovation? Hardly. Well, there were signs two things had been improved. 1. fake wood flooring. Probably good for cleanliness but ours was so sticky our shoes creaked as we walked. We didn’t dare walk around in bare feet. Very inconvenient during the night. 2. a new farmhouse sink. Great — trying to look updated. But the faucet assembly was not attached to the sink! It wobbled and turned when put into use. At least water came out. That’s as much «renovation» as we could detect.
I am sure the air conditioner was not updated in this renovation. It roared like a jet engine the whole time we were there and never cooled down the room. Basically, it’s dysfunctional.
WiFi? Forget it. Neither our laptop nor iPad could connect. When I phoned the desk to inquire, no one answered after 10 rings. So I walked to the office to ask how to connect to the internet. She couldn’t or wouldn’t tell me, but took my iPad and made the connection herself. When I got back to my room, my sister still was unable to connect. Never did. Non-​functional does not qualify as «free.»
Location was handy for getting in and out of DC and Alexandria. Other than that, this motel is less than a one star.

Decent place for the cost. No complaints — just needed a clean, decent place to sleep while doing some sight-​seeing on a budget, and this property delivers ! Excellent staff, well cared for place.
*Hint* request the back part of this property if you want to sleep later in the morning… highway noise from the front can be annoying in the early morning. Not the hotels fault. though :-)

For the price of a room for a pet friendly hotel. The room want to bad I stayed on 2 different visit rom 222 was nice. the ac is a lil noisy and it really didn’t cool the room till it got dark. them next visit I stayed n rom 202 it was a lil dirty and bathtub was rusty but I think that’s from watet hitting the floor. the staff is good but during checkout they was pressure washing and it was hard to get around with a pet

We would stay here again. A great value! The building is older, but all the rooms are renovated and very clean. They don’t have breakfast but do have hot coffee and tea. Parking was easy. A short drive to several restaurants and hotels, including the Gaylord. The air conditioner was noisy, but front desk folks were really friendly.

My partner and I were traveling on a budget and decided the newly renovated rooms at the Red Roof Inn would fit our budget perfectly.
The newly renovated rooms are indeed nice. Better furnishings and a complimentary snack box everyday that included water, orange juice, trail mix, two granola bars and popcorn.
The cleanliness could be a little better — we had a dirty washcloth sitting on the top of our shower curtain that did not belong to us during our entire stay.
The staff was friendly and knowledgeable.
The location could be better if you are visiting the DC and/​or downtown Alexandria area but since we had rented a car, it wasn’t too bad for us.

The new renovation put a new perspective on how we look at Red Roof Inns. The rooms were clean, spacious and in a convenient to the metro area. Sarah at the fron desk was so sweet, accommodating and helpful.

Honestly i would have given a 1 star but i have to give an extra star for the honesty of the woman there who adamantly admitted that there are lots of prostitutes that stay there.
hey at least she was honest about it

The room was clean and spacious. I opted out of having the maid clean my room during my stay seeing as there was no point but the room itself was very clean. The hotel was easy to get to and I never heard my neighbors which is good. I liked the fact that I had a fridge and a microwave in my room to use as needed. Very nice and unexpected. Overall I would definitely stay here again as it was cheap, but clean with free wi-​fi and cable. What more do you need?

Back back to the DC area late and wanted to stay overnight in the area instead of going home. I chose Red Roof based on my past experiences, esp. since they’re undergoing a massive renovation. This location was renovated. In a word: SUCCESS ! The room looks great !
I booked my room online and after some finagling got the $ 67+tax Red Hot online rate, added to my card on my way to earning points with the company again. I arrived late at night. The woman at the desk was friendly and helpful. She ended up overriding a charge on my account to secure the room. You pay in advance :(
The room itself was a revelation. I knew they were redoing the place and Red Roof hit a home run. They did their homework and redid everything. The pluses? It looks stylish. Much more upscale and chic. The beds are thick and soft. The pillows are fluffy. Love the overhead reading lights mounted on the headboard. The Business Room I have has a mini-​frig, safe and microwave. Cool ! The business desk is perfect. Faces the TV, with a side counter and light with electrical outlet. An almost full-​length mirror sits on the wall. A comfy chair plus a suitcase stand are in the room. The sink is raised up on a nice marble counter-​top. Towels fit below the sink counter. The bathrooms are still small, but very nice. A European shower curtain rail is installed, a rubber mat is in the tub. The water pressure is sufficiently strong. Just enough soap and shampoo for me to manage. There is even a nightlight next to the light switches. The floor has vinyl tile (faux wood). It’s shiny like new and thus slippery but looks good. Carpet is strategically placed in areas where you want it. Clearly a lot of thought went into the new design. They outdid themselves. Bravo ! The WiFi is free also which is great.
One negative, if you will, is that it is still «Red Roof». The brand name encourages those on the lesser socio-​economic scale. This was apparent on my stay. It was something of a contradiction to the plush, upscale look of my room. But for the price and what I needed it to be, this place has been fantastic !

This place is good for just one night.
My husband and I stayed here while visiting DC and I’ll start with things that I didn’t use in my reasoning why I gave it 2 stars.
I stayed in a room on the 1^st level, behind the hotel. My neighbor on the right (facing the doors from outside) sounded like they were moving around furniture in the long hours of the night. People sounded as if they were right outside our doors talking at times.
One night my husband and I returned to our room, one of them was hardcore staring at us outside the window. One of the mornings, they decided to come out in just a towel to smoke which I thought was tasteless. Random people were always walking around at night and a car nearly hit us leaving the hotel.
Why I gave this place 2 stars: Our tub was disgusting. There was something black all in the tub and when you ran water and stopped it, soap scum gathered at the drain. Our tv was discolored on the left side of the screen. Our towels weren’t very clean. One of the towels had what looked like clumped up mascara on it. Another one just looked dirty. The microwave sounded like it was crying when turned on. Pretty sure the plate in it wasn’t meant for that microwave. The pillows were stupidly uncomfortable. Thank goodness there was 4 so we were able to put 2 of them together to make a pretty comfortable 1 pillow. The wifi wasn’t that great. My iPad had a hard time picking up the connection and it would go in and out on my laptop. It was free, but if that is going to be a perk at least make it somewhat constant.
However, the beds were comfortable and the room looked relatively clean. We booked through
and got a pretty decent price.
I’m not a hotel snob, but I at least think the tub should be relatively clean with clean towels. The tv really wasn’t that bothersome. The wifi was bothersome, but it was free.
Overall: I don’t recommend this place. This would be a place I would only stay one night because I was passing through. The convenience is nice, but there are other chains not far from this one that might be better.

Acceptable for a stay away from home during a renovation. $ 60 for a weeknight, not too bad in this area
The room was acceptably clean. The beds were a bit soft for my taste, but it was fine.
The lady at the front desk was very nice.
I’d stay again.

I would give this place a 3.5 or even a 4, but I just can’t get over how damn expensive DC area hotels are. $ 125 a night? On a Wednesday? I’m not sure I’ll ever get accustomed to that.
I will say, however, that it was cheaper than many places in the area, and it definitely got the job done. Clean rooms, fairly spacious, and the WiFi signal was strong enough to easily check email and what not. You should also note that they did a major re-​model of their rooms recently, and the King Room, which we got, was done very nicely. No complaints about the woman at the front desk, either. Also, free parking — sweet!
Downsides: the bed was as thin as my ideal waistline, and the TV was pretty outdated. Towels were also quite flimsy and very small, and for my boyfriend and I who are both quite tall, that was kinda rough.
It is a 2-​star motel, so you should be prepared for what that entails but all in all, it was a good place to spend the night.

This Red Roof Inn is an acceptable cheap hotel on an exit off 95 near Washington. It was clean, well-​maintained, and well lit. Like all Red Roof Inns, you are allowed to have your pets in your rooms.
My primary complaint is that although free WiFi is part of the chain’s promotion, was pushed on a cardboard sign in the room, and is even written on the sign out in front of the hotel, the signal was so weak that I could not check my email in my room. I had to go sit in the hotel lobby. I don’t count this as free wifi in the hotel.
The management apparently knows about this, but has not fixed it. The review from two years ago indicates that it was a problem way back then. When I mentioned to the staff at the front desk on check out they said, «Sometimes it will work if you try from the parking lot.» This is unacceptable!