Bulldog Inn-Athens

Surprised at a lot of the bad reviews the hotel was not bad at all. New pillow top mattresses, hot shower, and clean room. No bed bugs or roaches in room 125.

If you’re looking for a motel that you may be able to contract a sexually transmitted disease from just by walking in the room, you’ve found it! The rancid smell of this place will give you nausea. Also the bathroom is a questionable place even to deficate in. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen three drug deals happen here too. Wouldn’t be surprised if someone knocked on my door to solicit themselves either. Overall, I would not stay here. Spend an extra buck to save your health and sanity. If they had an option of negative stars, the bulldog in would have negative thirty. Sincerely, newly infected woman.

Let’s start with saying it was a game weekend and downtown Athens was packed. My esteemed colleagues and I decided to cough up the extra change and treat ourselves to a single king size bedroom at the luxurious Bulldog Inn.
It is important to note that you quickly acclimate to the pungent smell that is years of prostitution, vomit from drunken Athenians and what I would describe as burnt urine. With a little elbow grease and the willingness to roll your sleeves up these rooms are surprisingly livable. After repairing the toilet and shower my four associates and I beamed with joy and self accomplishment. The A/​C hums like a Cadillac with a swift Fonzy style kick to its side. By the time we woke up you could practically hang meat in there.
The folks at the front desk were lovely as well and even took a picture of the gang in front of the sign for our scrapbook. It should go without saying the biggest selling point, besides the gorgeous location, is the king size bed. I. Mean. Wow. Do you have a king size bed? I bet you don’t. Guess what? They have king size beds! It gets better. You’ll think you’re Brad Arnold because there is a drug dealing pimp just 3 Doors Down. Plop down on your luxurious king sized bed like a weird, Persian king and enjoy your spoils. Just remember keep the light on while you sleep to avoid the roaches.

Rude rude rude! We just moved to Athens from California, and came here on our first day in town to try to book a hotel for a week while we did apartment hunting. The places that had better weekly rates did not allow pets (we have a cat), so we went here first. When I walked in the tiny closet that was the lobby, the owner emerged with a miserable look on her face, no greeting, and was clearly annoyed by my very presence. I though maybe cheer could rub off on her, so I said «Hi! We spoke on the phone about the weekly rate…»
Silence and staring.
«So anyway,» I said «I have a quick question…» I went on to ask if we happened to find an apartment early on in the week, if we could check out early and instead be charged for the higher daily rate.
She interrupted me before I could finish and barked «No refund!» then she kind of laughed in this weird what-​are-​you-​gonna-​do way.
I said, «sooo, you aren’t willing to do that at all?» No. «You aren’t willing to negotiate at all?» No. «So, if we left 5 days early you wouldn’t even be willing to give us twenty dollars back?» No.
Let me point out now that the parking lot was E-​M-​P-​T-​Y. Seriously there was not ONE guest there.
Anyway I definitely did not like the negative vibe so at that point I wouldn’t have stayed there even if she DID change her mind, which she obviously wasn’t going to do. I said «Sorry, I don’t want to stay here. Your parking lot is empty, you guys obviously don’t have any business, I can’t believe you aren’t even willing to negotiate.» She just said «fine, whatever» and waved me away.
We did get a chance to peek into a room before we left — super tiny and dingy. The «pool» is a tiny old unkempt hole with brackish water.
Anyway, I was a little shy when I went to the Microtel Inn and asked the same question, but it turns out that’s a totally normal question! And they were like «Oh yeah, of course, if you check out early, you’ll only be charged for the days you stayed!». And they even said it all with a smile on their face! AND they have one of those waffle continental breakfasts — I seriously doubt the bulldog inn even has complimentary coffee. I hope they go out of business.

Very rude, have no idea what the rooms look like inside. I spoke with one person on the phone who told me the price of the room and told me my crated cat could stay for 10 dollars. The young lady at the front desk had to call her manager (?) and then wanted to charge us 25. The last straw was when I went to pay I was told there was a charge for using my credit card (?!).
Very opposite of everyone else I’ve had business dealings with Athens.