Clarion Inn

Such a great price. A bit out of date but I like the 80s feel. Reminds me of where my parents would have get togethers when I was a kid. You won’t find mini-​golf, shuffleboard, pool table, foosball, a pool and a hot tub at a hilton. Plus free wifi was clutch!

We stayed here four nights. The first two nights were okay, but on Friday and Saturday the restaurant in the hotel played music so loudly until 3am that I couldn’t get any sleep. We had a group of students with us for a debate tournament, and had to get up early each day, including our last morning before a long drive.
The first loud night, I asked the desk three separate times to try to do something about the music, to no avail. The bass sounds boomed through the entire hotel keeping me and my students awake most of the night. The manager the next morning assured me that no event would be taking place our last night, as I mentioned we might like to check out and go to a different hotel. The information she gave was patently false. As we arrived back that evening, the music was once again blaring, and I was told it would go on until 3am again.
I had to begin our drive back to Tampa on two nights in a row of only three hours sleep. I can honestly say this was my least restful hotel experience ever.

Good, comfortable hotel near college campus. Rooms include microwave and fridge. Basic fitness room and breakfast in the morning.

Great value and close to UMD. Rooms have microwave and fridge, plus there’s a «Fundome» with a pool, put put, shuffleboard and more. Continental breakfast had an assortment of pastries, waffle maker and hardboiled eggs.

Spent two nights at the Clarion Inn & Fundome. The staff was very friendly. Rooms were very nice and clean. There was a microwave and fridge which was a plus. The Fundome area was really cool. Pool, hot tub, put put golf, billiards and shuffle board! Great hotel, great staff, great stay. Would highly recommend.

Rooms were nice, clean and very comfortable! Super quite as they are set back off the road just enough to keep car noise all the way out. Staff was very helpful and went above and beyond to get me into a room 6 hours before check-​in time which made for a very happy traveler!

Stayed at this hotel because I had a wedding in Baltimore but a flight from DC and the location was perfect for that, being northeast of DC on the way to Baltimore.
Nice clean rooms and friendly staff. Had a great stay!

This place should not be allowed to stay open. Was given a room in the back by a garbage dumpster, the room was disgusting. We booked it because they take dogs, we didn’t stay after seeing the room, wound up at the Comfort Inn, down the street.

I went to this place around 9pm on a weekend. When I first came in, I saw the rude older looking FRONT DESK AGENT along with her male friend sitting in the lobby and enjoying watching a football game. I thought I was in buffalo wild wings, it is exactly similar when u first come in. The FRONT DESK AGENT didn’t even greet me instead she said «CAN I HELP YOU?» while she was sitting. So I asked her a question and just answered me with a yes/​no. Then she continue TALKING LOUD with her Male friend knowing that I am still in the front desk standing! I was going to make a reservation for 7 nights but I guess she is not interested checking me in!!! So I just left the horrible motel and good thing I found a very much welcoming hotel nearby. Wow! Is that how they train their Front desk agents? Not welcoming, no customer service at all. She is absolutely taking advantage of the situation! She thinks that she’s in her living room and she can do whatever she wanna do since there is no manager around!!!

Came here during a school trip. This place is one of weirdest hotels I ever been to. Seriously, who came up with the idea of making an indoor motel and and paint the walls to give a beach scenario. Like they had a pool in the middle of the lobby (basically all the rooms were in this big room along with the pool and some broken playground equipment.) The bathroom was small and the blow drier does not work. Also the wifi is bad and breakfast was your typical food from a cheap bed-​and-​breakfast hotel. Go somewhere else better.

The reason I am giving 4 stars is because of the food… I went there in hopes to throw my birthday party at the bar/​pool area… WARNING THE PICTURES THAT I HAVE SEEN ARE NOTHING LIKE WHAT I SAW IN PERSON!!! the bar smelled like old mop… the paint was chipping… my fiancée encouraged me to stay.
.I like the fact they have 5 different menus, from indian, to asian, to american… so i ordered the fried shrimp, calamari, and nachos…
CAN I JUST SAY THEIR FOOOOOOOOD IS AMAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING… OMG THE SHRIMP WERE TO DIE FOR…

I had the displeasure of staying at Clarion Inn. I choose it because I thought it would be a good middle ground, not as sketchy as the Ramada or Quality Inn (since I just wanted a good night’s sleep, not hookers and blow); not as expensive as the Holiday Inn or more upscale locals.
Yikes. This place is… Scary.
I reserved it on Priceline at about 12:30am, and was there 2 minutes later. The clerk said the reservation system was supposed to be closed, even though they had a LOT of empty rooms.
Basically, it is a huge sprawling motel that had a roof built over the courtyard. There is a pool inside, and a weird tiki bar where they serve breakfast. There was some kind of construction happening around the pool (no work being done, just tarps and tools and stuff).
The clerk gave me my room key. I asked where it was. He gestured and said «up the stairs.»
…If you ever go here, you will know those aren’t great directions. There are multiple wings of the hotel. Weird glass walls sectioning off some areas. No signs for stairs. No elevators. And it’s DARK inside. The lighting is exceedingly dim. The hallways are narrow and creepy.
After searching for the room, I gave up and went back to the desk. He had the night watch man, or whatever, show me to the stairs (which were down an unmarked hallway). After I went upstairs, I had to walk all the way around the covered courtyard, through a set of doors, to reach my room.
I had planned on going back to my car to get something out of it. But after walking around the scary, dark, clausterphobic hotel, I was AFRAID to go back into the hall. It was one of the creepiest hotels I’ve been in. I didn’t feel safe. There is no way the staff could monitor the hallways. Anyone could be lurking around the corner from your room, and the glass wall separating various wings from the rest of the hotel would probably muffle your screams.
Oh yeah… The room was serviceable. Old furnishings. No holes in the wall, or nasty nasty stains, but not super clean. I definitely feel asleep wondering whether the bedbugs or roving rapist would get me.
But, night terrors aside, I made it through the night without being hassled, and didn’t get bit. But I chalk that up to dumb luck.

I’m giving it 5 stars because the service I received exceeded my expectations.
I had family visit from out of town and we decided to stay near UMD so we could easily see my cousin who was still on campus at the time. I saw that the hotel tweeted about a discount package and called the sales office to follow up. I booked my stay using the special rate, got a «goodie bag,» and received continuous follow up from the sales manager upon our arrival. We’re all late sleepers and missed the continental breakfast one day, but the manager told us it wasn’t a problem and had someone bring us some mini cereal boxes and bagels. I really wasn’t expecting this level of attention, but it was certainly appreciated. I told the manager I would definitely write a review because of her level of commitment to ensure I had everything I needed. My stay was fun, convenient, and affordable. Highly recommend.
Also, there’s a free shuttle that takes you straight to the metro… so no driving!

I was booked here once for travel and would never suggest one to stay here. It’s outdated and gross. My bath towels had nappy hair on them, my room specifically (219) smelled of cigarette smoke, the Wifi did not work (important for business travel), mariachi music played for hours, at one point questioned whether it was the most safe place for me to be. They also offer a shuttle; When I called the hotel from the metro they advised it would be 10 – 15 minutes. 40 minutes and two phone calls later I was finally picked up from the 90 degree hot metro station. I had been traveling all day and was very unhappy. This also not a hotel, it is an old school two story motel with outside entrances. Stay here only if it is the absolute last resort and stay only one day if at all possible.

Fundome! How do you make a fundome? Put two walls and a roof over an old motel! I do admit, this place is a good two star hotel. Pluses include the pool, jacuzzi, some games for the kids (however this place needs to spend a little money — the minigolf and shuffle board equipment has been jacked since I first stayed here four or more years ago).
My kids love the place, great for young families, and for being so close to DC — the price is right (we miss you rod roddy).
Try to request an inside room in the winter. The outside ones can get drafty.
Mmmmmmmm jacuzzi

I stayed here in September for one night with my boyfriend on our way to Colonial Williamsburg.
This is a rather interesting hotel in that it has a «fun dome,» which is basically like a recreational center in the middle of the building, just off the lobby. There is mini-​golf, pool, shuffleboard, a swimming pool, and a jacuzzi, all in an open area with a very high ceiling.
I get cold easily but found that the pool was a very comfortable temperature, even for me. We had a lovely swim.
The fun dome is, naturally, a magnet for kids. There was screaming, shrieking, and splashing, as well as quite a lot of clacking from the shuffleboard, until quite late. The lifeguard was great with the kids and played games with them. Note that two sides of the fun dome have rooms, either on the ground floor or second floor, facing in to this area. If you are in one of these rooms, the noise may be unbearable for you.
Fortunately, our room was located on the second floor and facing the outside. (The hallway in front was more like an enclosed porch than an outdoor corridor with a roof over it.) Although we were right by the top of the stairs, there was not much noise to bother us.
The room was clean and comfortable. The bathroom, which has only the toilet and tub in it, is extremely tiny; the sink is outside of it.
We had requested a refrigerator for our room and there was a bit of nuisance in getting someone to actually come to our room with one. The fellow who installed it made a bit of a mess of things and in the ensuing confusion we wound up inadvertently turning off the light switch which led to the fridge (??), which means our food didn’t even stay cold overnight despite the hassle involved. Sigh.
Other amenities at the hotel include its fitness center, which was perfectly adequate (treadmill, exercise bike, weight machines) and pretty clean, as well as the continental breakfast, which included eggs, cereals, yogurts, fruit, and a waffle machine.
All the staff we encountered were friendly and warm, making us feel right at home. Despite a couple of snafus, this was a great overnight stay for the price, and if we are in the area again, we will likely be returning.