Econo Lodge

Fun location for those that like to watch the club goers, homeless and crackheads mingle, but don’t bring the kids here! Staff was nice. Bathroom smelled of mildue/​mold badly, which was probably due to no fan for venting. Towels were very cheap and rough. Bed linens were Army surplus quality. The street noise is quite loud until 2am or so, and even then, expect to get woken by a few ambulances. Next time I’m in Denver I’m definatly looking for an upgraded hotel!

Well, what to say, it was a little worse than I was expecting but I chose this hotel since it was so incredibly close to the Ogden theater. Given the area I am glad is was so close so I didn’t have to walk alone in the neighborhood after the show.
The front desk staff was nice, after realizing I had made my reservation for the wrong weekend they had no problem giving me the same rate that I had booked for even though they could have charged me more.
After entering the room I got a kick out the the rubbery mattress protector and the sign on the wall that stated there would be no sitting on tables or extinguishing cigarettes on the walls. Very classy place I am telling ya.
That being said if, there were another concert at the Ogden, I would stay here again in a heartbeat to avoid taxis or drinking and driving. Next time I think I will bring my own blankies though I was kinda turned off, that they had the clientele that require rubber mattress protectors, and we all know hotels don’t wash their blankets all that often right?

Dirty. Stains on carpet. Pee protector sheets on the bed. Would have laughed it all off except…
Directly across the street is a small venue. If they have a show then the lot is packed. Everyone stays and after parties at this hotel. No noise control at all. Loud all night. Had to call and ask front desk if they could ask them to please out the party inside the room. Big sign in lobby saying only registered hotel guests allowed on premise and def wasn’t this situation. Also not a lot of parking. Was told to park on the street. This is not the best neighborhood and our car is nice. Ended up making a parking space.
Not returning.
Packed up at midnight and left because when we went in for the night there was broken glass and liquor bottles strewn about in front of our room.

For some reason this place did not have key cards. One of the staff people told me the system had broke down a couple weeks ago. I guess they did not get around to fixing it. Instead, everytime I wanted to get into my room I had to wait in line behind a bunch of sequin underwear clad teenagers until the clerk could open my door. Also nice that even though there was a new person at the desk every time I came in, nobody ever checked to see if I was really staying in the room I said-​just grabbed the key and let me on in. Luckily some honest people staying there that weekend I guess since I haven’t noticed anything missing… yet. Pass.

Not in the most (seemingly) safe location but the rooms are clean, the placement is pretty central for things to do in the city, the continental breakfast is small but suffices and most importantly the staff was great. My father is diabetic and they kept his medicine refrigerated and supervised in their staff fridge. They were prompt with requests and always, always friendly. They made it worth the while.

I stayed here for 2 nights… I wasn’t impressed. There were a bunch of high school kids having parties in the room next to mine. They were just obnoxious and loud, no one seemed to mind and I was so exhausted from my flight I didn’t have the energy to complain. But, I wasn’t very happy with the hotel, it was dirty and old and outdated… oh well!

I think this place gets a bad rep for its location. It is off a busy street and there are some undesirables floating around in the wee hours of the night. That is to be expected in most downtown areas in any city. I was glad to finally check into a clean room with modern furnishings and a bathroom that doesn’t have the loud fan in the bathroom. Free breakfast was fulfilling and this location is a short drive to the attractions that I visited. The only negative is the limited parking. Overall, I would stay here again. Well worth the money!

I like this hotel, especially for it’s location. For the travelling gay man, it’s pretty centrally located to where you wanna be. Walking distance to most of the Denver gay scene — in fact it’s right next door to Denver’s gay country western bar, Charlies.
Also, it’s just across the street from a couple of major Denver music venues (The Ogden is exactly across the street).
Clean rooms, simple continental breakfast, perfect location.

Rooms are good.
Parking was crazy, especially as there were 2 concerts, one just across the street and another a block away. The staff was very helpful in moving cars to find everyone a spot.
The even had to wake up another staff member to move his car in the morning as he was blocking our car and we had to head for the airport.
Not the best neighborhood.

Rooms are clean and comfortable. Neighborhood is eclectic at best. Definately not a downtown hotel. Parking is tight and on street parking is not recomended.

I have to say, I like the fact that Tina B. and I are the only two reviewers of this hotel and we’re both from Chicago. Yay!
So, I’ve been waiting to write this review because the EconoLodge and I really got off on the wrong foot. I called to see if we could check in early and got a bunch of dumb attitude from the girl working at the desk. I really hate stupid people, and I really hate stupid people who are trying to tell me what to do. There was no parking available and no single rooms were clean. This happened three times before we finally arrived at the hotel. The same yutz was still working and there were still no single rooms available. This tested my patience, for sure. At 2:40 I was getting very impatient because we needed a room by 3. Of course, at 2:55 our room was finally ready, so we were able to go upstairs.
The parking lot is tiny, so get your space and get it early. The later it gets, the fuller the lot becomes. This happened to be THE place for Pride Weekend, so the lot was full of drunk idiots who probably shouldn’t have been driving cars. One desk employee told us they only had 20 parking spaces and 50 rooms. The only nice thing is they allow you to park in some places that aren’t really spaces and they don’t mind because they know the lot is tiny. Thanks.
The rooms were nice but pretty small and NOTHING is sound proof. There’s one thing that really bothers me in a hotel: hearing everything that everyone else is doing. If you’re running a hotel, I don’t care if the room is tiny; I’d rather be in the tiny room and be comfortable and sleep well than be in a large room and hear everything. We stayed on the west side of the hotel so we could hear EVERYTHING from the bar down below. I know everyone was having fun, but I am really bothered by the sound of dance music bass at 2 a.m. I had to make an emergency run to King Soopers because the hotel and 7 – 11 did not sell ear plugs. Annoying.
The bed was OK — definitely the smallest I’ve ever stayed in in a hotel (I’m pretty sure it was just a double, not even a full bed). Clean linens, clean towels, bad TV. At least there was a desk to set the computer. Free WiFi is always a plus and I would give that five stars if I could. I’m so glad we had access to the Internet or this place would have been a total bust. Small bathroom but there’s free shampoo in case you forgot yours.
The continental breakfast sucked, but that’s to be expected. I just had coffee because the juice machine was working so slowly that I couldn’t stand and wait that long. Those working at the desk were mostly nice except that one lady in the morning/​early afternoon. She just really got on my nerves and that is annoying. Everyone else seemed nice enough and knowledgeable of the area, which is always good.
Blech, I wouldn’t stay here again. We got a pretty good deal on
as we only paid $ 60 for the room, but the real rates of this place are WAY too much for what it is. The rooms are over $ 100/​night and most people were probably paying full price. This place definitely isn’t worth that much money and I just couldn’t feel good about myself if I actually paid that.

A place to land and get some sleep (or whatever else you need to do) with easy proximity to downtown Denver and to all of the many, many, many, many, many liquor buying opportunities along Colfax Avenue.
Clean and spacious enough rooms. Free wifi. Free breakfast with bagels, danishes, juice, coffee, etc, that seemed to run out quickly. Other than that, no frills or real other amenities — and parking in their lot is apparently a frilly amenity, because they have like 50 rooms and like 25 parking spaces — so park early and hold your space down like a mofo or else you could be circling the block… for a while…
The immediately surrounding area definitely has a vibe of a seedy-​leaning neighborhood in the process of quasi-​gentrifying, or something like that, like XXX looking-​at-​nekid-​lady places mixed with hookah bars mixed with panhandlers mixed with cute gastropubs mixed with me (yo!). Lovely people watching opportunities from the window and (at least in our room) some pretty decent views of the city and some mountains.
PS — Expect absolutely no help from the desk staff, more than one of whom said they only knew how to give directions to and from other things directly on Colfax — apparently everyone who works here is from another state or something…
«Hi, we’re lost and trying to find the hotel, can you give us directions?»
«Only if you’re on Colfax. Are you on Colfax?»
«No, we’re lost and we can’t find Colfax.»
«Ohh. Man… I don’t know…»
«Um, okay… Really?»
«Yeahhh…»
So bring your own map.