Ramada Columbus Ohio

This hotel completely depends on your expectations. If you book this place expecting a 5 star at $ 300 a night you will be greatly disappointed. Now if you need a cheap place that’s not too bad then this is great!
Pros: There were no noticeable bed bugs or bugs in general. Staff was friendly enough. Rooms had a microwave and refrigerator and tv. Internet was fast enough.
Cons: The room was a little beat up. There were noticeable cracks in the ceiling. It also looks like they recently re finished the ceiling. Spots where it looked like someone punched the wall. There was an unprotected outlet behind the night stand. In one of the two rooms, the air conditioner didn’t work. The door in the bathroom was stripping up from the bottom, I’m guessing from moisture in there. The biggest problem was that there was a stain on the mattress. It appeared to either be blood, or coffee. Couldn’t tell, it wasn’t a large stain but noticeable.
I can’t comment on the free continental breakfast, we were gone before it started.
I wanted to give it 4 stars but I just couldn’t. Again it all depends on your expectations. We went in being afraid that it would be a trash hole and we were pleasantly surprised. For $ 50 a night (AARP discount) you get what you pay for.
With that being said I would definitely stay here again for that price.

Pretty much the only positive about this place was that it didn’t have bed bugs. I guess it was cleanish and a cheap place to sleep but that’s about it. The customer service was either terrible or nonexistent. We showed up after a long drive on Friday night to be told our reservation was cancelled because we hadn’t checked in by 4pm. Excuse me? Then rather than try to make it right, the desk clerk argued with us then finally after some words, gave us our original reservation. How kind. When we went to check out, no clerk was to be found for 20 minutes. After trying to call the hotel desk while we were standing at the desk waiting, we ended up having to leave and call later to make sure that our check out actually occurred. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.

Like many other Unilocalers have said, good for a cheap place to stay. I was in the Columbus area for a last minute trip for work. Overall, It wasn’t the worst hotel I’ve stayed in, but it’s definitely in need of some improvements.
To start, after checking in and carrying my bags up the stairs to my room (the elevator was on the opposite end of the hall) I get to my room where my room key wouldn’t open the door to my room and with the TV being on the room, I can only assume it was already occupied. Back down to the check in desk to be placed into a new room. Strike one. The second night I get back to the hotel after dinner and the whole hallway reeked of pot. Not just a slight odor like you’d expect, but full on contact buss from it. Strike two. Finally after dealing with the contact buzz, I get to my room and lay down in bed only to hear a car in the parking lot blaring their music. Chalking it up to someone just arriving and hoping it will end soon I ignore it. 10 minutes later with the music still blaring I decide to look out the window and what do I see? Two people right below my window with their truck doors open STARTING A GRILL TO COOK WITH. Seriously who does that? Strike three. The topper on the cake was when I went to grab a bottle of water late at night from the vending/​Ice room only to find that their idea of vending was a couple of gum ball machines.
I realize that the hotel is not at fault for all of these, but with them ignoring all of these issues (believe me there is no way they couldn’t be aware of them) it made it difficult to give them more than 2 stars. The rooms were clean and well maintained for the most part, but the staff left a lot to be desired. I’ll be taking my business elsewhere next time I’m in the area

You get what you pay for… and we won’t be back
Cheap price…74 a night. Needs maintenance badly! Multiple lights burnt out in our room, walls need repaired, lamp shades need replaced.
Free breakfast was ok… cramped, but good enough.

Short Version: Decent hotel. Definitely not high-​end, but it’s totally liveable. If you don’t want to spend a ton of money but would still a place to stay, this hotel will work. The staff is friendly enough though maybe not always the best at their jobs; the hotel is just not as modern or as clean as it could be. It’s not dirty or gross in any «functional» manner, though — just outdated décor or chipping paint. I wouldn’t come here if you want to «impress» someone, but for as just a place to stay, it’s just fine.
Long Version:
I decided on this hotel after checking reviews and it was the cheapest one in a safe area that had the least-​crappy reviews. So here are my thoughts on it:
Pros:
–Hotel staff was friendly. Check-​in was easy and so was check-​out. Hotel was cleaned really nicely while I stayed there, so the maid service was nice. Towels were replaced, items were, and even the extra blanket I had brought was folded neatly and placed on the bed.
–Continental breakfast was pretty good. Everything was fresh and not-​stale. Milk was cold, fresh fruits looked good and not-​bruised. They had your standard fair — waffles, cereals, milk, fruits, oatmeals, orange juice. I was surprised that there wasn’t any non-​fat milk or chocolate milk.
–Rate was cheap. Without any further discounts (just at RACK rate), it was about $ 60 a night.
–Neighborhood doesn’t seem the safest, but the hotel has a dedicated parking lot a bit away from the surrounding neighborhood. Since the hotel has more of a U-​shape anyway, it seems to kinda make it «feel» like the hotel has more privacy.
–Room was totally liveable. No garbage or gross sheets to be seen. Bathroom was spotless in any way that it mattered. Refrigderator and microwave worked fine.
–Staff seemed super happy to fulfill any of my requests. I went down to the desk to ask for extra towels and a lightbulb (to hopefully replace one of the burned out lights), and they brought them to me with no problem.
–AC worked great. Went down to 60 degrees with no problem, but with such a small room, 68 or 69 was a better choice.
–Half of the hotel has smoking rooms. I specifically requested a room far away from smoke smells or any smoking rooms, and they said they were happy to do so. I had room 248, and it had no smells to it (but was located near the elevator) in case you wish for the same.
–The hotel has an outdoor pool (with lounge chairs) and a fitness room. The outdoor pool has a depth of 3 and 4 feet. The indoor gym had an elliptical, stationary recumbent bike, treadmill, and maybe a weight machine. It’s definitely not huge. It seems to be located in the old manager’s office (to give you an idea of size).
Cons:
–Room was not entirely clean and up-​to-​date. Things that other hotels might determine required replacement, this one doesn’t. There are some paint chips in one of the bedroom walls, and one of the bathroom tiles was loose. None of it is functional not-​clean, though — just random decorative things that look bad.
–The only big functional complaint was the toilet. It DID NOT flush all the way every time you flushed. It would flush down any waste, but toilet paper would come back up. It was liveable but probably the most annoying part of the room.
–One lamp was broken. I thought it was the lightbulb, so I asked the desk for a new bulb, but it just seems the light is entirely broken.
–Rooms were not designed for gorgeous lighting. A single small window is found for every room, and the lamps don’t provide a lot of extra light. It works fine, but it definitely is not lighting that will make you swoon like some hotels.
–Half of this hotel has smoking rooms. This leaves an odd smell to the hallways and lobby areas. Smell is mostly gone when you’re in your rooms.
–Whatever maid cleaned this room before I got here didn’t entirely finish. There was bathtub cleanser on the bottom of the tub when I got here and all of the lamps were unplugged (probably from vacuuming?) Weird, but easily fixed.
–One of the nights I stayed, housekeeping came and cleaned a couple things but left all of their cleansers and had trashcans on the sink and it was just really weird. Not a job well-​done.
–Stayed three nights. Two nights, I remembered to put out the Do Not Disturb sign on my door. The third night, I forgot. The next morning, housekeeping knocked on the door and woke me up at 8 AM and attempted to come in. And I said I was in there. And at 9 AM. And again at 10. Then we checked out. I do NOT need to be bothered every hour. This might have sorta-​made-​sense on one of the nights I was staying overnight again, but I was checking out that morning. The hotel frontdesk clearly has a list of what rooms are checking out that day, so there’s no reason to bother the guests until check-​out time or when the front desk can confirm the guests have checked out of the room entirely.

The good — large room size; comfortable pillow mattress, free breakfast. The bad: halls & elevator were dirty & needed update. Water dripped in tub & sink. The strong odor the cleaning chemicals emitted. The ugly: TV — had a tv, but in order to get it to work, you had to unplug it, then manually turn it on a few times for tv to work (learned this trick from front desk). Internet Service: Very difficult to connect — Friday night — not able to connect at all. Plus once connected — constant ads popping up & over any content you were trying to read.