Americas Best Value Inn

This place smells awful. Upon arrival, our first room smelled like a smoking room which we requested a nonsmoking room. It also had a cracked sink and dirty toilet seat. The owners were accommodating and gave us another room which smelled like mildew. (Mildew at its worst) I mean the room reaped like spores are lurking within the carpets. My husband and I almost tripped and fell on our way up the stairs due to one of their staircases being crooked. We had no microwave oven, just a fridge and a coffee machine. Both the toilet and the shower were leaking and unfortunate for us we had to hold on to our dear lives coming out of the bathroom due to the leak and the water on the floor. If you want budget friendly motel and don’t mind the lurking individuals that seem to be recipients of the homeless care system assigned to some of the rooms, then this is the place for you. Other than that, the people running this place are ok, not the most friendliest, but seem to be bothered if you approach them with any request. The cleaning people were nice and the shower was running hot… so that was a plus. Let me not forget the roaches and spiders.

I gave it my best shot and didn’t want to come out writing a negative review but this place was awful. From the unnamed stains on our towels to the horrible water pressure. This place does not try very hard. It was the one time we asked for towels to be brought up to our room and they staright up said ‘no’ that we’d have to come get them ourselves that I became fed up. Not trying to be all ‘I shouldn’t have to get my own towels’. It was the fact that I’m playing lots of money to stay at this place and that was literally the easiest and least of the things they could have done. Rude people — I won’t be staying again.

I don’t really write negative reviews but I felt compelled to write this one. I usually give places a chance and I’m not very picky but this place is actually pretty terrible. I read some complaints before but we were in a bind and this was the cheapest place available in Austin last minute. Check-​in was fine though I saw a homeless girl looking through the ashtray outside near the main entrance for some cigarette butts. When we parked by our room, the same girl and another were running around the upstairs yelling. The room itself was okay, looks like they tried to upgrade the room by adding nicer furniture only to cover up places where they haven’t repainted or updated in years but for the most part okay. The room does smell of cigarettes even though it is non-​smoking. I read reports of bed bugs from other people who stayed but we didn’t have any trouble with that.
The worst part was that throughout the night, people were yelling and running around all night, people who obviously weren’t staying at the hotel and some people who were. At 3:00 am we were woken up by some women yelling, then some men yelling which continued for a long time until I called the lobby to find out that there are no security guards. For as many complaints and for as long as this has been going on at this hotel they still haven’t invested in a nighttime security guard or an extra desk person to at least walk around and check for people who shouldn’t be here. Because we could not sleep at night, my boyfriend showed up to try to grab the free breakfast 15 minutes late, and they wouldn’t even let him grab a piece of fruit or something to go. They had no sympathy whatsoever and no explanation as to why they let people run around yelling and making tons of noise in the middle of the night.
I really recommend staying elsewhere unless you absolutely have to stay here. It’s definitely not worth the price.

Ok so when reviewing hotels here’s what’s important to me
Bed
Water pressure
Water temperature
Cleanliness
Breakfast (if it’s boasted as a perk)
Location
Sooooooo I was a captive audience for this hotel, this was what the group that I was with chose, would not have been my first choice.
The first bed was horrible, tossed and turned, it was too hard and I could feel the springs, I switched to the othet bed and it was better, but I missed a lot of sleep, so that sucked.
The location is convenient to many places which is why we chose it, however it’s also a little ghetto. There were working girls lurking about and we did hear gunfire early in the morning.
The water temperature was ok, it was somewhat inconsistent, and that was annoying.
The water pressure was good.
The breakfast was decent, waffles, cereal, muffins, juice etc. But (and this is something I hate about hotels) they don’t allow you to take breakfadt back to your room. If I wanted to eat among the masses then I would go to breakfast at a restaurant. I don’t understand why hotels do that. If I’m paying for the room then I should be able to eat in said room.
So I wouldn’t recommend this place. There are many nicer places with what I’m sure are better beds within walking distance of this place.

My flight was arriving late, so I only needed a place to sleep for a few hours, so I decided to go cheap. I didn’t shower because of the other reviews, but I still had several problems with the room:
— Blood stain on the sheets
— Paper thin walls/​doors and noisy neighbors
— Mildew smell all over
— Bathroom fan alternated between being super loud and not working
— Not many outlets
— Pretty meager breakfast
The only positives I can really think of is the free wifi, and the conveniently located ²⁴⁄₇ Walgreens nearby.
Overall, I think I would have been better off just sleeping in my car.

ghetto as hell! avoid at all costs. nasty, vile people stay here. roaches, bedbugs, pimps, hookers, junkies and thieves. the parking lot needs to be redone too.

1^st impression was good. Staff was super friendly and nice. Got a good price. Bed was nice and comfortable. Tv was awesome got to catch up on my shows with on demand. 1^st night was ok. Hotel definitely needs some upgrades, shower head did not work properly, furniture was old and had a couple of stains, door is in need of new weather stripping, I’m sure which is why there were a couple of little bugs running around. 2^nd night was a little worse I noticed lots of suspicious activity outside. Not a place to walk around alone, if you a woman. Also the hubby couldn’t sleep because of a beetle that crawled on him while he was sleep. 3^rd night was good minus the smoke alarm going off in the middle of the night, not sure what that was about but it was scary. I am not a picky person at all, I have stayed in all kinds of hotels but this will for sure be one which I will not be returning.

Me and my friend stayed here this past weekend because we were attending the Austin City Limits music festival. Our arrival was great, the two ladies at the front desk were amazing. We checked into our room at 3pm on Friday.
We had three major issues with this hotel, however:
1) when we entered our room, we found roaches. On the sink, nightstand, floor. We were paying about $ 100 a night for this hotel, so we shouldn’t have been constantly killing bugs that we were finding in our rooms.
2) on top of that, we had confirmed with the ladies at the desk that we were extending our stay for an extra night, so we would be staying until Monday morning instead of Sunday morning. We paid for the extra night when we first arrived, no issues there. On Saturday morning, a male employee called asking if we were going to pay for our extra night at the hotel. We said we already did. A male employee (don’t know if it was the same person) shows up later and asks us AGAIN to pay, and we once AGAIN say that we had already paid.
3) on Saturday afternoon we come back from eating, after all of this had happened, to find that our card keys no longer work. We had to go tell the receptionist at the front desk what had happened, and she was nice and changed them for us. But we still shouldn’t have had to deal with that in the first place. We had told the employee (s) who called and showed up that we had paid already for our extra night, so there was no need to disable our card keys.
Overall, this was our worst experience at a hotel. I have stayed at an America’s Best Value Inn before and had no issues at all. This time was the complete opposite. We weren’t paying for the most expensive hotel but at $ 100 a night, we shouldn’t have been having issues like this with our stay. I would strongly recommend avoiding this place.

So it has been three nights. I am glad to say there were no bugs to be seen. My business partner had no sightings in his room either.
The Inn is an ok place. Relatively clean for lower price. You pay for what you get.
As someone else had pointed out: the shower can be a pain. It will go from comfortable to scorching hot and then back, regardless of the time of day.
The breakfast is simple cereals, microwavable frozen mini sandwiches, waffles, muffins, some fruits (bananas and apples) and the usual breakfast beverages.
Heard some people moving about, but I wasn’t disturbed too much by the other guests.

Stayed here for ACL. The price was right but it was not nice at all. Staff was friendly and they have free breakfast however there were several bugs in the room including one on my phone! Left over hair in the shower. They seriously need to revisit their cleaning procedures. Would rather pay double price for a cleaner hotel.

Stayed here for a getaway weekend and I honestly was impressed. Entire room was clean and the staff was really helpful. Best part was it was super easy to get to 6^th street so that was a plus! The only thing I didn’t like was people are a bit noisy outside but other than that it was great!
how can you say no to these prices?!?
I really do recommend this hotel to anyone who needs a place to stay and loves finding good deals!

I stayed here overnight when Madam Secretary Clinton was here for her book signing. Plus, I arrived at 12:30 and they let me check in early since check in time wasn’t til 3 pm, so very nice. Front desk staff very courteous, and knowledgeable about the area. I get to my room on the 2^nd floor. Wouldn’t say nice but acceptable, you get what you pay for. Air conditioning was superior, cleanliness not a big priority here. Bed was clean and comfortable and that’s all I really cared about. My tv didn’t work and the manager and maintenance man replaced it right then no problem. I will probably stay here again when I go back for concerts and such. IHOP right next door was nice.

My boyfriend and I needed a place to crash for less than 12 hours, so we didn’t need anything expensive or fancy. I booked through hotwire so it was really the luck of the draw. Unfortunately for me, this was quite possibly the WORST hotel experience I have ever encountered. I’m also not big on writing reviews, but I will make an exception to warn others to stay away.
Our rooms restroom light did not work and there were fruit flies flying around everywhere. We called the front desk and the best they could offer us was to switch to a smoking room, we decided to stay since we don’t smoke. Throughout the night, we woke up to find SEVEN ROACHES CRAWLING ALL OVER THE BATHROOM FLOOR. If you know me, you know that I do not do roaches, especially all over the floor. How filthy of a place is this? We called the front desk to complain again and they literally did absolutely nothing. Did not offer us another room, did not offer to come clean up the roaches, did not offer a refund. I have never felt so eager to check out and get out of a hotel so I can shower elsewhere.
I know you get what you pay for, but I did expect more from $ 100/​night. Do yourself a favor and spend a little more and just get the Ramada that is right next
** Also wanted to note I came during ACL weekend so all hotels were super expensive that weekend. This hotel isnt generally $ 100/​night.

My husband and I were recently visiting some family in Austin. We wanted a relatively cheap spot near my sister’s house that wasn’t totally sketchy. This fit the bill.
And it was a pretty nice place. Our bed was comfortable, the people at the front desk were nice. We had a good stay. When we were there, they were remodeling the lobby area. Hopefully that will move on to the rooms, which are looking a bit dated (and still have CRT TVs, for example). I guess ABVI is fond of using wall mounted liquid soap and shampoo instead of little bars and bottles, which I didn’t like (especially since the soap dispenser fell off the wall the first time I tried to wash my hands). Shower pressure was good but the water was not at a consistent temperature. My showers went from pleasant to ice cold to way too hot within seconds. It wasn’t a dealbreaker by any means, but kind of annoying. Wifi seemed fine, but I didn’t use it much.
Overall, this was a solid place and I’d stay here again, but I can’t say I was wowed.

There’s usually a catch or gamble when staying at inexpensive places, but we truly enjoyed our week-​long stay here. We had actually arrived a day early in the wee hours of the morning, but the night clerk, Alex (?) did what he could to make us comfortable, since we couldn’t check-​in til the morning staff arrived. He remembered our names the whole time we were there, which made us feel comfortable and appreciated… usually, you’re just a profit/​room number.
Clean rooms and a friendly staff that will do whatever they can to help make your stay a pleasant one, you cannot go wrong here… unless you are expecting ridiculous accommodations and eggs to order in the morning lol
We will absolutely stay here again when we’re in the area.

OK place. pretty standard. Clean beds. Nice for a stay during the trip with an ok place.

Not a great Value for the place. Bathrooms and rooms were dusty and dirty. My neighbor was smoking outside of the room and the smoke was suffocating me inside of my room, which told me that there were lots of holes and cracks and openings in the windows and the walls. Called the front desk several times and the woman working said she couldn’t do anything about it. Spoke to the manager the next morning and he said that guest was a regular. They would speak to him that day and tell him to smoke farther away but they can’t control what the guests go outside of the room. though the area doesn’t seem safe, it’s ok. at least if you are on the first floor you can park right outside of your room. Bottom line, this place is sketchy. At $ 170.00/night in Texas its DEF! NOT worth the money.

Anyone who bitches about the accommodations here either a). Is expecting the Ritz Carlton; or b). Likes to complain. Of course, there’s always the possibility of just having a bad experience, such as I once did in a four-​star hotel (on the concierge floor, no less).
Fortunately, my experience at America’s Best Value Inn (909 E. Koenig Ln.) is a good one. In fact, for the $ 50 (tax included), this ranks as one of the best lodging values I’ve ever had.
I am in a non-​smoking room with a king-​sized bed. It has a fridge and microwave; TV and HBO; ironing board and steam iron; free WiFi and plenty of space. And, it’s clean. Period. Breakfast is on the house tomorrow morning, but I’ll probably warm up some leftover Chinese to have with my insulin and coffee.
I got here by accident. I was supposed to be staying at the ($ 199 per night) Sheraton Capitol. But, because I gave my wife the wrong travel dates, I won’t be checking in there until tomorrow. Though it will be a nice hotel (I’m sure), I doubt it’ll be $ 150 nicer than this place.
Someone else mentioned that it is a maze getting here, but that was not my experience. In fact, I just looked for the IHOP (right next door). By the way, the lady working the front desk here is just as polite as can be.
To everyone who complains: It’s $ 50! (And it’s $ 50 very well spent!)

Cheap lodging ($ 45 bucks on Expedia for a double)
Dead roach on the floor
Leaking sink soaked carpet
Live roach in the bathroom
Decent continental breakfast, complete with Jimmy Dean sausage biscuits
The room was otherwise nice, save for the roaches. I’ve personally lived in worse conditions (I shall regale tales of the Indian ghetto and Ganesh fest at a later date), so I didn’t actually find this a particularly harrowing experience. You get what you pay for, and I bought a roach motel.

Hmmmmm. Maybe we got really lucky but our room was fine. I mean, obviously we went into it knowing it’s not a fancy, expensive hotel. If you have really high expectations this probably wouldn’t make you happy.
But if you want a clean room for a decent price then I would recommend this place.
We stayed there two night and didn’t have any problems with mold or our non-​smoking room smelling bad. The only thing I didn’t like was the pillows were too fluffy. They hurt my neck but I like flatter pillows so really that’s not much of a complaint.
The beds were comfortable and the a/​c worked just fine, albeit a little noisy although that’s pretty normal for a budget motel.
And even though this is pretty much right on the highway, we didn’t hear a thing. Maybe that was from the a/​c but we didn’t hear any traffic noise.
This is definitely a 3-​star hotel except that one thing bumped it up to 4-​stars — the breakfast! No, it wasn’t anything more than the normal cheap pastries and muffins cereal and juice and waffles and little sausage biscuits and some fruit. But it ran from 6 am to 10 am and at 9:30 am when we went down there was still plenty of food! I’ve stayed at more expensive hotels where if you’re not down there in the first hour your hope of getting anything to eat besides a few crumbs is nil. So yeah, when you’re on a budget getting a decent free breakfast helps a LOT! An extra star for sure!
I would stay here again for sure; it was clean and cheap and the breakfast was plentiful and included. Maybe I have low expectations but that’s all I need from a hotel for a couple of days.