Ramada Baltimore West

I can’t believe Ramada allows this. Parking lot is in bad shape. Door key didn’t work. My hotel neighbor (who is a permanent resident here) helped me find the staff who lived in the hotel room around the corner to open it up.
No WiFi at ALL, trust me I tried and the local residents of the hotel agreed.
I did not eat the breakfast as I just wanted to get out.
Real dirt bag hotel, but cheap :)

Stayed here just for one night. It was great, the room looked better than I expected. The bed was amazing & the bathroom was huge. It was a amazing stay.

I spent the night at the Ramada (BWI Airport Arundel Mills) and I found 4 Bedbugs in the room the next morning. I brought the bed bugs down to the front desk in a zip-​lock bag to show the staff. They accompanied me to the room where we found a 5^th bed bug. Each of the 5 bed bugs were at a different stage in their growth, one was very tiny, one was fully matured etc.
The front desk refused to acknowledge that I had found the bugs in my room, despite the fact that the last one had been found by the cleaning staff and myself.
The front desk staff immediately checked me out of my room without my consent and began to have the maintenance/​cleaning staff strip the beds and treat the room for bed bugs. At the same time however, they denied the existence of the bugs, and charged me $ 143.66 for the room, even though I had been given the room the night before at a rate of $ 93.66. The extra charges were not explained to me or authorized my me. The front desk manager told me to leave the hotel and threatened to have me escorted off the premises.

I stayed at this hotel for 4 nights (thursday to monday) for the Otakon 2014 convention. It was 1 hour away by bus away from the convention then a three minute walk. I will say this before anything else the male hotel agent with the mustache who looks to be off Indian ethnicity was very rude and should be sent back to Hotel Management school or some customer service school. I say this because every time i spoke with him it would become a fight or a fuss. I will say this though the woman who appeared to be of Indian ethnicity was very helpful but she was there on saturday or sunday night. The Hotel itself was reported to have bed bugs and this concerned me but when i called they said this was not true. Staying there i noticed that the Hotel management would take out the beds from the base to the mattress and place them on the wall outside. If you do not know 4 to 5 hours of sunlight kills bed bugs. The Room was clean they were no stains on the mattress when i inspected them but on one pillow cover they were stains as if mold grew on it and then it was washed and the brown quilt they had on the bed had three or four small cigarette burns on them but everything was washed. The fridge and microwave that came with the room (please select that room type) worked very well but the tray where the water would leak down was dirty and I had to wash it. The Beds were comfy, the carpet clean was clean and everything worked. The Iron didnt have much heat to it though so we couldnt iron our clothes. It was located near many food places such as a 24 hour Dinner, a Walmart that was open 10am to 10pm, many delivery restaurants and to my surprise a golden crust was located there as well. In my travel there my group and I ate the food from the Diner which was awesome i would say 15 a person with tax and if you get a entrée and something to drink. We ate from a local Chinese food place and the food came quickly and was still hot and tasted lovely. We order from a local dominos and it came slower than the Chinese food but the customer service was better. There were two buses that ran on time going into downtown baltimore but they are up a hill which is a four block walk luckily there is a starbucks on that walk which had very cheap prices compared to New York. All in all it was a good room but please request a room on the second floor even if you have to get a room with fridge and microwave get a room on the second floor anything else is garbage if its not a renovated room run!

Bonus BEDBUG BITES with every stay! Hope you like being covered in giant itchy rashes after you leave here. The sketchy gentlemen hanging out on the balcony are a special extra. I stay in a lot of hotels for work travel and this one was even worse than the hotel near O’Hare with shot out windows and a swingers’ convention on Saturday night!

Crappy hotel for any price. Ice machines don’t work. Rooms need help. No vending working. Staff smiled offered to pay for ice if I went and got it. Last time there

Is there a — (minus) star button?
The RAMADA name use to mean something, I knew at the very least the place would be clean– negative.
This place should be called THE RA-​WORST or RA-​NADA
Omg I’ve only been here 2 hours and I want to leave. They gave 2 hand towels for bath towels. The shower did have some kind of air bubble lining that made footing uneasy. Plus the shower had more hair in it than i have on my head. The toilet has some kinda funky brown gunk behind it on the floor /​ceiling cracked. The room as I walked in was dank, funky and musty!!! The air conditioner was crying as I turned it on, I could blow on an ice cube and the room would be cooler DAMN! Everything in here is either dirty stinky or worn.
The good thing is ill only be here for one night.

Run. Do not stay here. For years my family member returns here to have pests in her room every time. I cannot imagine why she returns except it’s dirt cheap and this time was no exception.
Mice crawled up my brother-in-law’s leg one night, my parents swatted ants off of a cup of tea that had been sitting for only 10 minutes and my last stay, last year, boasted several roaches in the room.
They also allow some guests to live there so ladies, if you’re travelling alone, be aware that some unsavory types LIVE here and you should be careful.
I echo the thoughts of Andy D on the tub. The ‘breakfast’ is scary. Don’t eat it. And the wifi never works.
That’s all I got, guys. Don’t be wowed by the cheap rates or the convenient location. It’s every bit as bad as everyone says. Gross. Thank God I won’t be there next time.

I was happy, but I didn’t have the highest expectations either because of the price. I didn’t plan on hanging out in my room anyway because I was on a business trip. I would stay here again, but I also think I was given one of the best rooms in the hotel. Free breakfast was a great bonus. Swing shift front desk was wonderful and pleasant. Tv had lots of channels. Very happy about nearby shopping and food.

This motel is typical of the area. The neighborhood isn’t great, and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the building in the back is filled with families and/​or drug dealers living full-​time out of these cheap rooms. My sheets were clean, and the mattress was too soft for me but didn’t seem worn out. I didn’t seen any signs of rats or roaches, but the room definitely needed new carpeting and the ceiling paint and wallpaper were cracking/​peeling in and around the bathroom area from the moisture.
The mirrors, lamp fixtures, and plumbing fixtures in my room were all crooked and poorly installed. The water went from hot to cold to hot depending on the use of hot water by the other guests in the hotel, so when I showered at night I was alright, but not during the daytime. There are no microwaves or refrigerators in these rooms, and on the one working ice machine up front there was a sign specifying no filling of coolers or trash cans. I found the free WIFI to be of adequate speed, although I do hate hotels like this that do not offer a secure connection.
The housekeeping staff were very friendly; even if they didn’t speak much English, they still tried. If they didn’t throw the clean sheets on the concrete sidewalk in front of your room before entering and changing the sheets I might have been impressed by their genuine efforts. The male manager I encountered behind the front desk was not very welcoming and barely spoke any English at all apparently; do not even try to ask him anything, you will not get anywhere!
Restaurants located nearby include a slew of Indian, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, etc., joints, so if you like spicy Asian food you are in luck. The H Mart around the corner has cheap Korean food and a good Korean-​style food court inside. For the less adventurous, Applebee’s, Arby’s, and the Double T Diner are your American restaurant options, and a Wal-​Mart and a Giant grocery store are right there, too.
In my opinion, if you are looking for a relaxing, enjoyable stay in Baltimore, you’ll have to spend more money and stay by the airport or all the way downtown in the Inner Harbor area. If you are just looking for a very cheap room for a night or two, this place is decent, but I wouldn’t leave anything valuable in your car or walk anywhere (day or night).

An inexpensive venue that, as others have noted, is in proximity to many popular venues such a Baltimore proper and the Howard County Fairgrounds. The owners do a good job running the place and keeping things up. The only problem is the immediate area where it is located is becomming a tad more ‘crime active’ after dark in recent Years due to the «changing demographics» of the surrounding area esp going in the direction of B-​more. OK for a 1-​evening stay on business or similar but be darn sure to keep valuables out of your car and the doors locked at night as the ‘criminal element’ is just a mile down the road.

Not a great hotel. My bed was very stiff, the shower leaked everywhere, and the staff is barely understandable. The wireless «high speed» internet is also more like wireless 56k modem connection.
Additionally, there were people running around the corridors and stairs, yelling at each other all night. I called the front desk, but if they did anything, it made no difference.
For $ 60 a night, it really wasn’t that good. I could have stayed at the Wyndam for $ 15 more a night.
**As a small bonus, the manager did refund one night’s fee for the yelling and screaming that was going on the second night.

My buddy and I stayed here for just one night since we were going to a pair of concerts at Merriweather Post Pavilion a few miles down the road. The location was pretty good for the price since MPP was only 6 miles away, and parking was free (at MPP). But if I were with a family, or even with my girlfriend, I probably wouldn’t stay here. It was pretty much only good for a bed to sleep and a bathroom (which was quite small).
What I liked: the front-​of-​house staff was nice enough to let us stay a little bit later to get ready to get out without additional charge; the location on Route 40 was pretty decent and near a lot of shops/​restaurants (if we had wanted to walk); the pool was open and seemed to be in good condition (but we never went in); we were able to park the car right outside the door.
What I didn’t like: it wasn’t terribly clean: I definitely found some pubic hairs in the shower and around the sink, as well as some hairs stuck in our «clean towels» (which was pretty gross); the bathroom was about as big as a jail cell, and since the sink was outside, I woke my friend up to wash my hands after (annoying); there were 2 ice machines, but they were in the same location right near the front desk, which was a pain since our room was all the way at the opposite end of the hotel; (and THE WORST): the air conditioner didn’t really work; this was a hot weekend towards the end of June and having a working A/​C unit was essential, but it would turn on for about 30 – 45 minutes, then turn off for no reason.
Bottom line, this place is good if you need somewhere to sleep near MPP or some other nearby event location, but nothing else. If you’re looking for somewhere nice to relax and go out sparingly, this place isn’t for you. It is good for a pillow at night and a spot to get changed, but just remember before booking: you get what you’re paying for.

I used to go to this hotel mainly because the rooms are cheap, but the saying «you get what you pay for» truly does apply to this place.
The last time I went there my sheets smelled like underarms like they hadn’t been laundered at all, and I also had problems getting the heat to work in the winter. I asked to switch rooms and I could not be accomodated, and that was my last visit there.
From what I understand it’s a hotel people usually frequent because it’s close to the city and it’s way less expensive than trying to find somewhere downtown. So if you are short on cash and just need somewhere to crash for the night, then and only then would I recommend. Just don’t expect anything spectacular.
The good thing about this place though is that it’s off of Route 40, so there are plenty of places to eat in a short radius from the hotel.

This motel is good not so much for the motel amenities but for its proximity to various markets/​restaurants and to downtown Baltimore. My fiancée and I stayed here after attending a concert at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra but when we arrived to check in at the motel we were delighted that supermarkets were around the corner, even a Korean supermarket H-​Mart and an Asia Supermarket. Also, next door was Arby’s, down the block was a 24-​Hrs diner, BBQ, and more. Also, this location serves continental breakfast between 6:30 to 9: 30 however we snoozed past breakfast so cannot review on that. The neighborhood also feels kind of safe.