The Mount Vernon Hotel

Three star hotel that used to be the Wyndham. Aura of faded elegance but perfectly ok for the money I paid. Bed was very comfortable and staff were all very polite and helpful throughout. Great location for downtown, Orioles 15 minute walk. Parking next door is $ 24 per day.

My second stay at the mount Vernon was horrible. The hotel smelt like mildew and bleach. One of the girls at the front desk lied to me when I was checking into the hotel and asked how much parking cost per night and she told me it was free. I end up paying almost $ 200 dollars in parking fees because of that girls stupidity. When I called to speak to the manager, he didn’t believe my story and basically said I was a liar. The morning breakfast food is the quality of high school cafeteria food. Never staying here again.

My husband and I went to a Ravens game for our one-​year anniversary. We picked Mt. Vernon because of its location, price, and the pictures online made the hotel look very charming and historic. If we ever visit Baltimore again, we’ll probably go to the Days Inn that is nearby.
When we walked into our room, we noticed that our towels had fallen into the toilet. No big deal, these things happen, and the desk clerk was quick to provide us with new towels. Unfortunately, we didn’t know at the time that our towel situation was going to get worse during our stay. The hotel was very busy, and probably was fully booked for the weekend. This hotel apparently does not have enough towels for each room. We were given two towels, one for each of us. When we requested a third towel, we were told they didn’t have any more. We spent a day out in Baltimore and got caught in the rain-​big time. When we walked into the lobby (soaking wet) and asked if there were any towels available yet, the desk clerk said no. We had a three-​night stay and never had the opportunity to get any fresh towels.
As we were on vacation, we slept in on most days and only got to enjoy a free breakfast once, as the café closes at nine o’clock. The breakfast is served cafeteria-​style and wasn’t much to brag about, McDonald’s makes a better breakfast, and they serve it until 10:30.
Apart from the towel situation, it still really wasn’t much to brag about.

Didn’t even make it to the room. Had a late arrival and was scared for my life as I drove up to the hotel. Spend the extra money and get a hotel out of this area. Mount Vernon is in the hood.

A really outdated hotel with very little amenities. Exterior is blah, interior is straight from the 50’s movies, room is fairly clean, no gym, no parking, staff are ok, ice machine is only only the 2^nd floor. Stayed here for 3 nights, wished I stayed somewhere else.

It didn’t feel super clean. Room was spacious. Internet worked.

Very nice hotel. The rooms were clean, the staff friendly. Breakfast is good. They have an underground parking lot, but if you’re driving a full size suv or larger, it’s tight.
Neighborhood is pretty good too.
We wound up staying there a second time we went to Baltimore.
Not the fanciest hotel, but well worth the price.

We stayed here on 6÷21÷14. It wasn’t bad. The décor was dated and getting a bit shabby, but the room was clean. The bed was extremely comfortable, the AC worked GREAT, and our room was enormous, as was the bathroom.
There is very limited parking under the hotel (get there early if you want a spot) or there is reasonably priced parking across the street.
The staff was friendly and polite. I can’t speak for the free breakfast quality as we generally sleep too late and miss it most places.
The area is decent and only about a mile from the harbor, very short cab ride away.
This hotel wasn’t anything fancy or particularly special, aside from the lobby, which is rather pretty, but I’d certainly stay again for the value/​price.

You can’t check in until shift change. Hilarious, and awful. The woman working today until 3pm just gazed past everyone in line until her relief came in.
The room honestly isn’t that bad. Sure, bed bugs might be lurking, but I can’t see any yet!
The lamp near my bed had no light bulb. Was somewhat hard to use without it.
Our room had an ironing board, but no iron.
There’s three of us in the room and on the reservation, but only two sets of towels. We requested more, and when housekeeping cleaned the room the next day, they left us with only two sets again.
No bible. But we did find a phone book from 2008.
In one of the nightstands, we found a Disney character t-​shirt with the tags still on! Bonus!
There’s a safe in the room and they’re nice enough to charge you for using it, even if you don’t! We put the shirt in there for safe keeping.
The breakfast is good for the price (free). The staff in the café are the only friendly people in the entire hotel. Especially the guy with the cool chef hat.
On our second day here, someone discharged a fire extinguisher in the hall outside our room. The sprayed down two hallways. Powder everywhere. It took over 15 hours for the hotel crew to even take a vacuum to it. I’m sure that stuff is safe to breathe, so no biggie.

Good Breakfast, rest horrible. Upon arriving, our room was hot and since we can not sleep in a hot room, we cranked up the air conditioning and walked down to the port. When we came back the room was still hot and I called down to the desk who informed me that turning on the air conditioning would make the room hotter and that they had no fans.
There was no toilet paper in our room but luckily we found some in the maids closet which we discovered from our room map (it was supposed to be the ice room)
Our tv was mostly snow and no remote. Got another remote from the desk and it did not work.
Breakfast was better than avge though

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE !!! Do not stay !!! We found a bug I’m our room !!! Pretty sure they have people living In the hotel !!! Front desk is horrible management is no where to be seen. They told myself and the people I’m staying with that they have no towels for us and one desk clerk went on to bitch about his coworkers that they did nothing for him during the day shift didn’t even fold anything for him (FYI not my problem) in other words do not ever stay here you will regret it !!!

Hotel Vernon’s website is deceiving, be careful of that.
Yes, the rooms are cheap.
Yes, the Hotel is only a stroll away from the Downtown area and a little farther from the Harbor.
Yes, there is a free continental breakfast in the morning.
Here’s where the negatives are. Our room’s AC was broken and it was pretty hot when we walked in there. Alas, it wasn’t «I’m going to die» hot — but it was pretty uncomfortable. We had to kick off our pants and chill in our boxers, considering that you cannot open the windows. There was still trash in the bathroom garbage can too, but it just looked like paper.
The bathroom and beds were clean for the most part, but in comparison to the pictures on the website it obviously did not live up to what they had made the hotel out to be.
For a one night stay, I’d say not too shabby.

We booked the hotel through Priceline. We had an emergency so had to cancel our trip last minute tonight. I called the hotel and was expecting that they would not give us a refund, but the lady «Betsy» was so sweet and understanding, really going above and beyond. She assured us it was going to be no problem and said they would be happy to cancel the reservation, just call priceline. :)
Very painless. First class customer service!

If I could summarize the Mount Vernon Hotel in one sentence it would be, «Transitional housing unit masquerading as a «hotel.» Sure, it’s walking distance from the Harbor. Whoop-​de-​do, so are certain locations seen in The Wire. This old YMCA is located near a soup kitchen and given the look and smell of some customers I think Family Services uses this hotel when it needs immediate shelter for clients. My room was dark and old, with an outdated tube TV (didn’t know those were still around), a nylon-​like comforter, old light fixtures, sad little pillows (see photo comparing its height to that of my IPad). MOST importantly! when I found a BED BUG, the morning after my first night’s stay, I was told by the very nice woman at the front desk that they had a «problem» but sprayed two weeks ago. NO NO NO!!! That isn’t how it works. I checked out early and booked a room at the Hyatt.
I know this hotel might seem like a deal b/​c you can get a room for $ 70 or less in the city, but it isn’t worth the risk. Someone else wrote «if you are not a snob and need a room» book this place. I would disagree and say «if you don’t mind a skin disease and need a room, book this place.» Seriously. Spend the extra $ 30 a night at stay at the Days Inn if you are on a budget.

I really want to give it 2.5 stars. Its not the greatest, but its probably the best you can get for the price in downtown Baltimore.
The bad: The pics from the website are a bit deceiving, its a lot more dilapidated than the pics show. A lot of stuff is quite visibly worn and looks a little bit dirty. Slightly smelly room (expected for cheep downtown hotel). Free breakfast was supposed to be at 6:30. I left at 7:10 and it still hadn’t been set out, but at least there was coffee.
The good: Of course location, the staff was very helpful and deodorized the room (not quite so successful, but I appreciated the effort.
Would I stay there again — probably

I stayed here for one night, a Friday. We arrived at the hotel around 8pm and had no wait to check-​in, they even had our keys ready. There was a huge coach (52 passenger) bus parked in the hotel lading zone when we arrived, and it stayed there overnight, so there was no where to park while you checked in. Luckily I was travelling with another person who could wait in the car with the flashers on, otherwise I would have had to find street parking just to check-​in.
Our room was on the 2^nd floor, but I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of street noise. It was very quiet.
The room was quite spacious, plenty of space around both queen beds (I hate it when you get a 2-​bed room and you have to squeeze between the beds b/​c they are jammed so close in a tiny room!). They could have even fit in a little loveseat & coffee table with the open space in the room.
While the furniture and carpet was a bit dated and slightly worn, everything was clean. The wallpaper in the bathroom had a few spots where it was peeling, but the tub and toilet looked to be pretty new, and the sink had a nice granite counter-​top.
The free breakfast was very extensive. On the Saturday morning we were there, they offered scrambled eggs, bacon, home fries, and biscuits & gravy. They also had a selection of bread and bagels you could toast yourself. Yogurt and fresh fruit were also available, though we missed out on the fruit as all but one piece had been taken by the time we got down there at 9:30am (breakfast is served from 7am– 10am). Coffee and juices were on offer too.
I did try to park in the garage, but after parking and coming up to pay at the front desk, was told the garage was sold out and I would have to move my car. That was annoying. The garage is a tight squeeze, but easily manageable if you know how to maneuver your vehicle and don’t drive an enormous SUV.
This is not a top of the line hotel, but it is affordable and clean. As for the quality of the neighborhood, it’s Baltimore, so just keep in mind that’s the type of city you’re in and be smart about it. I felt perfectly safe inside the hotel, but wouldn’t go wandering the streets at midnight.

Stayed here for one night recently and had an afwul experience.
Quickly to cover the good: affordable prices, location is near the inner harbor, free breakfast.
Now for the bad– there is no parking available so you must pay for your own parking. The rooms are some of the dirtiest rooms I have ever stayed in. There were bugs in the coffee cups left in the rooms and the beds smelled awful. Honestly if these were the only things wrong with it I would only have been a little upset but that was just the beginning.
I bought my ticket using hotwire but they told me they needed to run my credit card just as a confirmation and that no charges would be added. I checked my bank account after check out and saw they had charged me 90 dollars. I called the hotel and after being told to call hotwire even though i explained the 90 dollar charge had nothing to do with them I was told I could not be helped because she did not know how to pull up my account. She told me to call back the next day because that was when the manager was on duty. I called back 4 seperate times the next day leaving voicemails everytime with no response from the manager.
I still have not gotten my money back from these charges and had a pretty awful stay. I would not recomend this place to anyone

My parents have stayed here a few times while visiting my sister in Baltimore and I joined them this past visit. Hotel is decently priced and not expensive, have a buffet continental breakfast and is close to the inner harbor.
On the down side, the Internet is spotty, sometimes you can pick it up, other times you can’t. It can get loud, even 6 floors up, with street noise, and our room smelled musty. Our bathroom in general could have used some work to. It’s a hotel and does the job
Parking under the hotel in the garage is horrible. It’s so tight to get anything down there and you can see where people have hit the corners. I’d opt for the parking aross the street

PROS: Cheap price for the location ($ 60/​night in downtown Baltimore), front desk staff was attentive and helpful, within walking distance of lots of little shops and boutiques. Not a bad view from the clean room, either.
CONS: Bed was uncomfortable… extremely firm, but not in a good way like in the commerical where they have a wine glass on the bed and are jumping on it yet it doesn’t spill. Staff didn’t mention the air conditioning was broken, but they brought us a fan after we called to ask why the AC didn’t seem to be cooling the room at all. It was noisy so we turned the fan off. Oh well.
P. S. I would recommend Maisy’s restaurant a few streets over, which we discovered browsing around

For the price — less than $ 70 per night — how could you possibly beat the Mount Vernon Hotel? The location allows you to enjoy all the best of what Baltimore has to offer — venture south for the harbor, take a stroll in the neighborhood for some intimate restaurants and an art museum, or drive a little further north for Hampden.
The room décor leaves something to be desired, but no chain hotel in the Inner Harbor is going to offer you groundbreaking interior design. If it’s clean, who cares? You can return home to your feng shui in just a few short days.
The hotel has an underground parking garage with an elevator that will take you directly to your room, and you get free breakfast vouchers to use during your stay. When we arrived for breakfast before 11AM on a Sunday morning, we may have seen spaghetti and meatballs, but that didn’t stop us from stealing a cup full of Raisin Bran for our ride home.
In short: if you’re not a snob, and you need a place to stay, book a room here.