Cook Conference Center & Hotel

My school sent us to a conference at LSU and booked our rooms at this hotel. It is very conveniently located at the end of «sorority row.» The hotel is a great size, not too big and not to small. It is very cozy, clean and well-​accommodated. The pool is very nice, as were the rooms and most of the staff. The gift shop is well stocked with all of your Tiger needs. The rooms include a very big mini fridge and a microwave. The beds are super comfy!
One star off for two reasons-​we had some issues with check-​in, which would be no big deal, but one of the girls at the front desk was very short and sassy with us. The other lady was very helpful and nice, but we were a little taken back how bothered the first girl was by us.
The breakfast-​I can’t complain too much about this because it comes with the room, but most of the stuff was cold and not appetizing. Coffee was good and the setup of the area is nice, though.
In the end, I would stay here again. The manager, Joel, was amazing and let us go tour the «Shaq» suite, which was fun and decorated with memorabilia. This is Geaux-​to hotel for all of your LSU events (see what I did there) !

Very nice hotel. Beautiful! Girls stayed here for cheer competition.
Nice breakfast. LSU gift shop! Cool place with LSU colored sofas in lobby. Loved it.
Nice view of pool from breakfast area.

Friendly, helpful staff, great location and conf facilities. Our suite was clean and roomy. AC worked well in living area but was warm in bedroom. Mattress was lumpy and uncomfortable.

Great place to stay if you have business at the LSU campus. I wanted to change rooms, and the manager/​front desk clerk was more than happy to oblige. The breakfast is typical buffet, but filling nonetheless. They also provide you with snacks and soft drinks/​coffee/​water in your meeting place. This is a conference center too. Great stay for the value!

Clean
Quiet
Convenient

Best wedding hotel experience for us. Our guests were pleased by the high quality of the rooms, quiet location, friendly staff and tasty breakfasts. We really appreciated the way coordinator lined up all the accommodations we needed and made sure that it all our room needs were taken care of. The suites were an unbelievable deal.

We stayed at this hotel for a wedding and were very pleased with the rooms, comfort of the beds and cleanliness of the facilities. Although not a luxurious hotel, there is a nice pool, the rooms are spacious and it is centrally located on the beautiful lake on the LSU campus. All events associated with the wedding were on campus, most of them being in the hotel and everything was perfect. We would stay here again.

If your travels should bring you to Baton Rouge, I would oblige you to stay at The Cook Hotel on the outskirts of the LSU campus.
The quality of the hotel is commensurate with the rate ($ 80/​night), ergo one shouldn’t expect luxury at the Cook Hotel. However, the room appointments met my rigorous expectations — the beds were comfortable, the TV’s large and flat screened, the environmental system vigorous, bathroom appliances intact and clean, towels were acceptably soft, and pillows tolerably fluffy.
However, the notable ancillary earmarks included complimentary internet access, breakfast and parking — a pleasant change of pace from the usual nickel-​and-​dime routine that most hotels get away with. But the best part of the Cook hotel — at the risk of sounding sentimental — were the staff. The front desk was unfailingly polite and helpful, the cleaning staff was gracious, and the kitchen staff that slings out the hot breakfasts every morning — they’re quite alright in my book.
On the kitchen staff: During our visit, we’d missed the 9:30am breakfast cut-​off by 15 minutes. Even though the restaurant was technically closed, the manager offered to scrape together a breakfast for us, and emerged from the kitchen with a very humble but hearty breakfast of decadently buttery grits, fluffy biscuits, sausages and fruit. He continued to dote on our party with rounds of OJ, coffee, condiments, and stories of the hotel’s history and famous alumni. After going well above and beyond the call of duty, he left us to our breakfast and our sentiments of content and gratitude.

If you are staying at a hotel in Baton Rouge, this is the place to stay. It’s one of the only hotels that is not stuck in some shopping center. The rooms are clean, new, nice and breakfast is included. If you like walking or running, then you can enjoy the LSU lakes, which is one the most popular places to walk/​run/​bike and enjoy Louisiana’s natural beauty. LSU is not far from most Baton Rouge destinations, unless you try to drive during rush hour (not recommended, ever) and lastly, the LSU gift shop in the lobby is the best store in Baton Rouge for high quality LSU clothing, gifts and stuff you will want to buy. Don’t walk in there unless you are ready to part with some money.