Red Roof Inns

If the front desk employee during my early check out handled the situation badly, I wouldn’t even consider giving this place one star. DO NOT STAY HERE. TREAT YOURSELF TO A NICER MOTEL/​HOTEL. I took the chance after reading previous Unilocal reviews, but wish I didn’t.
I am a fan of Red Roof Inn’s along the West Coast! The rooms have always been clean and guest services have always been friendly. I never expect these places to be 5 stars (it’s a trade off for the low price), but this was by far the worst place I’ve ever stayed. DEAD AND LIVE BUGS littered the bathroom floor, nasty God-​knows-​what stains covered the counter tops, walls had blood stains/​food stains/​rips/​tears, floors looked like it hadn’t been swept or mopped in the past YEAR and the air smelled like a cigarette was freshly lit. I’m usually one to tough it out (I did stay there for one/​three reserved nights), but this was disgusting. I thought I’d be dead by the morning from the questionable, odd smelling, odd sounding heater.
I arrived that night around 10pm (I was visiting a friend in downtown Madison), and was checked in by a quiet older woman. She was nice, but I had terrible vibes about everyone working there that night. I ran to my room and dead-​bolted the place. It was far too late to call my friend to pick me up, so I dealt with it. I wish I did call her… I was actually close to calling her after my shower. I wore socks. I WORE SOCKS! The tub was fifty — was it mold? Dirt from someone’s shoes? NO IDEA! It certainly wasn’t clean though. I also have no idea what was in the water. I ended up going to a hairdresser the next morning to cut off two inches and throughly clean out my hair. It was sticky, thick of Jesus-​knows-​what and impossible to brush out. I’m just glad I didn’t get bed bugs or lice after staying there — the bed was (or at least seemed), clean.
Like I said earlier, I wouldn’t have rated this place one star — if it was possible to rate them ¹⁄₈ of a star — and if the employee who checked me out wasn’t so kind. He didn’t question my decision to check out early (which is somewhat surprising and questionable), or challenged what I said.
I’m beyond upset with Red Roof Inn, Madison. I do still love my West Coast Red Roof’s, but will never be staying here again. PLEASE DO NOT STAY HERE. Spend the extra $ 50/​night to get Ina. Decent hotel.

We stayed here for 3 nights this weekend. We have previously stayed at other Red Roof Inns and this one was much more run down than others at which we have stayed. Upon first arriving at our room, it reeked of marijuana and cigarettes, despite it being «smoke free». Our bathroom was disgusting. The floor had clearly not been swept, and our shower did not drain. There was also a gross, yellow substance all over the bathroom door and walls. The bed had clear brown marks on the sheets, and made both of us extremely itchy. We aren’t sure whether it was bed bugs or just poorly washed sheets, but it was hard to sleep there. There was also arguing outside rooms near us on two separate nights at around 3am. The cleaning lady did not clean our room any of the days, even though we did not have the privacy tag up and were out of the room for most of each day. This resulted in us having to go to the front desk for toilet paper twice, and our trash cans overflowing because they had not been emptied. Also, they advertise that there is free wifi in all rooms, but the network was spotty and cut out every few minutes. It also was EXTREMELY slow. We stayed here solely for the «no pet fee»; however, after this experience we plan to not return to any Red Roof Inn in the future and to pay more money for our pet and a clean room. This hotel was such a terrible experience that we were even envious of the people staying in the Super 8 down the road.

Updated review: i have been contacted by the manager after this review. It was very nice of them to offer a refund and an apology. Great customer service!

If I could, I would give this place zero stars. The front desk attendant was dead inside, and the room was absolutely disgusting. A stripper’s eyelash on the floor, two pubic hairs in one of the beds, a bloody booger on the wall, and chip particles on the headboard. Do yourself a favor, and stay anywhere but here.

We stayed here because we were traveling with a cat, and Red Roof Inns take pets. We were pleasantly surprised to have a king-​sized bed (although, we didn’t have an in-​room hair blow dryer, or couldn’t find it). They also allowed us to wheel our bikes into the room at night (didn’t feel comfortable leaving them on our strap-​on bike rack).
Also, Red Roof Inns do not appear to provide moisturizer. They’ve got bar soap, shampoo, and conditioner, though.
Overall, a pretty pleasant stay.

The manager was awesome and gave us early check-​in, we felt safe, the room was nothing fancy and had a little bit of a musty odor to it, but was decently clean nonetheless. As other reviews have said, it was a little difficult to find off the freeway. However, it was an overall good experience.

Great stay! I was there last night and felt super safe and room was clean. Staff was nice at ck in! Had a great experience would stay again.

Pet friendly and low cost. Wifi is good, beds are borderline acceptable, cleanliness is questionable. The TV channels are pretty basic. It’s ok for low cost, but keep your expectations low.

Pros:
1. The towels, the bed, the carpet were all clean
2. Quiet place to rest for a quick trip into Madison
3. Conveniently located just a little East of the airport
4. Very affordable rates
5. There are in-​room safes
Cons:
1. There were some sketchy people driving around
I had no problems while staying here for one night even though I had noticed some sketchy people driving around the motel. After reading some of the other reviews, I would definitely suggest locking things up if you’re leaving things in the room. I didn’t think it was located in a bad area.

No fridge, microwave or hairdryer. Have to pay extra for those. Rooms are pretty thin, could hear the guy next to me yelling on the phone every once and a while. Not many channels on the tv, but the tv was HD so I was able to hook up my PS4 to it. I like that you can just pull up to your room, so its easy to pack/​unpack. No continental breakfast either… just coffee and snack machines. Although there are a lot of places close by to eat, which helps make up for that. But it sucks to have to leave in the morning to eat, especially when its cold out. Bed was firm, which I liked. Room was clean, but not very big. Overall, I had to give it ²⁄₅ stars because I’ve stayed at other hotels for the same price that have necessities like a fridge, microwave, and continental breakfast.
Wi-​Fi isn’t very good either.

My stuff was stolen from my room. Management and staff unhelpful and unapologetic. Going to file a police report.

COPS COPS and more COPS people getting arrested lots of guns not a safe stay for the family or anyone else for that matter! also rooms smell like smoke

Basic and to the point.
Clean enough.
Doors face the parking lot and I don’t like that but at least you can watch your car.
Things are up to date in terms of electronics and carpet.
Cost effective.
Free wifi