Hampton Inn & Suites Ocala

Overall, the hotel is nice. My room was a single king bed. I had a dorm size refrigerator, which worked fine. The bed and pillows were comfortable. The room was nicely cleaned daily. The breakfast is a step up from a Holiday Inn Express breakfast. The dining/​common area was nice as well, although I would prefer less soft seating as you sink into the cushions and it is an uncomfortable eating position.
Now why only three stars? Noise level. If you are okay with traffic noise from the highway, then bump this to a 4-​star, if you hate traffic noise, this could drop to a two star. I am right in the middle and rarely do I wake up from traffic noise. They know the highway is a problem because they put ear plugs in the room for you to use. Earplugs do not work well for me. I typically bring a sound machine or use a sound machine app on my phone, so I managed and would return.
I guess my other minor issue is the night auditor was no where to be found at 3:34 am when I needed to check out, but I can get my receipt on line, so not a huge issue.

Front desk (Bobby, I think) was aloof and short at check in. Our first room had chips in the sheets in the pull out couch. Angry Bobby moved us to room 407, it was clean/​fine.
When we checked out the next day, same Bobby was still working the front desk. He did not offer to print a receipt, rather just said, «okay». I later called for an emailed receipt and realize we were charged a «pet fee» — we don’t own a pet. I will call re: this…

If this is the No. 1 rated hotel in Ocala on Tripadvisor, I don’t even want to know how bad the other hotels are.
1. If you do not like noise, avoid this hotel. We could hear the people walking in the room upstairs above us and it sounded like a T-​Rex was walking up there. This went on any time the people upstairs were in the room. The next morning we could hear the maid slamming down the toilet seat in the bathroom upstairs and the sound of her vacuuming upstairs. It sounded like an earthquake. The lack of soundproofing at this hotel at this price point is inexcusable.
2. The rooms are very small. If you are accustomed to staying in an «all suites» hotel like Staybridge or Residence Inn, you will not like these rooms. They are basically the size of a normal hotel room and have furniture jam-​packed in a stupid layout all over the place. If you have more than two people in your party you will feel claustrophobic. The bathroom is also very small/​narrow and so is the shower. The showerhead was weak crap.
3. There is no kitchen in these rooms. Just a counter with a sink and a dorm size fridge.
4. The sofa bed is an atrocity to sleep in. I have neck and back pains three days later.
5. The bath towels are thin, horrible quality.
6. There is no ice machine on the first floor. Basically if you stay on the first floor expect a lot of noise from upstairs and the doors and hallways, and also expect to have to go upstairs to get ice.
7. The only positives of this hotel are: it looks relatively new or newly renovated, the staff were nice, it has a big lobby with trendy décor, if you are into that sort of thing. The breakfast was standard Hampton Inn fare. Also I do have to say the hotel is very clean.
8. The Wifi here was impossible to use. If you are expecting to use Wifi, STAY ELSEWHERE. I have a brand new iPad and the Wifi was so slow I couldn’t stream Netflix or even check email.
Overall: It is way too noisy and the rooms are way too small and uncomfortable for the price.

Very average hotel. Even though breakfast ends at 10 am, they shut down the waffle irons at 9:35 and told us that both of them had too much batter on them and had to be cleaned (they had just finished cleaning them). They then said they take 30mins to heat up so they wouldn’t be ready by 10. Room was clean.

Really nice, clean property with friendly staff. We had a really big room, and this is so much better than the Hilton Ocala! If you’re stopping in the area, this one is the right choice.

Very nice facility, even offering a «Lovebug Removal» station. The coffee was always hot and the breakfast always fresh. Nice fitness facility and located near all sorts of restaurants.

This was by far the best Hampton Inn we have ever stayed in. The staff were very friendly and helpful! Our rooms were impeccable! They were as luxurious as any room in the Hilton family! We will definitely stay here again!

Best hampton ever seen. Clean and new. Stayed for some rest on long drive. Better than last hotel i staye at which was twice price. Being hilton diamond have to say compares with the bigger hilton etc.

Brand Spanking New! If you are a light sleeper request a room on the parking lot side of hotel and not on the highway side. It got loud in the morning, didn’t notice anything at night.

Brand new Hampton — ¹²⁄₂₀₁₂. Very upscale with a New York feel. Upgraded to a suite since we are gold honors members. The room and tv were huge. Great stay!