Days Inn Roanoke Civic Center

My car got hit in the parking lot while I was asleep. Karen (the manager) refused to review the security camera footage that pointed in that direction for me to get the license plates of the person who did it. So staying there ended up costing me 250 for a deductable and 320 for a rental for four days.
Thanks Karen!!!

We were kinda fooled by the photographs they had online. We booked 2 rooms side by side. The reviews I am posting is for both rooms because they were both equality nasty!!! We though it was going to be a pretty decent place but instead it was pretty run down. The bathtubs were dirty and the carpets were filthy too. I had my family walking with their socks on because the carpet was nasty. Took the A/​C 4 hours to start to cool the room. Outside of the room it was dirty, do the owners or employees clean this place? The headboard of the bed was all dirty and sticky, ceilings were breaking apart and flaking off. This place looked like a hotel from a horror film or a zombie movie! The «thing» they call breakfast isn’t even breakfast. In the morning I told my family to pack and we headed somewhere else to eat breakfast. I wouldn’t come back to this place even if the rooms were $ 20 per night!!!

Well… how do I start this off? I normally do not post reviews unless they are positive because I rarely have bad experience especially with hotels. This Day’s Inn makes me never come back to one because the experience was so bad. I hope this post is seen by the company and/​or future guests and it makes them rethink coming here. To start out, the lady at the front desk didn’t have the best attitude. She lied about the price being cheaper by booking online. After we drove to our room, it looked very sketchy. Everything looked very worn. When we walked in the air was very stuffy and the carpet was covered in stains. We looked in the bathroom and the shower had a dirty floor and the tile was repaired poorly. I was the only brave one to take a shower and I had to wear flip flops. The bathroom had a very moldy smell so make sure you keep the door open to ventilate clean air. Luckily there were no bed bugs –don’t worry we checked before we fell asleep! Not worth $ 80 at all. Worth $ 20 only because they allow pets and have a little fridge, a TV and pretty food A/​C. Also I saw a past review talking about how small the beds are, they weren’t lying. the beds are not made for two people. Overall this hotel doesn’t even deserve a star and needs to be shut down for good. Save your money and go ANYWHERE else. Worst hotel experience ever!

Cheap price. Cheap area. Homeless guy on the corner with a sign asking for $$$. The room itself was ok, more in the style of Econolodge than DaysInn, but it served its purpose. Biggest con for me was the weak AC. Took about 3 hours before the room was cool enough plus it kept transitioning from loud to soft in regard to the noises emitted from the AC. The people working there were nice though.

US-​born front office staff was very friendly and nice. But physically, the premises are a shabby, shabby, tacky wreck, like a lot of places in India or Africa. Or a welfare motel for the semi-​homeless. Rear wing would be good film location for rise of the zombies.
Stairwells creepy — flaking rust on railings, a creepy elevator I wouldn’t step into alone. Old-​fashioned CRT TV — had to call the front desk to have a remote delivered. Front panel to a drawer fell off when I pulled it. Grime and peeling wallpaper behind toilet base. Low watt light bulbs. Sheet had holes (cigarette burns ?) in it. Carpet was the material you’d use for outdoor balconies or walkways, not inside a room.
The operators don’t realize that income can’t improve unless you spend money improving the premises. Everything just being run down until there is no useful life left.
On the good side of the ledger, the room was as clean as possible under the circumstances. Bed was not saggy. No bedbugs, no roaches. Soap bar did not turn to slime when wet. Hot water came quickly. Hair blower, coffee machine, mini-​fridge and microwave in room.
The maintenance man who brought the remote was cheerful and accommodating. He brought an extension cord so I could plug in my CPAP machine even though extension cords weren’t technically allowed for guests.
The breakfast room was so forlorn looking, I didn’t walk through it the next morning. Checked out and drove straight to a family-​style restaurant away from the area.
There seems to be little choice in Roanoke for nicer lodging in the mid-​price range, though. Stay here if you must, but lower your expectations.

Extremely disgusting… roaches and bedbugs everywhere… staff are rude and lazy… the owners clearly don’t care who runs this place or how they dress…

We booked two rooms here as a travel stop between NE PA. and South Carolina. We booked the rooms on Booking .com. The reviews currently here for this place are overly nice.
I knew we were in trouble when the lot was completely empty but we went into the lobby anyway. The girls behind the counter were nice and accommodating but it was obvious from their random dress that they didn’t have a dress code here…
The Lobby was disgusting with dirt and debris in every corner, just dirty and unkept and way old, like mid to early 80’s old with no attempt to clean it. Not a good sign.
The girls behind the counter were very nice although I think we disturbed their Nail time because they seemed annoyed to have to put the manicure tools down and actually check us in.
The rooms were about as bad as you can get. the Carpets were dirty, the walls were falling apart, the ceiling had water stains and was falling down in places. The odor was exactly as another reviewer described it, Eau de cat piss.
I’m thinking they must have at least one nice room they only use for on-​line photos so they can trick people into coming to this place.
While there we were under constant scrutiny from what must have been semi permanent residents who lined the second story walk way and just watched and sometimes grinned which freaked me out. I must have checked that the car was locked about 60 times that night. We were advised to not park under the balcony by another very nice family, because the «lifers were throwing junk and garbage down onto the cars from their balcony. Felt like «The Hills have Eyes» Yeeeechh!
Lovely place,
All and all this place should be avoided by any and all travelers, just gross and not worth any savings on the price.
On the way back we stayed in a Courtyard Marriot by the airport. It was like coming back to America from somewhere in remote Africa when you compare the two hotels…

Passing through, booked on
— mistake.
Run down, dicey area, no amenities near (except very mediocre Thai restaurant adjacent).
Apparently long term residents made me uncomfortable by watching every move I made.
Room did not appear clean, to the point where I wouldn’t walk on rug without my socks on.
Free breakfast wasn’t even worth eating — mediocre coffee, and only cereal and toast — although it did look like they had oatmeal in a vat, I wouldn’t even look in to see if it was oatmeal.
Desk clerk was very nice and friendly, best part of stay.

I am not a princess, and when I pay over $ 70 for a hotel room, I expect to be able to take a shower without wearing my flip flops into the tub. I have no idea waht the story is here.
I prepaid and have my dog with me. They did not charge for the dog in the prepayment, even though I made the reservation through pets
. it took 20 minutes before I finally gave cash and asked the front desk clerk to just figure it out without me. I really do not need a receipt right?
The only good part about staying in this place is that it is next door to a Vietnamese Noodle restaurant. They have great noodle soup!

Way out of date and run down but the staff is nice and friendly. Look, this isn’t the Ritz-​Carlton folks–
good for bikers due to large parking lot and all rooms overlook parking.
under 1 mile to downtown restaurant area and easy walk along main road w/​crossings.

This place is tolerable, but I would not recommend it. The room has a strange odor, can’t quite place it, but kinda chemicalish. The bathroom is kinda gross. Tub is dirty, caulk on top of caulk, and it’s dirty caulk. We have a smoking room, with no ashtrays. No garbage cans in room. It’s just all around a bit nasty.

The rate was bottom dollar, and the room wasn’t nauseating; but, this is the type of hotel where your foot «squishes» into the floor.
The room smelled faintly of «Cat Piss de Toilet» (possibly from the cleaning products), but seemed superficially clean. However, after I dropped my phone to the side of the bed, I witnessed the dark side of the moon. Crud, food particles, and what looked to be a used band-​aid laid in the crusty nook. Later, when preparing to shower, I surveyed the bathroom. While eyeing a lone dark hair with disgust, a silverfish flashed across my foot — causing me to scream like a 12 year old girl.
At least it was cheap… I used
. You can always just _​ask_​hotels for their cheapest rates, most hotels will lower the standard rate! I should also note that my mother, whom stayed with me, calls me «mean» for writing this review and says «there are worse places».