Motel 6 Salt Lake City Downtown

This motel was absolutely disgusting. DO NOT STAY HERE!!! The first room we were given had mold around the toilet, the toilet was clogged, and the pillows had hair on them. We requested a second room which they gave us but they gave us a smoking room this time and the air conditioning was broken, the toilet AND shower had mold, and the bed had blood on it! We asked them for a refund so we could go to a new motel and they were extremely rude about it and made us wait 20 minutes for our refund. Absolutely disgusting do not stay here under any circumstances. There were also cigarette burns and holes in our comforter.

They cannot cancel a reservation after 10 minutes, there’s a reason for that. It takes 10 minutes just to get the words to describe the room you just paid for together.
I was given a room which housekeeping skipped that day at first. That happens, so I ask for another room.
In this new room, the lights don’t work. I ask for a refund. 10 minutes have passed, I’ll need to speak to the manager in the morning.
Given a third room, the floor is torn up, cigarette burns in the blankets, and stains on all the sheets. I go and say again, that I have not been in any room longer than 10 minutes, so I’d like a refund. She says I should call corporate, but she doesn’t have the number (why would she, right?) And begins loudly watching TV while ignoring me. Can’t wait to see the manager in the morning (if she exists) and get my refund (which I highly doubt).
It’s not worth the hassle, the reception desk will yell at you and you’ll be out $ 70. Just read every other review on here and actually listen to them. I wish I had.

This place is the perfect example of why 0 stars should be allowed. I’ve stayed in motels in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco that were cleaner than this. What a disgusting cesspool of the dregs of society. DO NOT BE LURED IN BY THE LOW PRICE. Use AirBnB or sleep in your car instead. Or on a park bench. Or in a public toilet. Any of these choices will leave you feeling cleaner.
We walked into our «smoke free» room and it smelled so strong of stale smoke that we could hardly breathe. ALL the rooms are like this. They even put ashtrays in the room, what a joke! My dog refused to go in the room. The bedsheets had a half dozen cigarette burns in them. Once again, ALL the rooms are like this (just read the other reviews). Our room was 209.
The bathroom had poop stains ON THE CEILING. How in the actual f— is this possible? The bed «comforter» had bodily fluid stains on them. Towels are by request only, and the desk clerk will look at you like a criminal if you ask for one. I don’t even want to know why.
Junkies and drug dealers are easily 90% of their clientele. They hang out in the parking lot and are loud, hang out outside their rooms on the balconies and are loud, and even at 3am they are loud as fuck in their rooms. How SLC even allows this place to operate is a damn mystery. Most uncomfortable experience of my life and the absolute worst way to spend $ 60.

Passing through Salt Lake City to Canada, was stuck here a few days.
This place is CLEAN, QUIET, and the rooms are decent for a great price.
Forget the other reviews, they aren’t Recent

Horrible. Wort experience that I have ever had in my life at a hotel /​motel I booked a room online as I was traveling across the country. I arrived to be booked into a very very dirty room that someone had checked out of. The room had not only not been cleaned but also had some details that if I described would make someone lose their appetite. I informed the front desk and I was told that it was the only room that they had available. I asked if I could be refunded and the front desk said that there is a no refund policy because I booked online and already checked in. It took 3 weeks of going back and forth over the phone 4 days a week to finally get my money back.

To many sketchy people and homeless around the rooms. The room was so sketchy. Pros they saved my butt by letting me get a room at 4am when another hotel across the street wouldnt

Right after checking in, homeless people accosted me in the parking lot. When I got into my room I found the deadbolt broken, the bed cover in my (non-​smoking) room had cigarette burns and the room smelled of cigarettes, shower had hairs and an odd residue on the floor. TV is at least a decade old, small and noisy on every channel. Too late to change, I threw my own sleeping bad over the bed (blanket was thin and old and not very inviting) and avoided using the shower. Essentially I got 4 walls and a door for the night.

Play-​by-​play from a very dear friend of mine who stayed there last night…
I get there and park in the back and these little hood rat kids roll up immediately like does this place have an atm I was like its a motel 6 I highly doubt it … There are some suspect ppl hanging around outside so I move my car to the front closer to the front desk. There is a security guard but he’s an old man walking around smoking cigs … So I get to the room there is hair from at least four different ppl in all the towels, the heating ac unit looks like it was bashed in by a baseball bat, black stains on all the curtains, burn holes in the comforter sheets and bed, questionable stains on bathroom wall and comforter, lighter stickers stuck all over the walls (what’s that about?) this is also a smoke free room and the burn holes didn’t look like they were from cigs … The locks on the door were all busted so I couldn’t lock it aside from the key card lock and not that I care but the tv was from 1990. Early in the morning I hear some guys in a room or two over fighting over drugs and then the guy is yelling at his friend like WHY DID YOU BUST DOWN THE DOOR YOU KNOW THERES A SECURITY GUARD HERE. Then not too much longer after I hear break glass and it sounds like someone is scraping a bunch of broken glass which I thought was ice but it wasn’t it was someone’s windshield and they were parked two spots down from where I originally parked before moving my car. I leave today and go to mcdonalds and am sitting about to eat and this guy runs up to my car begging for money BC he just got out of jail. Only a handful of ppl in the surrounding area look like they haven’t been on a meth binge for years … This is downtown. Wtf.

Motel 6 Staff: rude and dishonest
When I called Motel 6 Sunday and asked if pets were allowed, I was told yes.
I went to Motel 6, paid for a room/​internet and stayed Sunday night. On Monday morning, someone knocked on my door, but when I went to the window, no one was there; this happened several times. Once when someone knocked, I went to the window and a woman was there; I asked what she wanted several times, but she only smiled and didn’t answer; perhaps she didn’t speak English.
Monday afternoon I went to the office to pay for another night. I was told I should have paid by noon and that I had left my dog in the room unsupervised. I explained that I was never told the dog could not be left. They said dogs cannot be left in the rooms because they might bark. (My dog doesn’t bark unless someone knocks; she never causes damage). They decided to let me stay. So, I paid for a room/​internet for Monday night. To show good faith, I paid for Tuesday night on Monday night and Tuesday morning I took my dog to a dog sitter. I could not carry out my SLC plans with a dog in tow; there are some places dogs are not allowed, even if I wanted to take her.
Up until this point, the staff had been fair and accommodating.
1)
Tuesday my internet quit working. I went to the office where the clerk, Nathan, told me several times that he did not show I had paid for a room/​internet a third time (for Tuesday night). He said several times «all I’m saying is that my computer does not show you paid». (What his computer shows is irrelevant; I did pay.) Eventually, Nathan saw that I had paid. He then investigated for several minutes about the internet code. Eventually Nathan said that he hadn’t been there for two days and didn’t know what was going on and that he didn’t see that an internet code had been provided to me. Nevertheless, he would let me have an internet code «this time», but it this happens again, he would not give me a code. Nathan acted like he was doing me a favor and that I had done something wrong. He wasn’t doing me a favor because I had paid for the service and I had not done anything wrong. I took exception to his attitude and said «logically, it doesn’t matter whether you have been here the last two days or not and it doesn’t matter whether I was given an internet code or not. I have paid for internet and should be provided the service». Nathan repeated, pointedly, that he would give me a code this once, but not in the future. I repeated what I had said also. Then this clerk, Nathan, told me to leave the office. I appealed to the other clerk, Alexandria. (Nathan had earlier said that he was Alexandria’s roommate.) She told me I was being rude and to leave the office or she would call security/​police. I asked to speak with a manager; one was not available. Alexandria would call one, but didn’t know when one would be available. She repeated her threat. Even if I had been rude, which I was not, they should have provided the service I had paid for. And it is not rude to insist on what is right.
2)
During this time, a man had come in and Alexandria said «May I help you sir?». The man said «don’t call me sir!» Nathan defended her and said «Hey, she is new». (The man’s being rude should be the issue, not Alexandria’s being new.) Nathan knew the man by name and said for him to wait. Then a woman customer came in, saw this man in the back, and said, «Are you next sir?». The man said «don’t call me sir!» and continued to mutter about people calling him sir. Nathan did not defend the customer.
Anyway, I left, went next door to Royal Garden Inn, and rented a room with internet there. The clerk said I would get a better rate if I booked on the internet; when I explained why I didn’t have internet access, he gave me the cheaper rate as a courtesy, which I appreciated.
3)
Once in my new room, I called my credit card company; the charge from Motel 6 showed as pending, but had not gone through; I disputed the charge. Then I called Motel 6 and said I would not be staying there that night and to not charge me for a room/​internet. Alexandria said she had no control over whether that would happen or not. She did not offer to pass on the information to someone who might have control.
Motel 6 staff were rude to me (and another customer). They were also dishonest by not providing what I had paid for, namely internet service. Their loyalties seem to be to the staff and to the man, not to the customer.
They charged for Tuesday night’s room/​internet even though I didn’t stay there (and notified them), they refused to provide internet service, and they were rude.

Could not even stay the night here. The heater was blowing cold air when it was on 80. We left for about 15 minutes to let the room warm up. Came back and it was still cold. We went to the front desk and they gave us a new room. Same problem. The bed covers are literally two sheets. There was just no way to make that work… even for $ 50.

I’ve stayed at a my share of Motel 6’s. I usually prefer them because they are typically cleaner and more accommodating than other motels. This was one of the worst though. Crap Wi-​F that keeps going out. No toilet paper roll. And the room and sheets are much dirtier than other Motel 6’s. Glad I’m only stuck here for one evening.

I don’t even know where to start. I mean my expectations weren’t too high to begin with. It’s a Motel 6, it is what it is. However this one is exceptionally shitty. I’ll try to start from the beginning. Unfortunately I had to stay a total of 5 nights in this dump. I came here for work purposes and I was not the one who booked the rooms. That being said, I have been asked for money at least 25 times in 5 days. Which is not the worst thing but when the person follows you around repeatedly begging for money after you say no then you end up wanting to turn around and bitch slap the person. Evidently, even though the downtown area appears to be nice and upscale the city of Salt Lake has a bad homeless infestation. I use that term because that is what it is. There are thousands of them aimlessly wandering the streets at all hours. They are sleeping all over… Crosswalks, lawns, medians, stoops, dumpsters, everywhere. So at about 5pm the scums starts accumulating at the stairwells and entrances to the Motel. The hookers are rampant, the drunks, drug addicts, and all around shit bags permeate the property. Drug deals galore, drunks staggering about. Expect to be woken up numerous times throughout the night. Out of 5 nights, I’ve been woken up 3 times from midnight to 3:30am. Pounding on the door, yelling outside the door, yelling in the halls, etc. I’ve chased away several of these asshats each night. I will say the management tries to keep the place under control but the sheer numbers and character of the people they are dealing with make it a pretty hard task. Oh I almost forgot about the numerous people that happen to have forgotten their ID that have asked me to rent a room for them under my name. Ya Ms Scum Hooker! That sounds like a great idea! Tonight is my last night here and hopefully I don’t have to deal with much of this horseshit. First thug I’m doing when I get back home is to find my co-​worker who booked these rooms and punch him square in the throat followed by a swift kick in the balls. Stay here at your own risk. To say this place is a dump is an understatement. The flies at the dump are nicer and cleaner.

Scratchy sheets. Broken tv. Depressing atmosphere.
Hey, what do you expect for $ 50 in a downtown location???

This was disgusting. From the sketchy people hanging out all over the parking lot and outside the rooms, to the police arriving to deal with some noisy activity in the room next to ours, everything about this Motel 6 made us feel scared.
This is in addition to the state of the room, which was filthy. The shower floor was so dirty, we had to wear flip flops. The bedding was stained and had cigarette burns (in a non-​smoking room, mind you).
Whatever was going on in the the next to ours was so loud that we had to leave the television on to drown it out.
All I can say is the if you need to stay in Salt Lake City, this is not the place. The «you get what you pay for» comment a few others have made is ludicrous.

We stay at Motel 6 often and do NOT expect any amenities or anything special. The front desk attendant was really nice and helpful, so I don’t fault him. The room was clean-​ish… It was a non-​smoking room and it smelled like smoke. This is not ok. We ask for a non-​smoking room for a reason. I can deal with that, but my wife thinks she can’t breathe.
The folks staying at this Motel 6 were a bit more unsavory than what we usually encounter at Motel 6. I’m white and my wife is Asian, and one of the many loitering «guests» attempted a racial slur at my wife. He got it wrong, it was directed at a Japanese person and she is Chinese, but STILL! It made us uncomfortable and felt unsafe.
We had booked our reservation for 4 – 5 nights or something, but an hour after checking in, we called the front desk and asked if we could check out in the morning — thankfully they were okay with that, no questions asked, and no fee for not cancelling within 24 hours.
To be fair, we stayed at a Motel 6 in Moab the next week and our faith in Motel 6 was restored.

Stayed a few nights. The usual druggies, dealers and whores everywhere. One night drunken Hispanics or Indians RIGHT outside my window knocking each other out and yelling all nigh «F you, all F all of you up!!!» Total sociopath gangbanger shit. Here’s the kicker. Next night the loud mouth is shot and murdered right in the room right next door. Paramedics, cops doing chest compressions on balcony. Dies anyway, corpse lays uncovered on balcony most of the night while homicide investigates. So, take what you will from this review. All true.

Currently on road trip around United States. Having stayed at many different motels along travels, my girlfriend and I trusted Motel 6 coming into Salt Lake City as we had best results for price with my it as a chain around the states.
As others have said this is not a nice location. Close to downtown and near other hotels. Okay price for the weekend.
Girl at desk upon checking in was busy watching tv and was not very attentive.
While rooms have been updated to new Motel 6 aesthetics, room did not feel clean. Sheets were rough and I was very weary moving about in the room /​touching anything. We had reserved a non smoking room: the room had been smoked in recently. The ashtray turned over seems to be commonplace in Motel 6s as we have seen this at other locations. Room smelled bad.
Went to dinner across street at Copper Bowl (which is fantastic indian food) around 7 in the evening. By time we came back parking lot was filled with shady persons just sort of mulling about. Was perplexed by this especially due to the preferred spot to loiter being right by the office.
As we left in the morning, Salt Lake City Police pulled in.
I give it one star instead of two because of the cleanliness of the room and overall feeling of safety. While it provided a place to sleep and shower on the road, this location has deeply made me think twice about Motel 6 for the future. I would avoid this location.

The guy working the overnight shift at the front desk is funny and very nice and the location is good but other than that, this place sucks donkey balls!!! My «non-​smoking modern room» smelled like someone had been smoking 3 packs a day in it for 10 years and never emptied the ashtrays plus it had cigarette burns on everything including the TV and shower curtains. Housekeeping should be fired! This place is not clean and I’m not sure if I feel comfortable taking a shower here or using the towels. The sheets are super itchy and had someone else’s hair on them. Dump city!

Got here late. The clerk was very nice. Bed and room ok, fan in restroom not working, won’t recommended for older couples too many young people here lot of activity going on at night with young kids, was passing by some people didn’t want to move for me had to go around, outside the premises very dirty not up to date with the TVs yet

Total dump! This shit hole doesn’t deserve one star!
Stains all over the bed, cigarette burns on all of the sheets and there’s even a grease spot that’s fresh (yes! These sheets haven’t been washed since their last guest) on the bed. The sheets feel like sandpaper. Are the methed out housekeepers too high to do their job? Looks like it. There’s a giant stain/​sticky spill on the floor that was also from the previous guest.
This looks to the hot spot for all drug addicts needing a place to stay.
At best, this place is a polished turd that still smells of shit.