Residence Inn Tampa Downtown

I’ve stayed here about three times the last 1.5 years and I have no complaints, other than being just a bit outdated.
The staff is always nice and cordial, the location is great, it is always clean and well-​kept. It has a nice courtyard with pool and can be relaxing at night.
The location has been perfect for me and check in is always a breeze.
It’s quiet and I always get a good nights sleep.

I am currently enjoying my stay here. My room is quiet, spacious and clean. I’ve had potato wedges and eggs with salsa each morning for breakfast –there are many other options too. I’m using the free wifi to write this review! For dinner they had some complementary pasta in the dining area. It was delicious!
The bed is heavenly comfortable! Thank you!
Staff was very friendly on checkin. My first room smelled a bit like perfume (I’m scent sensitive) and they were able to switch me out to a different room. Lakisha (?) was a pro at multitasking at the front desk. She took care of me and several guests and phone calls at the same time.
Parking is across the street and seems to fill up by 10pm. That would be my only complaint.
Thanks Residence Inn! I’m enjoying my stay here!

This place is a dump. I stay almost exclusively at Marriott hotels and this has to be at the bottom of the list. No secure parking in downtown! Really? The lot’s not even lit and the area isn’t so hot. I get to the room and what a piece of crap. Scuffed up furniture, patched up walls, mold in the tub calking, ratty carpet. I’m so pissed. Nice touch with housekeeping positioning the coffee table in front of the chair so you don’t see the ripped upholstery (see pics). Avoid this one Marriott people. Marriott and the Residence Inn should pull their affiliation with this flea bag.

I stayed at the Residence Inn Tampa Downtown Aug 17^th– Aug 19^th, 2015. I was so impressed and really blown away by the hospitality and generosity of this hotel. The staff was amazing and extremely helpful. I forgot my toothpaste one night and when I went downstairs to see if I could purchase a travel size the front desk gave me a complimentary sample of toothpaste which I greatly appreciated (as did my co-​workers). I’d like to give a special recognition to a man at the front desk named Thomas. Once I got to the airport I realized I left my hairdryer in my room. When I called the front desk an extremely nice man, Thomas, with the help of the maid staff, assisted me in locating my hairdryer. I then got really caught up with work and was unable to follow-​up until Aug 27^th. When I called the hotel Thomas answered and immediately remembered who I was and why I was calling. I’d like to congratulate the Residence Inn Tampa Downtown on hiring such a helpful and truly caring staff. The overall positive vibe in the hotel made all the difference in my stay and I would absolutely stay here again and recommend this location.

I stayed here one night, upon my arrival I could tell this was an older hotel, which is fine, but the issues I encountered durring my stay were unacceptable. For one, the door in my room did not open, no key cards worked the only way in was to rapidly swipe the key card and to lean/​push on the door until it opened. Any time I wanted to go into my room I had to call maintenance or a manager. The second issue was there was no water the day I checked out. That was very frustrating, and I ended up just leaving as soon as I could. I emailed the GM and she never responded, I contacted Marriott Rewards Customer Support and no help. This might have been the worst hotel experience I have ever had.

Cool place. I’ve never before seen a Residence Inn and Courtyard share the same common space and pool, but it worked out. The Residence Inn provided the breakfast while the Courtyard had the bar.
Suites were clean and spacious. The outside patio and grill area was awesome. We got sick of eating out on our business trip so bought some groceries and had a cookout. Fire pits were a nice addition as well.
Staff is very friendly (one staff member in particular a bit overly friendly). The lady who runs the breakfast is amazing and definitely needs a raise.
Convenient location in downtown Tampa, right off the highway. Also within walking distance to the river walk which is a nice place for a run.

This hotel got all of the extra niceties right: Great pool, hot tub, basketball court; free social events with food and drinks M-​W, free shuttle, goody bag for elite mbrs, breakfast was pretty good for being free.
Unfortunately, the hotel failed at a lot of the basic hotel things: uncomfortable bed, loose shower handle, clogged tub drain, broken TV remote. Out of fairness to the hotel, I did not report any of the above so they didn’t have a chance to correct any of it. Finally, the location is not a short distance to any nice hangout area, more like the business district.

The staff at this hotel were phenomenal. My friend and I were just there and we both got rather ill. The staff was very accommodating and understanding. They asssisted us in calling for the EMS.
I would like to point out Diedre who made us feel very welcomed when we arrived. Jennifer, when we checked out, was very helpful and kind. Tameisha, at the front desk, oriented us and was flexible while we were dealing with these unexpected turn of events. Besides all that, the place was clean, the room spacious, the breakfast bar was expansive, and the location was just perfect.

This hotel is very accommodating and personable led by an outstanding Manager, Shab. This hotel is extremely clean and neat. The pool and hot tub are surrounded by beautiful palm trees. A couple of good perks about this hotel is the location to downtown and the University of Tampa.
Some additional benefits provided by this Residence Inn are the complimentary breakfasts each morning and they also offer 2 free nights of Happy Hour each week, which they serve beer, wine and food!!!
I highly recommend this Residence Inn!!!

This hotel met my standards, but unfortunately did not go above and beyond. My room was very nice, but I felt that the bathrooms within the room were dirty and not cleaned as well as they could have. The service was great throughout the hotel on every level. Finally, the free breakfast was awesome, but one morning I had a carton of milk that was obviously spoiled. The milk was sour and turning yellow. Overall the hotel was average.

Great location! Right across the street from curtis hixon riverfront park, the straz center and the muesum of art. Also surrounded by a few hip bars and walking distance to a lot of restaurants.
Clean nice rooms with a full kitchen. The furniture seemed pretty new and the beds were comfortable. They serve free hot breakfast with waffles etc. They also share a courtyard with the courtyard Marriott so you can sit around the fire pit and play basketball at the basketball court which is not something you fid at your average hotel. The courtyard Marriott has a full bar and a Starbucks that residence guests have access to.
My only complaint is the 15 dollars we paid to park in an overflow lot that low lights and no security or gate. The first lot has a gate… they NEED something for the horrible overflow lot.

We paid $ 189.00 a night for our two bed room. our furniture was chewed up (they are pet friendly). It literally took 10 – 15 for our water to get warm (not hot). Pulled our sheets back and there was black hair on the sheets and pillow. called front desk and asked for new linen and they never brought it. I had to go get it. I have stayed in way better for alot less money.

The rooms are very spacious and allow you to spread out during your stay. I took advantage of the free internet and the lobby has a complimentary printer. The parking situation was somewhat inconvenient, I’m assuming the main lot was full so I parked in an auxiliary lot that was dark and had many huge puddles to navigate around.
I would recommend this resort if you are in town on business or goin

We stayed there again and it was horrible. Worst hotel I have seen. It looked like a motel. The bath tub was clogged, the closet door was broken, the room was dirty and the furniture was ripped off, broken. I had a guest with me and it was a very embarrassing moment. We complained to the hotel management but they did not care at all. Very rude! I can not belive it! Yuck. AND it’s not a cheap hotel!!!
Also the pool and jacuzzi were closed for cleaning and exercise machines were broken and squeeky. I had to cross to another hotel and use their machines instead.
We are also a platinum members but were given a room on a 2^nd floor with street in front. I could not sleep all night, the traffic right at the window was busy all night.
I highly DO NOT recommend this hotel to ANYONE.

just wanted to say that I received a full refund and management contacted me to make sure I was taken care of. Although I have never stayed here, they are more than fair and will stand by their business. i would not ask for any more than that and my new recommendation would be to definitely stay at this hotel if you have a chance.

I had no choice but to stay here… It’s 6 am and I didn’t sleep all night due to the vibrations from a/​c most likely on roof of my 6^th floor unit. The hotel is banged up and bruised but the room doesn’t have to be dirty. I usually stay at Marriott but this one is the WORST! I read the reviews on trip advisor and only found a few that shared my sentiment. I suppose maybe I have a higher standard for clean but having just spent almost 2 months in Italy for work moving every couple of days staying in places from 50 euro to 500 euro I couldn’t find a place grosser than this and only one hotel in Italy with same a/​c noise problem near Portifino but other than that the lowest of Italian roughing it is better than this MOTEL. It’s hard to be pleasant when you were up all night and paid for it:(

Clean, spacious rooms and friendly helpful staff made my stay at the Residence Inn a pleasure. There is a very nice pool, and the free hot breakfast in the morning is a full breakfast (eggs & bacon etc.). The location in downtown Tampa is great, with a short 12 minute drive to the airport. The only complaint I had was the Wi-​Fi was pretty slow, but other than that I enjoyed my stay. I’ll be back here next time I’m in Tampa.

The Residence Inns usually don’t have restaurants on location but instead they do have certain complimentary dinner and drinks around 6pm. At this location the dinner I had was definitely not worth checking out. I was there on pasta night, which tasted like frozen left overs reheated. Eh, gross.
Strike 1: The pool was small and shared with the courtyard Marriott next door. Also a whole lot more shade than sun at this pool. It was cold since the sun was no where in sight since both hotels block it out.
Strike 2: The parking was inconvenient at check in and isnt free, it is $ 12 regardless if of your reward status (they don’t follow any reward status here at all). I like to park and not have to run back and forth for luggage. I’m glad it wasn’t raining and once I was checked in, it was easier to relax.
Strike 3: Not clean. See my photo, a trash can was left overflowing over night with a friggin plate and bread on the ground. They put a bill under my door late night so clearly a staff member walked by the trash. The room was not the cleanest either.
Bonus, Strike 4: the breakfast had nothing healthy… no fresh fruit at all. In fact, nothing fresh. Yum, greasy sausage reheated… can’t wait.
Extra bonus strike 5: free wifi, yes! Moves at snail speed after 5 pm when the entire hotel tries to gain access.
One pro I can think of: I liked the balcony view and room set up. The surrounding area is nice.
Return rating: 8% …too many strikes to enjoy my stay

Wow, I am not really sure how this hotel has such good reviews. It is a Residence Inn, and by nature offers all the services listed by other users. This is not the best or worst I have stayed at. It is just OK.
We stayed here due to the proximity to Ybor and the amentities that a Residnece Inn has to offer. What I did not like is the fact that I could not park in the lot across the street. I was told that they were full, and no more parking was available. Seriously? A.) It should be first come first serve. So if people leave, they lose there spot, just like anywhere else.
B.) Free parking is listed on the website.
C.) I am a Platinum member. :)
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Better than Ritz. Down to earth friendly, (call you by name), without being stuffy. Bent over backwards helpful and resolved problems immediately. Free shuttle, free full breakfast (healthy too), free internet. Clean, good size rooms. OH! Even free snacks like Beer and wine!
What more do you need? Can I move in for good?