The Arizona Riverpark Inn

HORRIBLE! Ballroom needs painted. Made us use same chair covers from event the night before! ! Lied too. Glad we made it a good time but would not recommend and never again use!!# event coordinator needs replaced!

I use this hotel every year when I’m in Tucson for Comic-​Con. Yes the décor is out-​dated. Yes the (free) breakfast isn’t 5-​star dining. Yes the beds are not the most comfortable. But you know what?! The rooms are clean. The staff is super friendly. The breakfast is free, and while it’s not 100% home-​made, what part of FREE BREAKFAST is difficult to grasp?! I really like this place and walking distance from the convention center is icing on the cake. Definitely a pleasant experience every time I’ve stayed there.

Not bad, clearly it used to be nicer since everything looks a bit aged. Decent amenities, 4 tennis courts, pool, hot tub etc. ground units facing the courtyard have sliding glass doors & a table outside. The room itself was fairly clean, a washable bedspread (always a nice thing). The full breakfast is a buffet of scrambled eggs, sausage & hash browns, a make your own waffle station, & cereal bar. I didn’t see fruit available & the food quality is inexpensive. There is a tram stop right outside for easy movement around downtown & tickes for sale in the lobby. all in all not bad. Low on charm, good on convince of stay.

It’s really not that bad… had a great stay, even though it was only for one night. I was pleasantly surprised to see a mini-​fridge in the room. Perfect for stocking the room with beer.
I found the rooms to be clean and well kept. The bathroom was a bit small but it did the job it needed to do. They had adjoining rooms and suites and a great smelling flower spectacle outside. I enjoyed the courtyard area where the pool is located. Lots of outdoor fun to be had.
The ballroom was spacious and the little bar in the lobby was well stocked. Sure, they overcharged for a keg of beer for the wedding we attended but at least there were other options.
Located close to the rail transit system it was a convenient place to stay and enjoy the city. It’s right by the highway but I didn’t notice any noise pollution, so that’s good.
It was cheap and easy and I would totally stay here again.

We stayed here during Con-​Ichiwa, and it was a nice home base to spend the weekend. The main reasons we picked the Riverpark Inn were the proximity to the convention center, the trolley stop, the low price, and the fact they allow pets. We were pleasantly surprised to discover the Inn is not just a motel, but a resort with tennis and Bocce courts, lots of grass, a pleasant courtyard, and a full complimentary breakfast. It reminded us of resorts in San Diego.
The pool was clean and heated so we swam late at night and early in the morning. The hot tub was hot and larger than they usually make them these days. We really liked the fire pit by the outside bar.
The breakfast was much more substantial than we’ve received at other hotels: coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, orange and cranberry juice. Muffins, Danishes, tortillas, and bagels. Four different cold cereals and instant oatmeal, and yogurt with canned fruit. Hot food included eggs, sausage or ham, and make-​your-​own toast and waffles. Jorge and Mike worked very hard to keep everything clean and stocked. The only thing lacking was fresh fruit, but it’s understandable they’re trying to keep the costs down.
The Inn is older, and they had just hosted the Gem and Mineral Show, (as well as enduring years of construction on the trolley line), so the grounds are a little beat up. But they’re clearly in the midst of renovation and we could see the effort they’re putting in to fix it up.
The room was standard, but pleasant. We had a great view to the north and enjoyed having the window open to catch the pleasant spring breezes and watch people coming from the Santa Cruz River Park after walking their dogs. The sound of the trolley passing was not distracting at all.
The bathroom was clean and well stocked and the beds were clean and comfortable, with a newer Samsung flat screen tv with DirectTV. The fridge and microwave were clean, but the desk was grimy and the corners of the room were neglected.
We felt comfortable and safe despite the neighborhood and were glad to see all the security gates worked properly. And even with conventioneers partying by the pool all night there was no noise in the room to interrupt our sleep. The Inn seems like a good place to spend a few days relaxing rather than just a place to sleep while traveling. We might come back next year for Conichiwa, or maybe this summer for the 4^th of July – they must have a great view of the fireworks on «A» Mountain.

Very clean place and the staff is super friendly and helpful. The beds were clean and comfortable. The pool was nice and warm. I like how they kept it open late. The hot tub was very roomy. The breakfast was very good had lots of options to pick from. The only reason I have this hotel a four starts is because our room was on the side of the trolley station. The trolley was pretty loud kinda hard to go to sleep to. But the next time I’m in Tucson this will be the hotel I come back to.

First impression from their Unilocal page was impressive with the pictures but the reviews are more on the negative side. I arrive at the Inn and the lobby was nice although busy with a church group using the «ballroom».
I’m thinking that this my be a decent hotel.
I check in and get my keys, make my way to my room and nothing impressive about this room. I guess I’ll see how the night goes.
So they let me have a late checkout so I could go back and shower after I got off work. I appreciate that considering I have a long drive back home

Came here for just a one night stay was impressed by the niceness and location of the hotel for the price. They had an amazing full course buffet breakfast for free. Only complaint which I reported to the office was the sink and bathtub was very slowly draining. Would deffinetely stay here again!

Bag of trash in the closet, food debris or something all over the carpet, broken plastic utensil on floor, suspicious bedspreads. We complained and were told, «The room should be clean.» Was offered an upgrade. I told them I don’t need an upgrade, just a clean room. We were moved to a much better room that was clean. Received a satisfying response to my Unilocal review from the hotel general manager who assured me this experience was an anomaly and that all the staff would be alerted to the problem. That’s a plus.

Two Words… BED BUGS!!! Lots of them. Stay away. They offered to give us new sheets. Give me a break! I think they are well aware of the situation and don’t care.

Honestly, this hotel gives you the bare essentials without anything else. If you really want a place to stay for the night without having to go to a motel, this might be your best bet. Nothing too disgusting but nothing to wow me either. This place definitely needs a remodel and if you’re considering booking the deluxe king with a «view», it really won’t be worth it. The breakfast wasn’t so bad, they had a really good selection of cereals, juices, pastries, eggs, and potatoes.
Again, this is place is just average but I don’t think I’ll be coming back unless it’s an emergency or I’m pretty strapped for cash.

TERRIBLE.
Only giving two stars because there were no noticeable signs of bed bugs or roaches in our room.
The sheets were old and gross.
Upon check-​in, our room was dirty. Our toilet had yellow pee stains, one bed had a lipstick stain, there were cheetos on the floor, a beer bottle cap was in between the fridge and the tv (noticeable area too), there was a cup lodged in between the curtains, the fridge and microwave was COVERED in crumbs.
The sheets were weird and instead of having a fitted sheet like most beds, it was a regular sheet sort of tucked but it didn’t stay at all.
DO NOT EAT THE FREE BREAKFAST. The food gave two people in room food poisoning!!! Which with one toilet is NOT fun.
The hot tub was no where NEAR hot. And no towels were by the pool for us to use.
The staff was friendly, but that was the only good thing about this shit hole.
Stay elsewhere and spend more cash so you won’t regret it.
I only spend $ 89 + tax a night, and even that was too much. $ 50 a night would have made this okay, but this is all shit.
I hope no one spends more than what I did, because if you do you will be extremely disappointed and grossed out.
I only went because of the convention Con-​Nichiwa so we got the discounted rate. Normally at conventions we get a discounted rate, and in my 15+ conventions and various stays across the country for conventions I have never stayed at a worse hotel than this.

The Arizona Riverpark Inn is not good. I imagine that the only reason this place gets booked is that they must have a cheap rate for conventions. We were supposed to get a king bed and a queen pull-​out bed, instead we got a queen bed with a twin bed so small that the person who slept on it’s legs hung over its edge in length. The place was booked up to capacity so we were not able to switch to the proper room all weekend. Every time that we called for blankets it was hassle, we were told that they were out of blankets, only because we were stern and persistent two nights in a row did we get the blankets that we need
There is no room service at The Riverpark. The one good thing is that there is a great hot breakfast buffet. Theres a couple variations of scrambled eggs, meats, cereals, breads and a waffle iron with delicious batter (although it almost impossible to use as there is a long line for it)

Omg I became duke with 2 check ins… I GUESS NO ONE CAME BACK TO STAY TWICE.
Well, it seems a few units got NEW DOORS. We got one of those! Not so lucky for our friends who got different rooms.
So there was a giant group of us at this hotel. I think my room was the best… because of the new door. And I heard all of the horror reviews of this hotel and I can say… it wasn’t that bad. Don’t get me wrong, it was terrible. But it wasn’t that bad… because of the new door.
Yeah, so some of my friends’ complaints are as follows… chained down TV, roaches, doors that didn’t fit the doorway, no hot water, broken mirrors, dirty bathrooms, no blankets, terrible breakfast, bugs, and the things you read in the other reviews. So there you have it. I was gonna give it 2 stars because of the new door but… nah.
There’s not really that many options around here for hotels so it’s more pick your poison. I think the best part about my stay is that… IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORST.

Stayed here in the past and had a very good experience. This time was awful! Dirty room, loud kids all night, «free breakfast» was totally wiped out by scores of loud kids. Bad experience, won’t be back!

This place is disgusting. The employees are very nice and helpful. except one so far. He was very rude. This place is old and gross… there is stains on the «blankets» (more like thin sheets). They were only able to give 1 sheet. that’s all they had. They couldn’t provide any real blankets or an extra pillow. They had 1 thin sheet to give me… The doors are all busted and hard to open and close. the bathroom and shower is gross looking. It’s just an overall awful place.

Trusted a recommendation due to being close to Convention Center. Wasn’t to bad in the lobby but from there it all went downhill. Room stunk, carpet was very dirty, very old, noisy, uncomfortable beds, toilet ran, breakfast was bad – scrambled eggs were watery. How do you mess up scrambled eggs? Hash Browns were fried frozen patties, Orange Juice was half water. We stayed in the north facing side towards the Street Car tracks. I felt bad having my children even spend one night there. We checked out the next morning for a much better chain hotel that was basically the same price and seemed like a country club compared to this dump!
We paid $ 94/​night after taxes for 2 Queen beds on a Sat night.

Well, let me just say that my wife and I are thankful to be alive after having the extreme misfortune of staying at this place during a recent convention.
This was by FAR the nastiest excuse for a hotel room that I have ever experienced. This place was worse than the grossest barracks I ever stayed in while in the military, worse than my weird friends dorm room in college, and made the crawl space under a slaughter house look like the frikkin Waldorf Astoria!
The «room» had some sort of cadaver like blood stain on the carpet, of which, part was ripped up, CSI style. None of the lamps had a functioning switch and there was ONE half dollar sized bar of soap on the sink which was inexplicably located in the hallway by the closet? The toilet set was pre poop-​stained and the corners of the bathroom wallpaper had some sort of mold growing all down it.
I asked the 15 year old manager to come check out the room while we were gone to see if it was up to their «standards». When we got back, they had moved us to another room on the other side of the hotel. This room was highlighted by a sliding glass door which opened up to reveal some sort of hideous picket fence that had been, for some unknown reason, placed about 2 inches away from the door glass. WTF?. The new room looked just like the old one after maybe someones grandmother had dragged a dirty mop across the floor and possibly sprayed some (not enough) febreeze in it. THIS PLACE WAS SCARY!!!
We left that night about 3 AM after deciding that we would rather risk our lives in this horrible neighborhood looking for a decent hotel than stay another minute in this stinky-​azz dump.
If you really wanted to end your marriage or lose a client immediately, this is the place to book…

I am embarrassed to admit I even stayed here. We went to a convention and inexplicably (they must hate us), the organizers booked us here. The outside appeared run down and was surrounded by halted construction.
Upon entering our room, my husband and I noticed huge dark stains on the carpet that could have been grease, or less optimistically, blood stains remaining from some terrible, violent act. The toilet had poo on it, which was still better than the creepy, old, stained, ripped carpet. I should note that after this experience, I checked out trip advisor reviews, and another guest on there had the same stained room, over a year ago. So they don’t even care about fixing or even hiding it.
Dirty room, creepy guys standing outside our glass doorway, not good. We spoke with management, who moved us to another room.
This room didn’t have the «you will be immediately killed» feel to it, but it was on the 2^nd floor, which is important to remember when I explain that we had a sliding balcony door, but no balcony. Did you get that? The door opened onto the air of the second story. Seriously.
In order to protect guests. the facility had nailed what appeared to be a yard fence across the wall opening. See photo of our balcony door/​fence. You can see the snazzy plastic tables from the first floor underneath the yard fence. I couldn’t make this s**t up.
In one panicked moment, I wondered if my husband would actually expect us to stay there, and I considered the implications of divorce if he did. Fortunately, my husband is a good man, and we escaped in the wee hours of the night & found another hotel.
I am glad to be alive and not have scabies. Beware.

I recently spent the night in Tucson and picked Riverpark Inn from the
web site. A recent review said it was descent, and with the price listed I thought it wouldn’t be a scary place. I think Tyson G. said it best when he said it was a mediocre hotel among awful hotels. It has a convenient location — right off the highway ramp. Even the
price was $ 109, which seems higher than others who reviewed this hotel listed and questioned the value. I think the hotel is trying to separate itself from the surrounding competition — but with a $ 31 hotel and a $ 29 hotel less than a block away I don’t think they have to go over $ 100 to do that.
I can’t really say anything bad about the hotel. The room was average size with two queen beds, it was clean, and the beds provided a good sleep. It was quiet, the grounds were descent looking, and all in all it was a good night. Just not sure it was $ 109 good.
They do provide a free breakfast or a grab-​n-​go breakfast in the morning, but we slept too late for that. If you have an extra guest and want to add on a rollout bed, it’s not gonna happen here. The rooms didn’t have enough space and the front desk does not offer the service.
If you can find a coupon or a cheaper rate I think this might be one of the better options in that part of town, but that’s not saying much. If you have to pay full price I would recommend finding something further in town that may at least provide a little more for the price.