Genetti Hotel & Suites

I normally stay at a Best Western when I visit this town. I heard that the Genetti was good and newly renovated, so I Googled it. Google listed a price of $ 88 per night. Not bad!
Oddly, you can’t reserve a room online, so I called the hotel. They quoted a price of $ 120 per night. When I said that Google told me $ 88, they said, yes they could do $ 88. And, I would get a pool side room. The price discrepancy and the fact that they immediately accepted my word on the $ 88 price advertised on Google set off alarms, but I’d heard good things, so I took it.
The first impression wasn’t good. The lobby is cluttered and not even close to as nice as those found in standard chain hotels. The front desk looked to be a painted plywood front on what used to be a coat closet.
The front desk staff were consistently pleasant and helpful. But they were the start and end of any experience of quality at Genetti.
We got our room keys only to discover that, «pool side room» is code for «the 1960s-​era motel around back.» The hotel itself is a multi-​story building with rooms on the inside — rather posh looking from the outside. The «pool side rooms» are in a separate building that looks like a Motel 6 that woke up with a hangover. The room smelled, light filtered in around gaps in the door frame. The bathroom had a dingy drop-​tile ceiling that was installed way too low. There was no light in the shower and the curtain was nearly flush with the ceiling, so you had to choose between showering with the curtain open or showering in the dark.
Whatever. It was cheap, so I figured we’d survive, we just wouldn’t return in the future. Then we discovered the hell that is Genetti’s housekeeping.
We were there for three days. Room service didn’t empty the trash cans in the room. They didn’t so much «make» the bed as hastily arrange the sheets. Honestly, when I returned after room service had been there, it looked like someone had laid down on the bed. The sheets were rumpled and the pillows squashed.
The rooms were non-​smoking, but there were tables outside the rooms that were clearly for smoking (as evidenced by the ashtrays). Whatever, I don’t have anything against smokers, but don’t call your rooms, «non-​smoking» then park smoking tables right outside ill-​fitting room doors.
The hotel has a bar. And they even pay someone to stand behind it. But apparently, there is some confusion as to the bartender’s actual duties. She was clearly annoyed at having to bring us drinks. There were maybe a dozen people in the place. She reluctantly took our order, then ignored us the rest of the evening.
Perhaps the $ 120 rooms in the actual hotel are better. But for the advertised $ 88 price, what you’re getting is less a hotel than a trailer park with delusions of grandeur.

Our room 228 is tiny and the bathroom even smaller. The sink is so small that both my daughter and husband have hit their faces with the faucet trying to drink from it. The beds are painful, the pillows are good and the breakfast is average and the coffee is too hot and tastes like metal, I think it’s the water.
Many Chinese groups traveling between Niagara Falls and DC overnight at this hotel and they are loud and inconsiderate, they scream in the hallways and slam doors.
The town is depressing. So go during a sunny day if at all possible.
If possible ask about getting a large room on the higher floors.

Great location and the staff here are absolutely wonderful… would be a great place to stay and do a pub crawl In downtown Williamsport…

Do not waste your time at the restaurant here, there is no service. My friend and I were ignored for a full 20 minutes after being seated, no one even asked for our drinks! We were seated in front of the hostess stand and were ignored while people were seated around us. It was truly disgraceful and management should be appalled by their poor service.

Just stayed for 2 nights, got a king size room for $ 69.95/ night! (Be sure to ask for the «coupon rate.») Has all the amenities a major chain has including free parking and free breakfast (and it’s a real breakfast, diner quality.) A very clean place. Lots of nostalgia. Great place to stay to save money and get a good nights sleep and take a hot shower. I’ll be back…

Very old historic hotel, the place is huge the location is great., the lot is kind of far to walk from but parking is free… Our room was small and the bathroom was very tiny and oddly set up, the breakfast buffet was good but not as good as they made it out to be, free coffee and tea day and night and the restaurant was decent

I like that this hotel is not your typical chain hotel. Nice rooms, great staff, nice breakfast. Lots of charm.

Love love this hotel. We stopped here on our way to Virginia Thanksgiving eve. Very nicely decorated for Christmas in the lobby. Rooms were comfortable as were the beds. If you are looking for something with the old school charm then this is the hotel for you considering it was built in the 1900’s. Breakfast was okay (I have had better and I have had worse) Within walking distance to restaurants. Staff was friendly.
Just a nice clean older non-​chain hotel. I would definately stay again. And you can keep the rubber ducky in the rooms!

Love this hotel! Clean cozy rooms, friendly helpful staff, free parking lot, free and simple to connect wifi, swimming pool, and amazing jacuzzi in our room for more than reasonable rate. Much better overall vibe than the standard chain hotels. The free breakfast was pretty tasty too!

Stayed here while passing through Williamsport for a night. Not only was the Genetti extremely affordable, but the room was charming and clean. The staff was very kind and clearly takes seriously the hotel’s self-​proclaimed mission to be more than a profit-​driven institution. The complimentary breakfast buffet won’t win any awards but is a great perk. All in all, highly recommended.

We loved staying here. Our room was really nice and clean and spacious with lots of charm! The staff was friendly and helpful. We felt like this was a real hidden gem!

The hotel, restaurant, and bar are all wonderful! My husband and I have stayed there several times over the last few years. Every time we were treated like family or close friends. The food is good in the restaurant. The bar service is excellent. The check in desk staff is always helpful and informative about what’s going on in the area. The hotel reminds you of days gone by, but with added this century conveniences. I’ve also stayed with groups of friends there for parties. They catered to our every need (not at all easy with 10 – 15 women). Price is great (best hotel price in Williamsport)! We’ve also taken our two little dogs with us on a couple of occassions. They are very pet friendly!

Mediocre (at best) food and, rotten service. If you don’t get the buffet, don’t be surprised to wait an hour for your entrees.

In a day when hotels come and go, get bigger, more expensive and pollute the local landscape while being taken over by heartless massive (far away) chains and guests are treated like numbers, it’s refreshing to see the lovely Genetti Hotel still standing.
Built in 1922 with much of its original exterior character and charm intact, the Genetti has a friendly and hospitable feel to it from the moment you walk through the door. While most of the interior décor has been updated to include central air conditioning, modern lighting, noxious carpet, unfortunate drop ceilings and other modern «fixes» — the Roaring Twenties nostalgia still shines through when you look for it. Antique furniture, original Victorian mail slots (the ones that travel the entire length of the elevator for outgoing mail), old photos and huge ancient crystal chandeliers take you back to the postwar generation of Millionaire’s Row level economic growth, with practicality of course, and lots of Big Band J a z z.
The Genetti allows pets, without drama, and for a $ 15.00 pet-​stay fee which is the least amount we’ve ever paid to travel with Mary. There is an outdoor pool oddly placed in or near the parking lot, the only place it could go, I imagine. I’m not a big fan of public pools, but very refreshing after a weekend of hiking the mountains in weather that was hotter than blazes. The Genetti also entertains with their own Ale House and a restaurant, the Fourth Street Grille. Both offer good food and a nice selection of libations, which I’m sure the business travelers appreciate for being open late with helpful and competent workers. Other amenities include a fitness center, communal computers and free Wifi. I really like the soaps & shampoos which remind me of grandmother’s house with their light scent and vintage labels that mark them as being all natural.
I’ve stayed here in the past, while traveling for work, and I’ve never been disappointed, however this trip wasn’t my best experience. Current remodeling is giving off some nasty chemicals in rooms where no one should be invited to stay or given a key. Our first room was a deluxe suite, near the pool, but so terribly airtight and toxic from the building materials that we couldn’t stay for more than five minutes. Just enough time to call the concierge to request a new room. They accommodated our request but I couldn’t help but hope to god that no one else would have to stay in that room because of our aversion. Maybe they could be more selective in their paint choices and the contents of the other construction materials. There are lots of affordable VOC-​free paints and Formaldehyde-​free stuff on the market. Not only would this change be an indication of noble, ethical business practices, but would also provide good customer service while getting guests back into the respective rooms (=$) more quickly after a remodel. Seriously, who wants to spend 150 bucks a night to wake up with a manufactured headache?

Cheap, friendly, old, clean,
They make you feel like home!

The Genetti is a nice clean hotel for the price. I staid here once while waiting for a plane at the nearby airport and the stay was better than driving to Philly for the connecting flight. You do get a breakfast in the morning that is not the best but again I have seen worse.
On another note my sisters old highschool used this for their senior prom and had to have their food catered in instead because the kitchen was shut down for a food poisoning outbreak at the time.

Rolled into this place on our bicyling tour of the Pennsylvania Wilds. We literally spotted the neon sign on the roof and headed for it. The room was huge, clean, quiet, cheap ($ 80), and it came with a free continental breakfast.
We were expecting «midwestern» style food – not as much salt or spice as restaurant food in other places – and that’s what we got. The continental included bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, fried potatoes with peppers, two kinds of cereal, toast and jam, juice, and fruit salad. That puts your average Chain Hotel continental to shame. And the coffee was surprisingly good. Smooth, even.
Maybe our expectations weren’t too high, but we thought this place was classy, and it had a big impact on our impression of Williamsport. There was an old-​fashioned mail slot by the elevators, so you could drop a letter in on any floor and watch it go down a glass tube to the lobby. I’ve seen these in other old buildings in Baltimore, but this one was actually a working mailbox.
The hotel tied in nicely with the public radio DJ booth in a store front and the old original newspaper building (also still functional) right around the corner, and made the town seem cute in a «land-​that-​time-​forgot» kind of way. If we’d stayed in a chain hotel, Williamsport would been just like any other dump along the highway.

The food of this hotel is terrible. One time I had buffet there for dinner, and the price was much more expensive than any other buffet in town. There were no more than 15 varieties of food (including hot entrees salad desserts and bread) .The most important thing was not lack of food, it was the food tasted very normal and some were even nasty. You wondered what kind of chef worked there. I cooked more delicious food than they did there.
Well, no more Genetti for me in Williamsport.

Horrible, horrible, horrible! This is a cute old hotel, the biggest problem is the fact that it IS so old. The food isn’t good at all, I’ve been to four wedding receptions at the Genetti and I can’t believe someone was paid to cook that stuff. The previous manager was obviously horrible, I know people who work or have worked there. It’s a joke and you’re better off staying at a National Chain.

This old hotel has a lot of charm. I’ve only stayed here once but am treated to the wonderful Sunday buffet about 4 times a year.