Review: Nov. 5, 2005 My night stay
at the Ramada Inn downtown Detroit was the worst and most terrifying
experience of my life. My colleage and I checked in at 10:00 p.m.
There were homeless peaple and "renters" wandering around
the hotel. We were in the middle of the projects. At first glance
it seemed very dangerous but we didn't know where else to go. The
hotel was built in the 1920's and has not been updated. The rooms
were disgustingly filthy,there was no heat, the lock was broken
off our door, and there were no towels to shower with. There were
others staying there with us and they found blood all over their
room floor and phone. They changed rooms and found beer bottles
all over the room. The renters that live there appear to have access
to the whole building. Riding the elevator or walking in the halls
was dangerous. We decided to lock ourselves in our room and wait
for daylight to get out. At about 12:00 at night, we heard a woman
in the room next to us screaming and yelling for her life. We assume
she was being raped but we will never know. We were to frightened
to call the police. We barcaded the door and got whatever items
in the room we could find to use for weapons in case he was coming
to our room next. Shortly after everything went silent until we
heard a knock at our door. It was a man bringing towels to our room.
At this point it was 12:37 at night. What kind of hotels deliver
towels at 12:37 at night? Of course we did not answer the door and
waited for morning. Needless to say we checked out and will never
go back or forget this terrifying experience.
Review: Nov 5, 2005 To all, the date of our stay may
seem outdated, my parents are from detroit and we go back to visit
family, downtown is close so we choose the Ramanda, we go there
late and went into the room, bugs everywhere. This is truly the
worse Ramanda in the country, the hotel did refund my Dad his money.
We have noticed that Detroit has built several new hotels downtown,
but we choose to stay out of the metro limits and drive back in.
Take my advice, stay away from this Ramanda, It is true (nov 3,
2005) this hotel rents out boarding rooms and tries to feel the
other rooms with guests,
Review: Nov. 2, 2005 This was absolutely the worst Hotel
I have ever been in! I checked in and checked out quickly. This
Hotel is rundown, dirty, seedy, and home to vagrants whom roam the
halls freely (with Liquor in hand.) I will never stay in a Ramada
Hotel again, and will tell my friends not to as well. The photos
on the website of this paticular hotel must be 100 years old, because
the hotel looked nothing like the photographs! The building needed
a good cleaning, painting, and debugging. Upon entrance to my room
I was shocked! Dirty carpet, filthy and broken refridgerator, both
windows would not close properly, one cracked window, broken and
hanging fire alarm, filthy tub, cracking plaster, and the room smelled
like something dead! This hotel was rated three stars? Maybe they
forgot the negative sign in front of the three because I give the
hotel a negative 3 stars. I would not send my worst enemy, nor a
rat to stay at that Hotel! Of the three elevators only one worked
(barely) it was delapitated! When checking out the clerk asked me
why I was leaving and i was very honest. He was kind and agreed
with everything I said. He said he hears this all the time. How
embarrasing for the Ramada company. Luckily I found a Holiday Inn
about 3 blocks away. I told them where I came from and they laughed.
They said they hear the same story everyday. They hear about the
rundown, dirty, tenament slum, called The Ramada Hotel on Bagley.
I will never stay in a Ramada Hotel again. I hope this disgrace
of a hotel will be checked upon by the management of the Ramada!
Review: Oct. 31, 2005 On the last leg of our HONEYMOON we
thought we'd taken a wrong turn and checked into PRISON!!! That
is how inviting the he/she (not sure of gender) guard at the front
desk was to us. The room was freezing cold and the bedspread was
covered in burn holes. The whole room stank of bleach which was
not pleasant. To top it all we spent $80.00 in cab fare to get to
this pile of crap for a 1 night stop over. There is no bus or train.
This should be the first clue - do not go downtown Detroit. WE SHOULD
HAVE SLEPT ON THE AIRPORT FLOOR. Even the bogs at the airport were
more pleasant!!!!
We were told that we would be in an exciting shopping district
by our lying tour operator. The first person we saw looked like
an inbred on crack cocaine. The second lot were a husband and wife
team who were looking for a tasty treat out of the rubbish bin.
We decided to go the opposite way. The whole place looked like a
derelict ghost town and we were too afraid to look anybody in the
face. We didn;t feel safe and we checked out of the hotel and spent
the day at the airport.
We are both experienced travellers who like to see culture and
local life. We do not just want a cushy 5* hotel which we want to
stay in all day. Having been to over 22 countries, hostels, backpacking
and lowbudget and luxury holidays I can honestly say that my 1 day
stay in Detroit was the worst!
