Rodeway Inn & Suites Boulder Broker

The hotel is average at best. Décor is dated, not old enough to be a classy hotel– just old enough to be a bit creepy. The elevator reeks of chlorine, and the rooms and hallways themselves do not smell that great. Breakfast was average, just some pastries, baked goods and a pancake machine. Probably won’t stay here again. Pay a little extra and stay somewhere else.

I didn’t mind the hotel or the room and the breakfast area is nice. Would stay here again if I return to Boulder. It has a Victorian feel to it. Everything was fine except for the carb-​loaded breakfast. Nothing but gluten-​filled pastries. It’s tough when you have these issues and they can’t serve a good and cheap protein like yogurt. I asked the front desk and the lady said the manager refuses to get it. The only funny thing about the hotel is the artwork hanging on the walls in the hallway to the rooms… it’s the same painting in every frame. Never seen anything like it.

The hotel is located on a dead end street, across the street from the college. It is as if it was on the same property. The students used this hotel like a college dorm. Do they get a special deal or something?
The elevators stank, the place smelled like beer, and they had those stupid plugin electric scent makers in the hallways which made me gag. And I wasn’t even in the room yet!
The décor was dated, although the in room carpet looked in decent condition. The shower drained very slow, the towel rack on the wall was was falling off, the headboard was broken, the beds were not comfortable. They had CRT TV’s. Remember those from years ago?
The included breakfast was just basically carbs and the apple/​orange juices was ok.
This hotel is just simply an extension of the campus as it is literally right next door with no separation. If you want the college dorm experience then go for it. Otherwise, for those travelers for looking a nice hotel to stay — I recommend to look elsewhere.

This place isn’t that bad, unsure why so many people here gave negative reviews. Well it’s definitely not high class or top notch. So don’t expect that when you come. However, for the price you pay, the fact that it’s an inn and that it’s available at a last minute booking, I was fairly pleased with the place.
I liked how you could see the parking lot from your window, that way you can keep an eye on your car whenever you want. The room came with a coffee and tea machine, fridge, microwave and iron. This is very handy, as you can buy groceries and refrigerate it to keep it fresh and microwave it to make it hot again.
The continental breakfast didn’t have a wide selection. They offer pastries, timbits, muffins at times, certain fruits, cereal, milk, tea and coffee. It starts at 6:30AM and ends at 9:00AM. There are plenty of seats. There is even a private room with stained glass in it so you can sit back and enjoy your breakfast in privacy with company. No one really monitors the area and there is no time limit for how long you can be there for, so you can truly relax.
The inn is not too far from grocery stores, fast food places, malls and mountains. It is a fairly convenient location.
Yes, the hotel is old but the better word for it would be nostalgic or classic. It’s like going back in time. Not old as in disgusting. It really wasn’t dirty nor lacking hot water. If you’re looking for a very renovated and modern inn, then this isn’t the place for you.

So I have stayed here a few times for work and each time has been a new trial. The other Boulder hotels seem to believe that they are actually in Las Vegas and not Colorado. Anyway, I digress. This hotel has definitely seen better days. The staff are always friendly and courteous whenever I stay here and I wish I could give this hotel a higher rating based on them.
Here is the (most recent) list of problems I have had here. The heater doesn’t work (in February, I prefer to have a little heat when I’m in the room – weird I know). The phone doesn’t work. The hot water is non existent if you try to shower or bathe after 3 p. m and before 3 a.m. The sink had only semi-​hot water, no cold. I couldn’t even set anything on the counter without it sliding off because nothing is level. I also had to heat up water in a cup in order to wash my face for the night. Now don’t get me wrong, I love to go camping; I just don’t like that I’m paying $ 60 to do it. The breakfast is pretty good just make sure you arrive early as they don’t restock after a certain time.
Hands down, the staff are pretty much the only good thing about this place. I was excited about the gym until I learned you had to pay $ 5 per day as a hotel guest to workout there. If there were updated TVs in the rooms, I could throw in a DVD because o keep a DVD player with me and workout. But alas they’re all the old school TVs from my kidhood. The Internet also sucks as it repeatedly asks me if I want to connect to the broker inn and I say yes and two seconds later it does it again. Very glad I have 10 GB of data each month lol. They do have a salon and spa on site but I’ve never made it down there. I have friends to do my massages and my sister does my trims and my friend dyes my hair. So save yourself some grey hair and spend a bit more. You’ll be happier most likely.

Price = 100.00 per night for a double… okay for Boulder
Experience = Nice staff… run down common areas. Needs major updates.
Cannot recommend this place. Rooms are alright, but the halls and common areas are horrible and super dated. Parking lot is all broken up.
Okay location…

Ya this place is old. Ive added one star for the popcorn ceiling. But i had to remove one because im sitting in an old chair with stains on both arms writing this review. I dont think they care about what you think. They are going for the never remodeled look.

I don’t like to write poor reviews, but my stay here was so bad it is something I will never forget and I hope others will avoid this place. I wish someone had warned me… I went for a work trip and this place was recommended by the event. Wish I had read the reviews first! Very dirty and unsanitary. I even found trash under my bed! Employees were not very welcoming. Such a terrible experience. The room smelled like cigarette smoke covered up by a splash of air freshener. The bathroom was disgusting as was the rest of the room. I slept with long sleeves and socks on so that no part of my body would touch the linens or the bed. No good at all…

Does the good ol’ AAA star-​rating mean anything anymore? Because this hotel has the triple A rating symbol proudly mounted outside by the entryway.
Ditto to the many reviews mentioning major problems with this hotel. I did observe that perhaps they are making an effort to get things straightened out. It is the former Broker Inn that has recently been taken over by the Rodeway Inn organization. I’m thinking that they do seem to have plans to better it, but that will apparently take some time.
In the meantime, I would simply echo others’ recommendations to «steer clear» of this hotel for the time being.
It is good that they had the sense to close the restaurant and bar for now. How well I remember the restaurant in it’s heyday… which in my humble opinion would have been the 1980s… my boss at the time liked taking our work team to lunch there. It was excellent. And the hotel seemed well-​kept and even somewhat classy back then.
I wish the Rodeway Inn the best in getting this place fixed up and really ready to house guests again. To be honest, this would involve major remodeling… new bathroom fixtures in the rooms, new carpets everywhere, new furniture, especially in the rooms, adding kitchenettes like most hotels offer these days, and much much more. I did hear from my friend who swam and used the hot tub that both were great. So that’s why I upped the review to 2 stars.
Is redemption possible here? I hope so.

The front desk staff was nice which is why I have two stars but wow this place was grimy! Thank god I didn’t notice until the morning because I wouldn’t have slept — just dripping in red crap. Could it be blood? Could it be juice? No idea, didn’t want to get close enough. I mean this is re. pul. sive. Soooo gross. Overpriced and legit nast.

Absolutely terrible. I booked my stay through a hotel booking company. I show up, check-​in and give my card for incidentals (the norm). We stayed there for the convenience of being close to the dorm rooms. However, I get a charge from the Rodeway Inn on my card. I call. They tell me that the booking company shouldn’t have charged me. That the booking company just reserves the room and I pay when I get there. I am currently trying to resolve this problem.

This place is scary. We actually left after seeing the broken door locks and people milling around in the stairwells. On top of that, the room smelled awful from the pool chlorine. Steer clear

Horrible place! It’s dirty stains everywhere. Broken lamp shades, broken shower, and the room smelled like cheap old man cologne. Asked for air freshener and they didn’t have any, we bought our own. They say the beds are queen size but they are really only full size, the beds feel like they are 30 years old. The walls are paper thin, I can hear everything and I mean everything! Thank god I only stayed one night. I will not be returning. I wish I could give no stars!

I don’t want to be mean, or take business away from anyone, but this place is a total anachronism — it’s from another place and another time. It’s not very well kept, either.
In our room, there were spots and stains all over the walls, a variety of cob webs, popcorn ceilings, poor plumbing, and a heater/​air-​conditioner that didn’t work. The remote for the TV didn’t work very well, either. Fortunately, we only planned on staying here one night, New Year’s Eve, as a way to avoid the drunks on the road. We would not have stayed any longer than that.
We went to the bar that night, and found the ubiquitous cob webs there, too. I was really wondering if anyone ever did any maintenance on the place. This whole place needs a good scrubbing, and another coat of paint. I did, however, like the sports memorabilia collection in the lobby, and in the bar. There are a lot of football helmets and jerseys leftover from when this place was in its heyday.
On the bright side, it only cost $ 50 for the night, $ 63 after taxes, and you just can’t beat that anywhere. Oh, and they are right across the parking lot from Carelli’s Italian Restaurant, a liquor store, and the William’s Village College Dorms.
If you want a very cheap, no frills place to stay during a short visit to Boulder, this is your hotel. If you want something a little nicer, move on down the road. There are a lot of good, fairly priced hotels in Boulder, but this isn’t one of them.