University Inn & Conference Center

I am speechless. I have never in my life stayed in such conditions. There was a crack in the wall, wallpaper torn off several walls, wires running on the outside of the wall, holes in the wall covered with plywood, worn and dirty carpet. The swimming pool is filled in and needless to say unusable. Our tv did not work at all– would not turn on. Only good– sheets, towels, and bathtub was clean. They said they are remodeling but I cannot not believe they are open. No sprinkler system or smoke alarm in the room. Do not stay here!

This horrible place does not even deserve the one star I am forced to give them. My family and I are here for the weekend for Clemson homecoming, and unfortunately for us this was the only place with available rooms. We are not picky people when it comes to hotels but we did do some research on this hotel, and read all of the reviews describing how terrible it was. We booked it anyway thinking; how bad could it really be? This place is absolutely atrocious and should be shut down immediately. Although you can tell they are slowly making improvements, I’m going to save myself some time and tell you to read every review posted. Within FIVE minutes of us being here we saw everything described in those reviews from mold to cockroaches and even that awful smell. We walk into the room and there is a crack in the wall that looks like someone decided to rip out the cable wire for the TV. And so far I’ve killed two cockroaches in the bathroom. We are here sleeping with all the lights on in hopes that the roaches from the bathroom will stay in the bathroom. There are no fire detectors in any of the rooms, and not a sprinkler in sight for the entire hotel. Aside from the apparent uncleanliness of this hotel, the extreme disregard of the safety of the hotels occupants is alarming. This hotel should be closed immediately, this is beyond unacceptable, it’s a hazard.

I wish I could give it a negative star rating! Absolutely disgusting. The rooms smell like a mildew, mold and animal urine. We went out and bought Lysol just to be able to get through the night. We are not germophobes at all — but would not take off our shoes in the room. We also had to buy towels (the 2 provided were threadbare and tiny) and pillows (the two provided were tiny and had a cottage-​cheese-​texture). The walls and ceilings definitely showed water damage. The wall paper was peeling at every seam. The hallways to the rooms reeked of the same mildew and animal urine. I was afraid to put my toothbrush on the counter. Frightening. Disgusting. Needs to be condemned. The pictures on Priceline and the website are INACCURATE. for example, the pool in the pictures is filled in with concrete now.

Great place. Great staff. I was sad to see so many low ratings for a place that employs students and is run very well. The place is gorgeous and well maintained. I personally like the fact that they support the school and employ so many students. My expectations were realistic in this regard. Shame on those giving this place only 1 star

Absolutely terrible customer service. Booked a room for UGA Clemson game and canceled online only to find out that somehow their automated system made another reservation. The reservation was made in March and I was due to stay Labor Day weekend (5+months later). I never received any sort of confirmation for my upcoming stay and never checked in the hotel, yet I was charged $ 600. When I attempted to dispute the charges I was told that I would have to speak to a manager. After calling to speak with the manager I was passed around for 5 days and was told only he could assist me. I am still dealing with this issue and the manager has yet to return my call. DO NOT STAY HERE

The room was quiet and comfortable, so I guess that is good. However, the hallways are so scuffed up that you start to question how clean it really is. The continental breakfast is lacking. Nothing special at all. I drove over to the grocery store to get some fresh fruit. But most important was that maybe only one or two of the security lights in the parking lot were working. The hotel is isolated so safety became a huge concern.

This was formerly the Ramada and d.b.a. The University Inn & Conference Center, despite the fact that the signage outside still says Ramada.
Let’s see… we rolled up to the University Inn & saw that they had not even removed the Ramada signs yet. It changed YEARS ago. Not usually a good sign. The marquee was missing letters. The sign above the lobby door had been spray painted over. The staff was friendly enough. The hotel has an overall… odor. I can’t quite describe what it is, but it wasn’t fresh/​clean. Upon entering our room, we noticed a couple of things. The couch looked like it was about 30 years old. I have seen better options at my local thrift store. No one has vaccumed behind it in quite awhile. A dead roach had his demise by the window (probably due to fright of room). The carpet is disgusting. Went into the bathroom to discover that someone had dumped what looked like an entire ashtray of cigarette ashes without flushing. Good thing our room was cleaned before we checked in! Then the toilet wouldn’t flush, which was probably a good thing since I didn’t really want to urinate on top of cigarette ashes. We called the front desk and they did send someone up to clean/​repair the toilet.
I felt very icky staying there but I will say the bed was fairly comfortable. Luckily, we didn’t have to spend much time in the room, but paying $ 200 a night for this room is not only laughable, it’s just down right ridiculous, game weekend or not.
I had several other friends staying in the same hotel, who reported similar issues, including broken A/​C (it was only 85 this past weekend) and poop smeared on the bathroom wall. Yummy! Someone’s car got vandalized overnight as well, although it’s quite possible that was just a drunken student from an opposing team.
What the hell happened to this place. The hotel and the restaurant were NOT that bad when I was in school there.