Ramada Columbia

This has got to be THE worst bed I’ve ever slept in in my entire life! It’s like sleeping on a wooden box. My back is killing me right now. $ 149, room is old and outdated, microwave is from the 80s, tv is small, and I’m afraid to go check out the «free» breakfast. I turned the air off overnight because I was sneezing, not sure what was being blown into my lungs. If you have other choices, take them. I would have been more comfy sleeping in my car!

This place is a dump. The place smells like a cocktail of Lysol and cigarettes. The bathroom looks like a homeless shelter. If I thought I could find another place to stay on homecoming weekend, I’d pack my bags and leave. The yuck factor for this place is a 12 on a 1:10 scale. Disgusting is putting it mildly. I recommend you sleep in your car if the only alternative is staying here.

For a 2 star hotel I thought this place was decent. The room was clean and everything worked, they have a pool and a decent breakfast. My only complaint is they stop serving breakfast at 9 even on the weekends and they do not keep the breakfast area well cleaned and stocked during breakfast hours. The front desk staff were very nice. Oh and they don’t make the workers wear uniforms, I find that a bit disturbing.

Decided to shock the pool at 11:00 AM. Kicked us out. Doing that at 6:00 AM when no one is swimming would have made too much sense.
Phone does not work. Doors stick and smell like smoke in nonsmoking room. Sink faucet water is either super hot or super cold. You cannot adjust it and never know which it will be. Resorted to washing our hands using the tub faucet. Waffles taste like chemicals.
Ridiculous.
A couple hours later, and I can report a dead bird in the filter of the pool not properly dealt with, and right now, we are sitting in darkness. The maintenance man flipped the breaker off to a set of rooms and the office. They can’t figure out how to get the power back on…

Where do I begin! First, do not, I repeat do not stay here! So many things that are bad not sure how to list. The place hasn’t been remodeled probably since the 80’s and it is in desparate need. Funny smell in the room. Not sure if it’s the cleaning solution they use or they are trying to mask another odor. Whatever the case, it was disguesting. Stains on the sheets. They had been washed, but needed to be replaced, same with the towels. When i asked for additional towels, the woman at the desk said, they were out. (I think she was the only person working in the entire hotel). Poor temperature control. Sticky substance in the night table drawer. Gross! Also room seemed dusty, all kept sneezing and we don’t have allergies.
Didn’t try the breakfast, had no interest.
Two positives: wifi was good and the bed was fairly comfortable.
We came to Columbia for a college weekend and this was the only room available, even 6 months ago. We won’t stay here again. Would rather drive an extra ½ hour to Jefferson City if no other rooms are available, and that says something.
And the worst part, they charged $ 129/​night for the room. A $ 1 is too much.

This is a mixed review.
When I first arrived, I needed a place to sleep the night where I wouldn’t get broken into, I could have a bed free of bugs, the sheets wouldn’t be nasty, and the price would not be based on an hourly rate. I walked in there wanting to see a room up front because I had already viewed the Country Inn and Suites and they were asking for $ 100+. Ramada, $ 75. This visit occurred at 7−11−14, there was only one young lady to attend to me (she was managing the entire complex by herself, the phone was ringing off the hook and people were whining and moaning about getting their rooms) and she did a great job! 5-​stars for service.
The room had a weird smell to it, which I isolated it down to the AC. Thus I couldn’t have the room cool without the fishy/​weird smell. (half-​star off) The wi-​fi also required restarting. (half-​star off). There was this car that had car-​alarm problems for a LONG time. I called down to the desk and she was able to get the guest to stop the noise, but they merely changed its parking spot (which was meaningless because the car still went off a couple of times during the night [half-​star again]).
For breakfast, the pickings were really not that great. I was hoping for some eggs and sausage, I got neither. They offered cereal, toast, and waffles. I think pancakes might have been an option, but I’m not a pancake guy and I had to figure out what I wanted to eat (another half-​star).
So the lady at front was VERY helpful even if the place she worked for was a dump. So she gets 5-​stars and the hotel gets 3 (or perhaps less). I guess I got what I paid for…

A very standard and underwhelming hotel stay. The room was clean, the heater worked, and it lacked in any distinctive odors. That’s all good news! But… that’s also where the good news ended. There was no elevator – only a minor inconvenience, but an inconvenience nevertheless. The front desk could not offer a corkscrew. Granted, WE are the ones that forgot our own corkscrew, but it’s a very small cost to the hotel and would have helped us out. They say breakfast is served between 6 – 9, but what they mean is «breakfast is over at 9.» We showed up at 8:45 and there was one blueberry bagel and one plain one. The waffles were gone as was the sausage gravy. We waited at first for the final re-​stock but it never came. When we finally asked about it, we were told «breakfast is over.» OK, sure, it is NOW, but where was the food 15 minutes ago. The shower cycled between scalding hot and ice cold. I know, I know (!), Unilocal readers, these are all very minor problems – some of which were brought on by this writer. But, these are precisely the kinds of things that a hotel worthy of higher review would take into consideration. Unilocal says two stars is the qualitative equivalent of «Meh, I’ve experienced better.» That seems exactly right. The rooms are clean and odor free; the bathroom had toilet paper; there were towels. But, aside from that, everything else was either mediocre or absolutely lacking. Oh! The wi-​fi totally worked and absolutely did not suck. (Which has not been true at other hotels I’ve stayed in.) So there’s that.
Ha! After I hit publish on this review the hair dryer broke and could not be reset, and my Special Lady Friend discovered that the ice machine won’t produce ice. YAY! Let’s get out of here!

Another pet-​friendly hotel that reserves the worst rooms for pet owners. Would not stay here again.