Rodeway Inn University

Eewwww! Yukky! Ickie! Gross!
Is an excellent example of why I don’t stay at Rodeway. Filthy. Disgusting. We asked for a non-​smoking room and the first room we were given, we opened the door and the stench nearly knocked us off our feet and we were still outside. The second room was exceptionally musty, but it was 1:00 in the morning, we were exhausted and just wanted a shower and bed. I was scared to walk on the carpet in bare feet and wwas most grateful that my socks were black to begin with.
Awesome water pressure in the shower, though.

I booked a room for three days but managed to take care of my business in Newark in two days. So I had to check out early and get a refund for my third day. Getting my refund was a breeze and the manager was really pleasant and even asked if I enjoyed my stay, which was a plus. So I would highly recommend this place if you are looking for an affordable place to stay. It’s clean and my room and bathroom looked newly renovated.

Little back story first: I had a trip planned with my mother, girlfriend and I to visit a race track in Pennsylvania on a Saturday night, then we had to be at another race track in Dover on Sunday morning at 6:30am. So we needed a place to stay in between for roughly 4 – 5 hours.
My girlfriend and I chose this hotel which was in between both of our destinations, and right off the highway.
HORRIBLE CHOICE. We arrived at about 12:30am, checked in, got into the room. Was super quick, no hang up. Upon going into the room, we noticed one bed had stains on the comforter. That is pretty gross. The fridge was NOT hooked up and was room temperature when I opened it. Not sure how long it was unplugged for. We requested to have a coffee pot in the room, there was none. When we tried to turn the shower on, only the bath would run. I tried many times to figure out how the shower would turn on, but nothing worked. While we were in the room, we smelled smoke the entire time we were there. We asked for non-​smoking. Upon checking out at 5am, we told the clerk about everything that was wrong and how we didn’t enjoy our stay for roughly 5 hours for $ 79. We also told him about how the outside of our door had a «SMOKING» sign on it, as well as the rest of the floor. He said that sometimes «people switch the signs around, but that is a non-​smoking room» REALLY?! After telling him more about what we didn’t like, he said «Oh, well you’ll have to talk to the manager» and handed us a business card.
I contacted Choice Hotels, who run Rodeway Inn. They sent the matter over to the manager. From what I was told, since each Rodeway Inn is a franchise, the manager would have to make a choice on what to do, not the company. Fair enough. After talking to the manager, he said the best he can do is «give us the best room, at the best rate next time we are there». I don’t think so.
Also, since we booked through
, they cannot do anything.
So, in conclusion, this place is horrible, rooms are gross, everything is poorly run, and the management can careless. Skip this place and find another!

I would give it 5 but there would 2 issues 1^st the smoking rooms are backed up to the non smoking so the smoke comes there the bathroom 2^nd the staff 1^st night the guy asked about snakes (HELL NO I DON’T WANT SNAKES) 2^nd the other guy said «I’m incompetent so you will have to wait for the manager» other then that it was GREAT

Place is DISGUSTING. There were molds growing on the towel. Carpet is filthy. Eww. Never coming back again. Save yourself and go stay somewhere else.