University Inn

The staff was very kind and responsive. The room was comfortable and clean.
We had a heating issue, but they lent us a space heater and it worked like a charm.
A+ would stay again.

I’m born and raised in Tucson and am familiar with my lodging options and neighborhoods. This place is basic, clean, safe, and a convenient location for the price. It’s walkable to UA, North 4^th Ave., and surrounding neighborhoods, the Warehouse District, and Downtown. It’s more than adequate for a quick and busy visit.

Great customer service! Clean rooms, breakfast, reasonable price… definitely staying here again…

Outstanding basic (++) motel. Very clean & well kept rooms and other facilities. Has refrigerators & microwaves. Price was very reasonable. We get to Tucson a couple of times a year and always stay here. Very convenient to other Tucson locations. Owner manager couple are very friendly & nice AND really take great care maintaining their nice facility. Well done University Inn professionals.

What a delightfully clean room! After long travel/​work days all I want is a clean place to stay. To my amazement there was a fridge (not a tiny one either) a microwave And a full sized ironing board! I think people might complain about the age of the building or the bed. Please, it’s fine! I think we’ve all become a little too spoiled. The room’s cozy, clean, there’s all the amenities needed. What a nice staff too! I’ve stayed at way worse hotels on the Las Vegas strip! I think I’ll stay here every time I come to Tucson.

I REMEMBER when I was 18 years old and helping my dad pack up and move from New Jersey to Southern California. He was getting a camper hitch put onto the back of his car at a Uhaul dealer in a rural gas station town off of the turnpike while I was exploring the area. I entered a nearby diner with two big piercings in my lips and crimson/​black hair; and the staff paused with a confrontational frown and after a beat, the closer of the two told me that they can’t serve me, they don’t have to-​go and bye.
So lo and behold, some ten years later, after traveling the world, losing the face piercings, getting piercings below the face and getting tattoos, I find myself having the same exact prejudice-​based-​on-​looks experience here by some asshat who owns or manages University Inn in not-​so-​rural Tucson. I booked this place on Priceline a few weeks before I came to Tucson and apparently if you accidentally put your credit card information wrong here, the owner or manager can decide that he can charge you higher than the quote that Priceline gives.
He said that it costs so much money to run a hotel and having to deal with the stress from people like me who leave wrong credit card numbers and not show up because it happens so often, and these Priceline discounts take so much money away from his business (why advertise on Priceline?), therefore I must pay $ 7/​night more than what Priceline quoted. Not only that, I then was lectured about this being a quiet, clean hotel and emphasizing that I am not allowed to set the air conditioner below 74 degrees.
After paying more money than what was advertised on Priceline and being given a condescending lecture, I got the room and called Priceline about the incident and their accounting rep was surprised that he refused to honor the Priceline quote. She called the hotel and made them honor the deal listed on the website. She then came back on the line with me and told me that University Inn told her that it was a mistake and that they didn’t mean to make me pay more than the listed offer and told me to go back to the lobby to gladly get the difference refunded. I went back to the front and basically the guy walked quickly from the back area to the front of the lobby and I got lectured at again, he said that he is doing this as a courtesy and it was still my fault.
I am pretty sure if I was wearing a polo shirt or a suit and had a smiley demeanor like the other three Unilocal reviewers to this place, I would not have been treated like I was going to be doing a lot of drugs, partying and recklessly turning up air conditioning. I actually hate too much air conditioning and only had sex once while there, so poor assumptions all around.

There was some sort of a mixup on the fitted sheets and after three days it remains unresolved. They are using flat sheets in place of fitted sheets but those don’t stay in place; Yuck! I don’t understand what the other reviewers see in this place — Maybe there is new management?

This is a slightly older building, but it is a good value. It is worth looking at.

This place was very clean but I couldn’t sleep at all because of the HORRIBLE bed! I felt that the mattress was old and hard like rock! I would understand that the price I asked for so CHEAP that is what I got. But it was nice that they offered breakfast and WIFI! So… If you really wanted to save money, this place is for you. I spent approx $ 60 for the night.

Place was very clean, staff friendly, bed was great. I would stay here again.
Ps. Price can’t be beaten