Red Roof Inn Tampa - Brandon

Roach infested

Prós: Had coffee

Contras: Had roaches in first room was kindly moved to another room in which had more roaches. Was forced to leave a day early.

Never again

Prós: Bed was good. Close to resturants.

Contras: Old, dirty, poor service, noisey A/C. I came to Tampa for a military reunion. It is true you get what you pay for. For an overnight stay this place is passable but for a three day stay it was horrendeous. The staff was good but could have been better.My AC had a horrible rattle in it...imagine a pair of boot in a dryer...and instead of changing my room they replaced the AC 3 times and it still vibrated loudly...it turned out the frame was loose too so I laid some pillows on it to stop the vibration. The last night I was their the cleaning ladies took my shower mat and some of my towels and didn't replace them and the toilet barely flushed. As a former member of the Armed Forces I'm used to sleeping in not so good locations, so basically all I need is a bed, sink, toilet and shower...but this motel barely moves the meter on those basic needs.

Mediocre

Prós: I liked that it was affordable and the location.

Contras: I was very disappointed that it was advertised as having breakfast. To our disappointment they do not offer breakfast. One of the deciding factors to us choosing this hotel was the breakfast option. When I went and spoke to management they said there was nothing they could do and didn't seem to care.

Ran down

Prós: This place is almost a tear down. The room smells like mildew and smoke even though it was a non smoking room

Prós: Nothing

Contras: Everything