Clarion Hotel & Convention Center

Awful doesnt begin to describe this place. Thankfully I only had to endure one night here but I still feel bad for my family who had to stay 3 nights.

Boy, has this place gone downhill. We stayed here with immense satisfaction years ago, but now I would tell everyone I know to pass on this place.

Living? Rooms: We had a two double bed suite with a separate room for couch and tv. The couch was uncomfortable and had a wooden board where I'm guessing either the springs or the pull out bed used to be. The carpets need to be replaced and the tv was the only redeeming part of the room.

Bathroom: Mold in some of the corners definitely did not impress my mom. Thankfully there was plenty of hot water for all of us, but mold and a bit of grimy tiles just didn't do it for me.

The Bedroom: Mom's bad back was exacerbated by terrible beds. I stayed on one with my sister. Awful. My back hurt when I woke up and was too glad I only had to suffer through one night. Beds definitely need to get replaced. And, while the sheets where sort of white, they didn't have the fresh clean feeling to them. Meh.

Breakfast: What a disorganized system. The first morning they had everyone seated at tables while 1 person served every hungry diner in the hotel. According to my father, she would take orders then take them back to the poor overstressed and overworked cook. The food was meh. Powdered eggs and all. The waitress also failed to bring them drinks and her service was awful when she did have a breather. The second morning was only a bit better. This time they had us form a long long line, almost to the elevators, to wait for the buffet style food. The staff was quick to replace empty trays and the grits where the best thing on the table. The eggs were nasty. Once again, same lady failed to even come by our tables to get our drink orders. My dad eventually had to get up and get this disgusting fake orange juice. Overall, the service really left something to be desired.

The hotel itself was pretty sketchy. The room next to us was dark but the door was cracked open the whole three days my family stayed. Sketchy as hell. Also, the first room we were given, we had a door that was broken. After changing rooms, we saw the next day that some other poor guest was given that room. And I watched them fail to close and lock the broken door. Why give them a room when you know it's messed up?

The Pool: The size of a kiddie pool. I've seen bigger backyard pools.

Also, they used to have a mini-fridge in the suites. Even when I go to a comfort inn in backwoods areas they give you a mini-fridge. Apparently, it was too much money to maintain. Well, it looked like the whole hotel was too much to maintain. Don't even bother.

Other than the elevators that should be in a spooky movie, I enjoyed my stay here.

It was a quiet Thursday night so they gave me a suite.  I would highly recommend upgrading if you can because the regular rooms have windows in the front which look out into the open concept hotel center.  Every sound from below resonates and amplifies up the center of the hotel so I wouldn't have been able to get the fantastic nights' sleep that I did if I'd been in a regular room.  

The suite had a separate sitting area with a TV, table and chairs, lounge chaise chair and a wet bar.  This is where the window was.  It was a nice area to relax.  The bathroom was in the middle and was clean and bigger then most.  And the bedroom was in the back with a window facing outside.  The had pillows marked "hard" and "soft" so I knew which ones to use.  So smart!  Why doesn't every hotel do this?

On my multi-night trip, this was where I had my best night's rest.  It was about 15 minutes from Atlantic City and close to lots of restaurants.  The breakfast was actually good and the server was extremely friendly.  Both front desk clerks I interacted with were both very nice as well.

Not my favorite hotel but definitely nicer than most.  If they only had, "I Survived The Elevator" t-shirts......

Wow, what an outdated and poorly run hotel.  Hotel looks like it hasn't been updated since early 80's.  Food is weak - powdered eggs at the buffet.  Air quality is poor and seems as if the filters in the AC system not recently changed.  Staff is unmotivated and un responsive.  

I won't be back.