We have stayed many times at this hotel, and this is the first time I have rated it anything below a 5. It is in the perfect location for us driving in from Louisiana to stop before getting to our beach or Orlando Vacation destination the next day. It is a beautiful hotel right off I-10. I highly recommend this hotel to others when they are making the drive in. We also stay here when our university plays FSU in Tallahassee. It is away from the noise, and is an easy drive to campus. The check-in was fabulous as always with very nice desk staff getting us into our room in a matter of 5 minutes. I visited with the desk staff a little later when nobody was around. They were polite, with the young man who is working on his degree at FSU telling me a little about his future plans, and a little about FSU. The room was and easy 5 out of 5 as always. Super comfortable beds. It was ice cold on this very hot summer day which is a plus. This room is as nice as any room. It is not highly decorated, but highly decorated is not our style. SUPER CLEAN and SUPER COMFORTABLE. The 4 out of 5 is for two reasons, I had a major sugar crash. I wear a glucose monitor and my sugar was at 42 when I went down stairs to ask for some orange juice. This is how I make my sugar go up in a controlled manner (a little at a time). The young lady at the desk didn't know how to turn on the machine that dispenses OJ, and there was no juice to buy in the ”Hotel Pantry”. Knowing how to do this would help people like me when the sugar drops. I couldn't drive at 42 and dropping because I might have run into someone. She gave me some Hi C which was like drinking sugar syrup. This morning I awoke with a sugar level well over 200. The breakfast was a total fail. The waffles were not cooking all the way through in 3 minutes, The juice machine didn't work, the eggs and sausage were cold, so we are going out for breakfast. In the past this was never the case for breakfast here. I rate the breakfast as a total fail. Overall, I wanted to rate it 5, but that would not have been honest for this stay. I will be back here again in the future. I'm sure the things that were wrong on this stay will be fixed in the future.
The Homewood Suites in Tallahassee is in a good location set back from the traffic of Apalachee Parkway. The staff are polite and accommodating. The breakfast hostess is friendly and helpful. However the hotel building has seen better days. The carpets are old and musty. Our suite on the ground floor smelled like a locker room. The worn curtains and furniture needed replacing. Overall the hotel needs a major refreshment as it’s well past its glory days. There are many better choices in Tallahassee.
We stayed here after visiting FSU for a tour. The hotel lobby is updated and welcoming. Check in was smooth but we weren’t offered our normal bottles of water at check in. When I went back to the front desk, the guy there gave it to us and said, “Oh you wanted some?”….uhhhhhh yeah! Anyway, other than that everything else was good. Pool area is nice and clean. Rooms were clean and the beds were very comfortable. Breakfast was the average Hampton Inn breakfast. Loved that they had birthday cake batter as a waffle choice. The trash cans were horrible and you had to touch them to put trash in. Who wants to have to touch a dirty trash can anytime let alone before you eat or right after. They only had one open top trash in the breakfast area the rest were push open. They did have hand sanitizer on the wall but still. They need to have all open top trash cans for people to toss their food in. I must add how impressed I was with the breakfast crew not rushing to close up breakfast at 9:59 am! Most places I’ve stayed, they’re impatiently waiting to lock up. I sat there until about 10:15 (supposed to close at 10:00) it was still open. Parking was ample, check out too 5 seconds so no complaints there. Overall good stay and I will stay again if my daughter goes to FSU.