Inn At Monticello

"Place felt like a homeless shelter. Kids didn't feel safe. Place was filthy. Was afraid to use the bathroom or even take our shoes off. We didn't dare sleep under the sheets because they were stains and hair all over the bed. Slept on top of the sheets because we were more afraid of what the bed would look like. Was the most uncomfortable 10 hours we've had in any place. The place was filthy and we had already been given a different room because the first room smelled like pot and had large stains all over the sheets. If we had a choice, we would have slept in our car instead."

"Ya know, I'm not even going to leave a bad review. The lady working the desk (I forget her name) was quite nice. She could work at a Four Seasons or a Hilton and do very well, but that's not her lot in life. She is in charge of a once-decent motel which has been trashed by uncaring and uncivilized guests. Like the Whack-a-mole carnival game, maintaining decent rooms is a struggle when people are actively destroying them. If you cannot tell by this motel's location in Monticello—or its battered sign, the low price, or the crowd wandering the city streets—that this is not going to be a relaxing getaway, then bless your heart. If there were any insects in the room, this would have been my worst stay in a hotel. But there were none! Other benefits include hot water, a functional heater, a dry floor, and a locking door. The first (non-smoking) room offered smelled strongly of smoke. The nice lady at the desk gave me a different room which smelled only faintly of cigarettes. As the pictures show, you may be graced with modern art above your head as you fall asleep. Perhaps your bathroom door will no longer slide on wheels or a track, and you will have to pick it up and place it down. If you get a room with the heater up at the ceiling (an odd place indeed), you can expect warped ceiling tiles. Don't expect clothes hangers: they've all been stolen last year. The furniture will be assembled with as many pieces as they have left, and may even be decorated with a carbon monoxide alarm which couldn't hang on the wall because it doesn't match the mount. If your room is like mine, you will not need a blacklight to know to not touch the walls. I hung the curtain back up for them, with all of the hooks, so that I could take a break from gazing at the lovely alley. The bed was really low in the middle, but the springs held strong on the perimeter of the bed. The sheets were stained and covers were burned, but both were clean and neither smelled of cigarettes. If your room is missing a security door chain like mine, make sure you bring your own "personal safety instrument" to keep at your bedside. In fact, I recommend bringing any belongings inside to preclude theft. I pretty much expected what I got at the Inn at Monticello, because of the proximity to the big city. You will be out of the rain, out of the cold, with a barrier between you and any animals outside. These are the bare essentials and the foundation upon which the Inn may one day be metaphorically and partially literally rebuilt. It all starts with people acting right and the staff I met were all courteous and honest."

"The room was absolutely disgusting. My husband and I stayed for a concert which cost us way too much for the condition of the room. We paid around $160 Canadian for one night. There were very shady people around the hotel all night and day. The room smelt terrible. Visibly dirty in every way possible. We felt very uncomfortable the entire time. Unfortunately due to the concert I assume the surrounding hotels up the prices. This one wasn’t cheap but should’ve been. I recommend never staying here."

"absolutely the nastiest hotel I’ve ever seen. we paid for a room, went to the room and I kid you not I felt like I was in a movie where you’re in a super sketchy drug film and you would except people high on heroine staying. it smelled so bad of cigarettes and everything about it was very unsettling. the carpet looked like it was blood stains on it. we immediately walked back to the office and checked out and booked a different hotel room somewhere else. Of course the man wouldn’t give us our money back. I feel like they do that on purpose because they know no one wants to stay in this hotel. we paid 80 some dollars to walk in and walk right out. There was even another lady in the office when we walked back in complaining that she didn’t feel comfortable sleeping in her room and the guy wouldn’t give her money back and apparently they were fully booked so he couldn’t move her to a different room, I told her she could have ours cause we’re not staying here! she agreed and was trying to find a different hotel room to go to as well."