President City Inn - Quincy, USA     

Actually, we didn't even stay one night. We were reserved to stay two nights, but as we pulled up the driveway, we thought "what have we done?" The reception was a dingy room where you need to press the doorbell to get buzzed in. A glass window separated the receptionist from the customers, just like a drive through bank. Makes you wonder about the neighborhood. The receptionist asked for payment up front, which wasn't a good sign. We asked to see the room first before paying. The room was still being cleaned, but just one look and one smell, and we were out of there! The bed spread was thrown on the filthy carpet. The room smelled of old cigarettes, mold and mildew. I understand that they were still in the process of cleaning out the room, but I don't think you could get it cleaned enough. The outside of the hotel was so old and dreary looking, with cracks in the driveway and parking lot where weeds were growing through. Like something out of a horror movie. We booked here, even though we read the bad reviews, since their website stated "newly renovated in 2007!", so we thought it shouldn't be that bad. If they call this newly renovated, I wonder what it looked like before they renovated! It might be a little cheaper than other hotels in the Boston area, but seriously, I would not recommend to stay there. Better to pay a little more and get something better.

We stayed here for 2 nights for a graduate school interview. Being people that don't care for hanging out in the hotel, it was acceptable. The biggest problem was standing in the lobby for 15 minutes as the two people at the front desk chatted, completely ignoring us. Finally, after checking in, we discovered ants in the bathroom, to which nothing has been done about. There was no plug near the hangers (for steaming my clothes), which wasn't so fabulous. The TV also, after about 45 minutes, turns down to mute and you have to turn it off than on to make it work again. Being smokers, we were not bothered by the burns in the comforter, but I could see where others would be.