The Mt. Vernon Inn — Hotel in Baltimore

I was looking for a reasonably priced hotel in baltimore for a conference paid for by my mentor; I didn’t want to over spend. I saw this hotel, good location, good price, and I saw some nice photos; I made the mistake of not reading any reviews. I booked as a ‘later pay’ booking through Expedia and the hotel took my credit card on arrive.||||The first thing I noticed on my way to my room was that the place smelled like cigarettes. I was reassured that my room had a no smoking sign on the door but it didn’t smell much different inside. I’m pretty tolerant and I almost decided to stay, but the place was disgusting. There was no toilet paper, I had to use some Kleenex. The bathroom had some notes written in the was by previews guests and just wasn’t very clean; the toilet did not look well scrubbed. The shower had lots of stains and debris, and was really small. I pulled down the bed sheets to inspect and while I didn’t see obvious stains I did see some hairs and just did not feel confident that the sheets were recently cleaned. The door stop was barely hanging on to the door. The lamp was in the floor. The WiFi did not seem to work in my room. Like I said, I almost decided to stay, until I opened the refrigerator which had three old, melted, and smelly rotting ice cream treats in it. That was the last straw. Too many nasty things combined into one room.||||I decided I needed to get my money back and leave. So, within an hour of my arrival, I went back to the front desk and I tried to calmly tell them that I didn’t like the room, wanted to leave, and wanted a refund. They guy at the front desk gave me the run around. He initially said that I had to call Expedia cause he couldn’t do it. I found it very odd that the guy who took my money couldn’t give it back. Long story short, it was a lie. After going through three phone numbers to try to connect to a human being at Expedia, they told me that the guy had no restriction from them to refund me. Indeed, the guy got tired of my while I was in the phone with Expedia and decided to refund me before I was even done talking to Expedia.||||So, don’t stay here. Pay a little more and go somewhere else. I found a last minute vacancy at Crown Plaza Inner Harbor and even with my AAA discount was double the price, but the quality of my room was more than 7x better. Very much worth it after seeing this place. Midtown Inn in Baltimore, Maryland, really sucks. I hope they close down or completely change the way they do things. It’s a...

I was looking for a reasonably priced hotel in baltimore for a conference paid for by my mentor; I didn’t want to over spend. I saw this hotel, good location, good price, and I saw some nice photos; I made the mistake of not reading any reviews. I booked as a ‘later pay’ booking through Expedia and the hotel took my credit card on arrive.||||The first thing I noticed on my way to my room was that the place smelled like cigarettes. I was reassured that my room had a no smoking sign on the door but it didn’t smell much different inside. I’m pretty tolerant and I almost decided to stay, but the place was disgusting. There was no toilet paper, I had to use some Kleenex. The bathroom had some notes written in the was by previews guests and just wasn’t very clean; the toilet did not look well scrubbed. The shower had lots of stains and debris, and was really small. I pulled down the bed sheets to inspect and while I didn’t see obvious stains I did see some hairs and just did not feel confident that the sheets were recently cleaned. The door stop was barely hanging on to the door. The lamp was in the floor. The WiFi did not seem to work in my room. Like I said, I almost decided to stay, until I opened the refrigerator which had three old, melted, and smelly rotting ice cream treats in it. That was the last straw. Too many nasty things combined into one room.||||I decided I needed to get my money back and leave. So, within an hour of my arrival, I went back to the front desk and I tried to calmly tell them that I didn’t like the room, wanted to leave, and wanted a refund. They guy at the front desk gave me the run around. He initially said that I had to call Expedia cause he couldn’t do it. I found it very odd that the guy who took my money couldn’t give it back. Long story short, it was a lie. After going through three phone numbers to try to connect to a human being at Expedia, they told me that the guy had no restriction from them to refund me. Indeed, the guy got tired of my while I was in the phone with Expedia and decided to refund me before I was even done talking to Expedia.||||So, don’t stay here. Pay a little more and go somewhere else. I found a last minute vacancy at Crown Plaza Inner Harbor and even with my AAA discount was double the price, but the quality of my room was more than 7x better. Very much worth it after seeing this place. Midtown Inn in Baltimore, Maryland, really sucks. I hope they close down or completely change the way they do things. It’s a...

While the staff was very friendly, the hotel was in poor shape. It seemed as though the current owners recently purchased this hotel and were trying to improve/renovate it. Unfortunately they were doing a poor job of keeping it up while doing so. It was dirty, and messy. There were things every where, and nothing seemed to be very organized. The historic look of the place was charming, but that was far overshadowed by the deterioration. The second floor staircase was also kind of terrifying to walk up, as it dipped down to one side by several inches, toward the open railing.

The first room I was given was unfinished, smelled of wet paint, the mattress was leaned up against the wall, and there were dirty bed linens on the floor. I was given a second room, and while it was usable, it was dirty, and when I asked them to fix the smoke detector that kept beeping their solution was to pull it out of the ceiling, leaving a hole with wires hanging. The lock on my door didn't work and I didn't feel completely safe. Luckily there was a chain lock that I kept on at all times. My second day when I returned from my conference the man at the front desk stopped me and let me know that they had changed the lock on my room so that it would work now, and he gave me a new key. I was pleased with this until I got to my room and saw that the door was left open, and I have no idea how long it was open and who had access.

The website stated that they offered continental breakfast, but when I arrived there was a handwritten sign on the wall by the check-in desk that said "No breakfast, sorry". The Wi-Fi worked pretty well though, so that was a plus. The room set-up was weird, meaning the bathroom sink and the television were next to each other at the foot of my bed. The sink also didn't drain well at all. I washed my face and brushed my teeth in the morning and when I was leaving my room 15 minutes later the sink was still full of water and hadn't drained.

All in all I would not stay here again, nor would I recommend it to anyone traveling to Baltimore. The hotel staff was wonderful, but unfortunately that doesn't make up for everything else. My hope is that they get the renovating and updating done and it is much nicer...