Motel 6 Indianapolis, IN — Hotel in Indianapolis

After reading several positive, if not glowing reviews, decided to give this place a try after a very long day of travel, and not familiar at all with area. The price point seemed very reasonable. That's about the only possible positive thing I could say about this establishment. Upon entering the lobby the first thing you notice is that the lobby is completely empty. Not one single chair, table, or any form of furniture. This should have been my first clue something was off. Then the desk manager is behind a completely enclosed barrier of thick plexiglass. He spoke through a small speaker hole similar resembling something you would expect to see in a prison. This wasn't normal covid precautions, this was something else entirely. Clue number two. I enquired about a room for me and my wife for the night. The manager was friendly, and almost apologetically said he would give me the first room near the lobby. I soon understood why. There was a constant traffic of very sketchy people coming and going. Both inside the hotel and on the outside property. Numerous cars just circling the parking lot, and in general just a bunch of people you couldn't feel comfortable about. I should have just left at this point, but I just kept thinking about all those positive reviews. So I paid for the room and went to retrieve my wife and our belongings. Upon entering the room, wow. Budget doesn't begin to describe it. Just a minimal room with obvious damage being covered with a spray can paint job. The smoke detector was hanging from the ceiling, and the rear sliding door opened to an open outside storage area, and amazingly locked from the outside, not the inside. At this point my wife became visibly upset, and felt it was her fault for believing all these glowing reviews she had read. No way would I be comfortable making her stay in this dump, at any price, for any reason. I went to the front desk to let them know that we were not comfortable there and would be leaving, and requested a refund. There was a different individual at the window now and said only the manager could authorize a refund. Remember, we had been in the room approximately 15 minutes at this point. Long story short, we left, found a Drury Inn approximately 5 miles down the road, and were happy to pay the extra $50 for the night. I never received that refund btw. To summarize this painfully long review, this place is literally a total dump in the worst part of town imaginable. I have no idea who is writing these positive reviews, or even if they are legit. If you absolutely need a $65 room for the night, and are comfortable staying with very minimal accommodations, and safety is not a concern for you, then this might be your place. Otherwise do not believe these posted reviews, and choose literally any other...

This is an unrenovated '60s-'70s motel in a rough neighborhood with a Motel 6 logo slapped on. Just keep driving.

The neighborhood is rough as heck, the kind of place with vacant lots and shirtless people pulling luggage down the right-hand lane of a poorly maintained road with no sidewalks. You will worry about your car being parked here.

Check-in is through a tinny speaker on a plexiglass wall. The lobby consists of the world's saddest "snack bar" which boasts on a large wall poster "partially hydrogenated goodness", "mouthwatering artificant flavors", and "nougat sold here". No, I'm not kidding and I don't understand who this is supposed to be appetizing to. It also has a coin-op pool table with no cues in sight, and an ATM that looks like it charges a $6 withdrawal fee. The ceiling is covered in glue-on tiles and overall it's very echo-y (this will be important later).

I received the room upstairs closest to the stairs and right above the office. It was slighty larger than average, but also felt very empty. It's clear that almost zero renovation has been done in decades and the walls are visibly dirty and covered in poorly executed patch jobs. The ceiling has signs of an unmitigated water leak that caused sagging and cracking. Its clear that all maintenance has been done at absolute lowest bidder quality. Most "maintenance" appears to be just slathering more wall texture and unmatched white paint over previous repairs to make it look "good enough".

The bathroom was mostly updated and I was initially excited to see that. That is, until I realized the sink has no stopper, the drain was partially disassembled, and the faucet was loose. The shower enclosure looked decent, but the shower head it's fitted with is so crusty as to be an extreme water saving device to the point that I felt cold with it cranked to max hot temperature. Rinsing off was difficult at best.

I could deal with all of this, but it got worse. Cars regularly pulled up and blasted loud music right under my window thru 2 am. That echo-y lobby meant I heard every single person check-in at full volume, as if they were standing in my room. The street out front is popular for racing and revving, and the walls are poorly insulated so it all came right in. There were almost constantly people shouting down the hallways or slamming their luggage down every stair of the stairwell. There's no way the front desk couldn't hear every bit of it, and yet they didn't leave their plexiglass bubble to do anything about any of it.

Save your money. You'll have a safer and more restful night sleeping in your car at the rest stops just outside either end of...

Came from MN to catch a break after so many ppl had died within the last year in my family and I had no time to myself.. area, not the best and they also kept my 20 dollar deposit. They said that I was smoking in the room and that the security had to be called and my music was loud music. I arrived at around 11 pm. You think I'm bout to play some loud ass music, in a different State, at a hotel while smoking in the room, knowing that I have a 20 dollar deposit on the line and not looking to get in any trouble by doing some dumb stuff that they accuse me of and after paying 89 dollars for a dirty room? I don't even smoke in my own house. That is a lie for them to keep my money and I can tell they need it. I rolled up in the room , dumped the tobacco in the trash and left to smoke in my car. They can see that I left and went to my car on camera and refused to even check after I asked them to do so. They didn't even say anything when the "security came to knock". If someone is smoking on your property and security comes to see that, you tell them they have violated, you put them out and keep the deposit, right? They have the right to do so. In this case, y'all said nothing, have no proof that I smoked in your room and yet, you keep my money, didn't tell me anything, even when I checked out, they said nothing!! But the lie was you were smelling weed and my music was loud and the security knocked on the door. Thieves. The room had long pretty hair stands in the tub and around the sink. Not to mention, I didn't say anything to them about that dirty, broken room they put me in. The remote didn't work, the bathroom door barely closed, hair all on the furniture. Windown'ts haven't been cleaned. The floor wasn't swept. And to be honest, most of the state looked like that. Dirty as hell. Anyway. I wouldn't recommend it. The cleaning staff were very rude, they didn't speak and were stingy with the towels. All I wanted to do was have a two day getaway. Turned out to be only 24 hrs because of the staff and that dirty room. 5 deaths in a year, months apart from each and I come to Indiana, this hotel, to be lied on and stolen from. You guys really need to be careful with who y'all are playing with. My ancestors will be sure that every dime you get will be seen as dishonest and you will reap the debt you sow. Asé. Karma is due. And we can tell that y'all are afraid of us as well. Every black person that comes that has felt beyond judged. Unless you're a woman, then they see you as a threat. But isn't that...