OYO Hotel Jackson MS Downtown — Hotel in Jackson

When I went to check in I was giving to keys asked to pick a room which set up red flags. The first room I saw had something in the carpet so went with the second room. I should have looked at the room I chose closer but in Jackson on a college football game night rooms are hard to find so I was stuck. FYI, I didn't know about the game until I got here. This one had a AC that you can't control and it was already getting cold the night we stayed. Along with that there was no cover over the outlet for the AC plug. The blankets were badly stained and had cigarette burns on them. The entry light bulb was gone. The door lock did not work. One of the cabinet door was broken. There is barely any usable light in this room. The bathroom wasn't any better with a hole behind the door You only get two sets of towels and no matt for the tub. The toilet paper holder was was under the sink in peices. Basically I would not recommend this hotel. Water does not get hot enough for a shower, but the sink does. All in all I this is not a 2.5 (2 star on booking.com) star hotel it is more of a 1.5 in my opinion. I was not looking for a 5 star but what you see in the pictures is not what you get at all. I would not recommend this location.

Edit: This review was written while we were at the hotel and to add to it the area is not what I would call safe. A man came in as we were checking covered in blood. He had been mugged less than a 1/4 mile away. He was hit over the head for his cellphone. The staff quickly called 911 and gave him a towel to help stop the bleeding. I do...

This hotel (OYO Hotel Jackson MS Downtown) isn't in business. I shown up for my reservation yesterday (April 17th, 2022) the front door was locked and I saw an empty, dark reception with furnitures lying around the floor through the locked door. There are also other furnitures and rubbish lying/flying around the communal area with spider web. The car park was empty, there was absolutely no one there; literally a ghost hotel looking. Even my Lyft driver (assumed a local in Jackson, MS) told me it's better for me not to stay there, he even waited for few minutes with me just in case if the hotel isn't what we think it is. I, of course called their helpline, which has no real person answering and the auto direct line kept cutting me off. I was absolutely traumatized after what happened and I ended up booking another room at The Westin. While I was doing my check-in at Westin, I mentioned my experience to the front lady (without the name of the hotel) and she quickly guessed it. Apparently there are many people complained about OYO Hotel Jackson MS Downtown, it's definitely too way off from what they are showing on the internet! There are many other similar price range choice! Don't let the internet picture fool you. And all the online travel agencies should really know who they are partnering with; it's not acceptable to sell a room like this via your website. I didn't even get to see the room, so I'm not going to rate/common on it, but you...

We booked the hotel as soon as we arrived in Jackson MS on our way to New Orleans since I was tired of driving. We didn't read reviews until after we booked so before we got to the hotel we thought maybe we made a mistake. The outside exterior was clean and parking lot was fairly empty. Felt kind of sketchy. But got checked in just fine. Clerk was nice. Lobby smelled strongly of weed but I was wondering why I wasn't offered any. LOL Our room was on the first floor not far from the lobby and didn't smell in our room. The room was clean. It was better then expected after reading the reviews. I was expecting a lot of noise but it was actually quiet all night until about 6am then there was some random banging. But overall, decent stay for needing something quick.

EDIT: I did have this as 3 ⭐ (just because I was overall neutral about the place) but changed it to 4 ⭐ after using the shower! Even though it's your typical hotel bathroom, the water pressure/temperature of the water was some of the better I've experienced from lower priced hotels. It might seem like a small thing but a nice, long, hot shower can do wonders...