Red Roof Inn Johnstown — Hotel in Johnstown

I wish I could give this place a better review, but honesty compels me to give you fair warning. First ... the good: the reception staff was excellent - they were polite friendly and very helpful. The room, although very small, was clean. Everything worked including the TV, the A/C, the hot water, etc. The mattress was comfortable. No microwave in room.The breakfast was okay, but limited. Second ... the bad: the motel itself is on the sketchy edge of downtown just yards away from a concrete expressway overpass. There's a Sheetz gas station/market and a McDonalds right across the street but behind the McDonald is a really sinister bar and liquor store with unsavory characters loitering around. This is not a good neighborhood. Parking is limited and the spaces are tight. In my case - I stayed a few nights - housekeeping never cleaned my room or made my bed or provided fresh towels on the second night! The front desk man apologized but said housekeeping had gone for the day. He did give give me some fresh towels. I think that is inexcusable especially since I was a guest staying for a few days. As someone else noted - the TV cable choices were limited. The carpeting in the hallways were stained and in dire need of a shampoo. Overall the motel was furnished in a very cheap fashion and let it be known this is certainly a cheap "budget" motel. Don't expect anything nice or close to luxury. Third ... "The Ugly" - no one ever mentions this aspect of a motel but I will - the building itself was UGLY. A plain three story rectangular box painted tan and terra cotta, with unsightly rust stains streaked down the exterior walls from the A/C units. When some Johnstown friends asked where I was staying and I told them they looked down and frowned. This place is not a good choice for staying downtown. On top of that the room rates were not that cheap, I managed a 30% discounted rate but it was still no bargain. If you need to stay one night it will do ... it is not awful. It's no bargain either. Spend an extra $10 or $20 a night and stay at one of the nice chain hotels in the middle of the downtown area nearer to the...

I’ve been working over the road for almost a week with my husband. Our work van needed to be serviced so we scheduled an appointment for the next day and found this hotel to be the closest to where our van was going to be worked on the next day. Online the hotel had vacancies so I didn’t think I would need to do a reservation online, I would just do it in person since we were minutes away. I asked the clerk at the front desk if they had availability and she immediately said no. I asked her about the vacancies online and she then said “well let me check to see if they have cancelled, we may have one room.” She picked up the phone and pretended to speak to someone but she didn’t introduce herself or say where she was calling from, she simply asked if they were still coming. LOL. Because we are working over the road we needed to do laundry, so I’m sitting in the lobby waiting and listen/watch two different guest come in and book rooms. Knowing I heard, she looked me in my face as she was caught in a lie. I’m extremely disappointed in the service, the towels and wash rags have stains and the shower has cracks in the floor. I DO...

First let me say that the staff we encountered were friendly and efficient. No complaints there at all. However the place itself is terrible - Is this owned by a person, or a corporation? Not sure, but whomever is responsible has completely given up. When we entered our room the first thing we encountered (within 3 feet of the door) was a worn, stained and ripped chair. Who would sit on that? Better to just remove it and have NO chair, than have that greeting you. Plugs for devices were practically nonexistent, ended up having to disconnect the refrigerator in order to plug in our computer. That resulted in the fridge defrosting and leaking water all over. The one (non-grounded) outlet in the bathroom was so loose that our plugs simply fell out - no way to get them to stay in. And, as another reviewer noted, the entire place smells of smoke. Johnstown is ridiculously limited in places to stay - we opted out of the Holiday Inn after discovering dirty clothes from a previous guest in our room - DURING COVID. But Econo Lodge is not a good fall-back; I'll stay further out of town...