Salt City Inn — Hotel in Salt Lake City

I have mixed feelings about the city inn. I have known some of the people there including the owner Ray and the manager Samir over the course of a few years. Some people say it is an eyesore, and that it should be shut down but I disagree. Ray and Samir certainly have gotten away with a few things in their time, and it was inevitable that it would catch up with them. However I am sorry that they are having trouble.

Some of their rooms are in bad shape and some are pretty nice. Ray has made a real effort to improve and update his motel and there are improvements made every day. It is a big job for just two or three people but they are working on it.

The visitors fees were put in place as a way to control traffic and reduce the unsavory characters that came there to prey on their more vulnerable clientele. Apparently these fees got out of hand.

Ray and Samir are realists and they live in a different world than most of us and with people who are different from the typical homogeneous everybody go to work every day and do a good job for your masters type that some people think everyone should be. I am talking to you neighbors who want to shut it down. It was there before you were so stop it. It is true that their rooms are a little overpriced and not always well maintained but they provide a home for the homeless and a family type atmosphere for some misfits, outcasts and people who may have made some mistakes or who are still making them. These people need a place to rest and call home, just like everyone else. Ray provides this service to these people and to the community by keeping them off of the street. You will find that if you treat the people there with dignity and respect then they will do the same for you. Unless you are a soulless robot. Then you probably should stay away. But if you are a genuine person with a unique personality and you are not scared of seeing real people do real things then this is a good place to hang your hat for a while. Anyone can make their lives better or worse depending on their choices, but it is nearly impossible to move up once you are on the street and this place can be a stepping stone up or it can be a doorway to hell. You choose, they stay out of your business and by doing so, give you the dignity to make that choice...

This place was far and away the biggest dump I've ever stayed in. I'm by far not a difficult person to please when it comes to hotels/motels and am often the guy giving at worst 4 stars to the hotels that others often speak down about and am left wondering why the reviews were low; especially for the lower priced hotels. However, this place was one step away from sleeping on the streets behind a dumpster. The floors were filthy to the point where the minute my bare feet hit the floor, they turned black. There were holes in the wall and wiring was clearly visible. Maybe it was just my room but how it hasn't caught fire yet is stunning. With the wires showing it's a clear fire hazard. The room also stunk unlike anything I've ever smelled. I'd compare it to smelling a garbage can full of trash after sitting out for a week in a 100+ degree day however that smell might be an upgrade from the scent of the room we had. The shower didn't work, the bath wasn't any better. Atop things, I was solicited for drugs and sex within 5 minutes of exiting my room. Run far away. Very far. It's not worth it. There has to be a room in Salt Lake City comparable price wise that...

Filthy, dirty, and nasty rooms. But the gentleman that worked at the front desk was a saint changed my room 3 times with no complaints. This place wasn't worth what I paid it was literally one step up from sleeping in a abandoned house. It was a couch in my room that looked like it was dragged from a dumpster or from off the side of the road. My blinds were broken so I had to drape my shirt from them to cover the gapes from the broke slabs, and just when I didn't think it could get any worse no freaking heat! But this room was better than the other two choices. The...