Murfreesboro Central Hotel

It is under construction so things are falling apart here. We made reservations a day in advance and when we arrive, NONE of the sheets were washed and the bathroom had a musty and unclean smell. To note, I found some skit marks in my sheets when I arrived. The following picture is attached

The room was clean. The upkeep of the place was subpar if best. Breakfast was lacking. But the price was very good.

Need some renovations, but very clean rooms. The room was very clean and front desk lady was nice and polite. The hotel itself is outdated and there are renovations going on. Shades in the room do not close, so we slept with street light shining in our window. Shower was leaking and every time neighbors flush the toilet we felt like they were doing so on our room. This hotel definitely needs some upgrades, but not a bad place to stay for a short stay.

I'm giving a generous rating, as I would rate the hotel a 2.5 if I could. I travel frequently and usually stay in hotels owned by the competition, but was tired and thought I would try Holiday Inn. The outside of the hotel front didn't look bad and the lobby area was clean, however the parking is bad with very narrow spots crammed into the front of the hotel. You are able to park along the side of the hotel, but there you can get a Birdseye view of how run down the building really is. The lady at the front desk was very pleasant and accommodating, as the original room I was assigned had water on the floor by the bathtub. I didn't notice it at first because the lighting in the bathroom was almost non-existent. The room I was then given was a handicap room, which was spacious and basically clean, but the shower area was haphazardly caulked and the sink area extremely small. There was also a strong sewer smell coming into the bathroom and there was no hot water coming from the sink. The curtains would not close completely as they were partially off the rod and the blackout curtain had numerous holes and cracked areas from age. The carpets in the hallway were dingy and the naugahyde on the chairs in the dining area was pitted and cracked with foam evident on the seats. I did not use the laundry area or the ice machine so don't know anything about those items previously mentioned by other reviewers. The bed was very comfortable, however. The truth is, if I hadn't been driving and was able to read all of the other negative reviews, I would have moved on...wish I had now!

This hotel is in the typical cluster of several different hotel brands and properties We spent a little more and chose the trusted IHG brand. From the minute we walked in, my husband remarked, “this is not a Hilidsy Inn.” Wiring issues in the room, curtains falling off the rail, pool was green and not useable — and it was 100 degrees outside. This location is about 20 minutes from the Nashville NASCAR track and 10 minutes to MTSU - so we surmised that’s why all the area hotels were grossly overpriced. It was a NASCAR race weekend apparently. The only positive to this hotel was the mattress. It was better than most we have slept on recently. The room was huge. Could have easily accommodated two king beds - but the bathroom was tiny. The floor mat would get caught in the door because there was just simply no floor space in the bathroom. After surveying the area - we know next time we will stay at any of the cheaper properties in the area. The Rodeway inn down the street in the Walmart parking lot @82/night would have given us the same experience WITH a pool. Save your money on this one. It’s not what you expect from IHG. At $200/night, I felt bamboozled.

When we entered the room it had a very musty smell. You couldn't open the windows so the smell stayed the entire night. When we woke up the next morning the bathroom was covered in water. We went to breakfast and the buffet was far below the Holiday Inn Express standards. The lobby restrooms both had problems. On of the women's toilets didn't work and the men's urinal didn't work. I asked the clerk to at least reduce the price because of the situation. She refused saying she would add some extra Reward Points. We are considering changing to another hotel chain. It is interesting there are no electric signage identifying these as a Holiday Inn Express property. This property does live up to the Holiday Inn Express standards.