Howard Johnson Plaza

Comfortable

The hotel itself was fine. Someone on the staff told us there were not any 'reasonably priced options' for dining, so we ate at the hotel. Later we saw some fast food places that would have been fine for us and our child for a night or two. The coffeemaker and toiletries left something to be desired. We really liked Julio in the restaurant.

Good Value

Excellent value in downtown Tampa, renovations were tastefully done.Would recommend at the rate offered.

Clean rooms

I found the room to be very clean. It looks like it was just recently renovated. Everything was great.

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Waste of an Outstanding Location..

We stayed here last weekend..The location was perfect for us seeing a show at TBPAC which is in the same parking lot..so for location I give the hotel a 10..I just cannot believe they spent all that money to redo the lobby and the rest of the hotel is a dump..The elevators were SO shaky and only 1 of the 3 worked..The halls were like old dorm rooms..no pictures..dirty carpet..NO appeal..just cement walls..Neither Room key worked..went down 3 times..finally got into a foul smelling, musty room..The decor was nice...the bathroom was disgusting..only 1 towel..the tub/shower did not work and was covered in scum with cracks everywhere..There were opened ketchup packets by the air conditioner and other garbage by the window..the tv did not have any batteries in the remote and the sound did not work..the kicker was in the room is a big sign saying join us for our complimentary breakfast!! so we did.. it was cheap..some bagels..yogurt..the usual..they did have a hot egg and sausage bin..nothing special..after we got our plate I saw the table next to us getting a check..so we called the waitress overto find out what for..she told us that our hotel does not participate in the free breakfast and it was 10.95 pp..for a smalol table of crappy food...what a rip off!! I would only reccomend this hotel for ppl seeing a show at the TBPAC bc the convenience was so worth it even though the hotel was a dump it was ok for just 1 night.

Outstanding Hotel",

I was peasantly surprised at how nice this hotel was.

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Great room for the money

Great price. King bed had two double box springs instead of a king box. Bathroom was slightly dirty. On three separate occasions cleaning attendants just walked into the room without knocking and even when do not disturb sign was displayed.

Good room for the price

All in all I was fairly satisfied with my stay. My biggest concern was the cleanliness of the bathroom. There were hairs left in both the sink & the bathtub. I feel the cleaning crew could use a little more training in that area. The staff were very friendly & over all I had a good night's rest!

Needs Improvement and Cleanliness"

We stayed in this hotel with a disgusted feeling! 1. Pillow case was not clean, there was a stain in 3 of 6 pillows we have, and there was an obnoxious smell as well in the said 3 pillows. 2. While I was seated in the toilet, there was a leak coming out in the ceiling with a stinky odor. 3. The wireless internet was not working at all. We brought our laptop, ipod and PSP for nothing. We can't go online. I even talked to front dest coordinator for nothing. 4. Parking is $8.00 per night, that should have been waived for customers since the parking lot is not guarded at night. 5. The fitness center should not be called a fitness center when there are only 2 treadmills. 6. I developed a flu like symptoms after 2 nights stay. I am not attributing this entirely but there should have been a better way to clean the room that we stayed in.

Just like home

The room was very comfortable, just like home. And, just like home the tv remote was disfunctional...you had to bang it just the right way to get it to work. The room was great and so were the hotle amenities but they we not advertised very well so you had to sort of seek them out. The walk to the convention center was a bit far, especially in the Florida heat, but a shuttle was availible at certain times. Again, if you didn't mind doing a bit of detective work it was great.

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Clean hotel

If you are going to the proforming arts center its a great stay! I onthe other hand was there on business and need acess to the internet. Their conection was slow and unsucured, not good for business! But if you are just in town on vacation its a great place it was clean and the staff was nice!

Good price, decent location

Went for the SEC tournament which was held at the St. Pete Times Forum. They ran a shuttle which was nice but there wasn't a whole lot else around. About a mile+ walk to get to anywhere fun. Other than that not a bad hotel at all and you can't beat the price.