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2720 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
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vero60   1 contribution
Hope, Ar.
Jul 14, 2009 | Trip type: Business, Couples
1/2 found this review helpful

This whatever it was is not fit to be use as a motel. You couldn't understand the receptionist, and the so call VIP room, no way! The room that my husband and I stayed in , the bed almost flip him when he sat down. Rat droppings in the bathroom over the sink. Wires hanging everwhere. He had to shut... more

Management response from
akpatel1800, manager

We are really sorry madam. I am agreeing that we had really bad management but we change the management and we also renovating whole motel too. We are having special price promotion going on. And we also put suggestion box in front lobby so now guest also can help us too make our place better and better everyday.

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1 of 5 stars
aaussieguy2009   1 contribution
Australia
Feb 15, 2009 | Trip type: Couples
5/5 found this review helpful

We stayed one night and the following happened (ALL IN ONE NIGHT!) - The toilet didn't work - The cupboards in the bathroom was filled with USED toilet paper and tissues - EVERYTHING in the hotel was dirty - The bathroom floor and bedroom carpets was soooo sticky - We had a begger come up to us in the carpark... more

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BobWv   1 contribution
WV
Jul 9, 2008 | Trip type: Friends getaway
2/2 found this review helpful

We wouldn't get out of the car. Bad part of town. Overpriced. Canceled reservations and still got billed for 2 days. Police tape around 2 rooms. No front desk, just a small bulletproof window. Go to the Holiday Inn Express, cheaper rooms and just up the street. No one speaks English you could understand. Pictures of the Motel are very... more

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redblazen51   1 contribution
uniontown
Jun 23, 2008 | Trip type: Friends getaway
3/3 found this review helpful

When we pulled up i wanted to puke, it looks like a crack house. Run for your life from this place. Within 5 min we were solicited for prostituion and cocaine by a hotel worker. I've never written a review in my life, but seriously how don't know how the health department hasn't shut this place down. more

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Tusia79   2 contributions
Toronto,ON
Jun 21, 2008 | Trip type: Business, Solo travel
7/8 found this review helpful

The 'receptionist' sits behind bullett proof glass.... Need I say more? He was exceptionally rude, threw me the room key and barked at me to give him 'Five bucks' with no explanation as to why or what for.. (I later read on the bullet proof glass that it was a deposit for the room key). There was supposed to be... more

descent stay
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3 of 5 stars
sam12314   1 contribution
grand rapids
May 28, 2008
2/4 found this review helpful

i just wanted to say that my boyfriend and i were in town for a Tigers game in May and we stayed at the Viking motel, Our stay actually was pretty descent , everyone was very friendly, and we were minutes from downtown. Now it wasn't pry the cleanest we've been to, but for what we were there for, which... more

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nightraven77   1 contribution
Cleveland Ohio
May 27, 2008 | Trip type: Friends getaway
4/5 found this review helpful

Just a few thoughts and descriptions come to mind after our frightening expierence at The NEW Viking hotel..... #1- There is absolutly nothing NEW about this hotel..... #2-There is some sort of Funk / SMELL / stink / Odor / Stank / Vapor / Cloud......of something that pertrudes the entire complex.....The smell stuck to my clothes.....and my clothes were even... more

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jank316   1 contribution
stoughton
Apr 6, 2007 | Trip type: Friends getaway
3/3 found this review helpful

this place is horrible reccomend anyone 2 stay away from it!!!!!!! we left within 5 minutes unsafe run down low life town crappy environment homeless people u name it!!!!!!!!! stay away!!!!!! seriously someone should see these reviews and do something about this hotel! more

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wastedyears   1 contribution
Chicago, illinois
Jan 31, 2007 | Trip type: Business, Solo travel
5/5 found this review helpful

I forced myself to write a review as i did not want anyone else to undergo the horrifying experience of staying at the Viking motel. This is the most dangerous place that i have stayed at. There are reports of several illicit activities that take place everyday. Even cab drivers do not like to come to this place to pick... more

Yee-ikes!!!!
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Kinikia1   2 contributions
Michigan
Jan 17, 2007 | Trip type: Couples
5/5 found this review helpful

I've never written a review for this or any site. However, as a mother, I'm disturbed by the thought that any young ladies might get stuck here. Scary. I normally like to use fairly nice hotels. But my husband and I were going to a reggae concert at the Majestic. This hotel is listed as the closest to that theater.... more

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Address: 2720 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201