My experience was an interesting one. We were looking for something to do in Akron. We literally pulled into a parking garage, got out, and started walking the area. We came upon this hotel around noon and strolled right in. We found the bldg interesting...it looked like six large, older former silos.

The hotel was quiet. With cheesy 1970's decor and carpet. It was creepy quiet. We took off up the ramp by the fancy restaurant. Still not seeing a soul. And we kind of wandered into a train museum. How a "hotel"..."Quaker Oats history"...and old "train cars" have anything to do with each other I still don't know.

We posed with the trains, played with the equipment, read materials and kept strolling.

We came across a closed ice cream parlor, closed bagel place, and closed Trackside restaurant. (Restrooms were conveniently open.) According to the signs everything should have neen open at noon. How long has this stuff been boarded up??

Keep walking down the long hall. You'll run into another section of a dusty, unloved train museum (free) and a bakery where we bought cookies. She said we were her first customers of the day. There is also a gift shop. Which is not consistent. From "Over the Hill" mugs to comic books. Strange. Again - no one but the cashier in there. She told us the 1st three floors of the place are hotel. The next 6 floors are dorms.

Then we found a glass elevator. No one was around so we rode it up and down a few times getting a view of the city. If we got off on a floor we saw more closed restaurants. And a weird, random antique item here and there. Like a wine press. There was just a really odd, abandoned feeling about this place. Helloooo ghost town.

We then retreated, exiting the long maze of shops back to the hotel lobby. Laughing and taking more photos of us with the train stuff. It was like we had the place to ourselves.

Overall - I'm still not sure what I just witnessed. Is this a hotel? Dorm for Akron U kids? A depressing tourist trap? Or, a free museum for field trips?

My husband and I stayed at Quaker Square in July for my birthday. We enjoyed our stay. It is not a new hotel, a little run down, but the price is good. It is in a nice area and very convenient parking. Air conditioner in the room was a little noisy but hotel was very quiet. Great free breakfast with your stay.

My mother and I traveled to Ohio for some personal business, and I wanted us to stay some place memorable. I remembered this place as a child, but it was not as nice as I had remembered. The rooms were noisy and the heat/air was louder than the traffic outside. They still had listed on their web site they had a pool, but it has been closed for months. This was depressing. Also noticed the shops closed very early leaving little to do here. There were many college students running around the hotel, and although they may have been staying in the hotel, they were loud and obnoxious and nothing was said to them even in the main lobby area. We were not impressed, although the room came at a fair price.

Found this place on Trip Advisor. I travel a LOT and thought it would be different to stay in a silo...big mistake.

It's a dormatory and not a nice one at that. Save yourself the trouble and go elsewhere.