OK, so I were extremely weary to stay at this place due to reviews, but seriously! IT WAS NOT THAT BAD!
This was one of the cheapest hotels in the area, which we needed since we were in a 7 day vacation and we were not looking into spending a whole lot of money in hotel rooms, specially when we only use it to sleep for a few hours. We flew from VA. to Milwaukee, where we spent one day, then we drove to Detroit, MI. where we spent 3 days and then Chicago, IL. where we spent 4 days. We payed $181.00 for the 3 days we stayed in this motel, so the value was great.
Yes, the neighborhood was a little lonely, but I didn't see any prostitutes or crack heads or anything of that sort, people just tend to exaggerate and over react to things. There is a gate that you need to open with your room key if you are driving, for extra protection.
The rooms were ok, they could be a little bigger though I think, the bed was not all that comfortable, but it did. The deco was old and out dated, but who cares, were were only there a few hours a day to get some sleep and then back out in the city exploring.
Overall the clean was room, no bed bugs. The hotel's location was very good for our itinerary, it was close to some nice bars.
They have HBO and other nice channels if you care for those kind of things.
I was pleased with my stay here overall, the hotel is definitely seen better days and needs an upgrade in furniture and such, but for the money we paid, it'd do!.
The one thing i did find annoy8ing were the people in the reception, some foreigners I believe from Russia, it was extremely hard to understand them and for them to understand their guests.
Oh! we also didn't get any room service for the 3 days we were there! it was odd! but we were so busy running around the city and completing our itinerary that we didn't ever have the time to talk to the people in the reception about it. Not a big deal for us, we didn't run out of soap or anything, but I'm sure it can be a deal breaker for other, so this is why I bring this up. You might want to keep this in mind.

Staying at the Corktown Inn is a little like staying at a haunted house on a dare. Even though you're sure to make it out alive, you're never quite the same. From start to stop, the entire experience there was surreal and I can't shake the feeling that I should get a blood test after staying there.

Seedy, sleazy, dirty, loud and in general disrepair. It's a terrific place to hit rock bottom and the right joint if you plan to stay for a while.

I stay here 4 a weekend in the hot tub suite from june 8 to 11 first of all the female that works their @ nite is ignore and rude as HELL she was no help @ all me and my boyfriend didnt understand y we had 2 pay a 5 dollar deposit 4 the key when we were going 2 return it when we checked out WTH were we going 2 do with a key u cant use it after u check out anyway she wouldnt explain she told us 2 go 2 another hotel and we should have so we went 2 the room the hot tub was huge big enough for 3 people but when we pulled the covers back it was pubic hairs everywhere so i took a pic of it with my phone and called the front desk she said u have 15 minutes 2 look @ the room and see if its a problem its been 25 so i went downstairs 2 show her the pics because i wanted 2 be moved and she just watched tv and wouldnt look @ the pics nor would she give us another room so we didnt sleep we had 2 wait until the next day when the owner was their and showed him the pics he moved us then when we came out 2 leave on Monday our car window was busted out some1 broke in and stole the Damn radio and the front desk said oh yeah u have 2 park behind the in close fence otherwise people car has been broken into thank 4 telling us never again will i stay HERE plz Stay away

I have been in cheaper hotels that were much cleaner than this one. It was a lipstick imprint on the wall by the vanity, the ice bucket was dirty with splatters of juice, the water drainage is very, very slow, the washclothes that were supposed to be white were dingy looking. While taking a shower the bathtub almost completely filled up due to the slow drainage. As soon as we got off the elevator you could smell weed, had I stayed in the hall it may have given me a contact! If your looking for a place to stay and really not concerned with the cleanliness; perhaps if you're not planning to be in the room for a long time then this may be the place for you, however I will not be staying there again!