I stayed here last weekend May 22nd, 2009 for the NASCAR races. First off, it was pretty easy to find, but as soon as you get closer, you get a gist of the area. There is a "Gentlemans Club" next door, which is not my cup of tea. Walking up to the hotel door, for the first time, a "flying roach" which was the size of a small cell phone jumped on my foot and I thought, I hope the worst isn't yet to come! The ladies at the front desk were friendly. The total (including tax) was given to me on their website when I made the reservation but was told something else in person. First I was told $60 more, and when I told the ladies that was a mistake, they refigured again and again and finally dropped it down to only $10 more than what the website quoted me. I was too tired to fight the $10 descripicy, so I dealt with it. We took the elevator up a level to go to our room and OH MY GOD, the elevator door opened and there was a smell that hit us in the face! A mix of urine and beer, unimaginable. We quickly walked out and found fresh air and then found our room. The smell, a little less IN YOUR FACE, was in our room. I was tired so I just laid down. The room was pretty clean. It is just a standard hotel room, no frills. WORD TO THE WISE: the website offers free internet - it didn't work and they couldn't explain why. Also, on the website it says fridges and microwaves in the room, but less than half of the rooms have them. MAKE SURE YOU ASK FOR ONE WHEN YOU MAKE A RESERVATION! If it is NOT in your reservation note, you don't get one. And, the TVs are only set to go 1/2 up on volume control. The TV barely gets loud enough to hear in the bed furthest from it. Make sense? Anyways, we were told about the mexican rest next door upon check in so we went later that night to check it out. We pulled up and heard very loud music coming from inside and walked back to the car immediatley after a group of guys started walking straight towards us. Apparently, after dark, this restaurant turns into a nightclub. They had security lined up outside even, too much for us to deal with. We went next door to IHOP and also found that they had two security officers on duty patrolling the place. We went back to the hotel and found that the hotel parking lot is also used by all the shady places nearby. The mexican restaurant/nightclub patrons park in our lot and walk over. Each night was a different group of people that would hang around the parking lot. Now I know why the front door to the hotel lobby is locked. This is a total unsafe area. The hotel structure needs updating. The grey stucco is peeling and not visually appealing. I do understand that this review is negative, but please rest assured that I do not have high standards. I was fine with the room, it was the smell and the general area that was the main concerns. I will not stay at this location again.

This property is rated 1 or 2 stars depending on which site you use. I noticed when researching this property there weren't too many recent reviews and that is probably because this hotel is primarily used by travellers for flight departures and layovers since it is only 5 minutes form airport (no airplane noise) and that is exactly what we used it for. I booked this hotel using my trip rewards in order to be close for our early flight out the next day. My husband, two sons and I were very happy with our overnight accomodations. The room we stayed in was clean and was just like the pictures represented by their hotel pictures. Even though the rooms have exterior facing doors(motel) we felt safe on the 2nd floor, because you can't enter the 2nd floor up the outside steps w/o a room key, nor can you enter from the steps inside the lobby after 11pm, because the doors are kept locked. The hotel has a pool which we did not use and offers a continental breakfast as early as 6am consisting of bagels, cereal, milk, juice, coffee/hot cocoa and apples. If that doesn't appeal to you there is an IHOP and Krispy Kreme next door. I spoke to two staff members regarding our reservation and both were nice and professional. For an overnight stay at a reasonable price, I believe most would be pleased w/ these accomodations.

We needed a cheap overnight stay in Charlotte after coming in from a late flight and with the CIAA tournament in town, hotels were scarce and rates were high. I ended up with the HOJO after spending $49 on a 2 star hotel on Hotwire. I didn't expect much and I got what I expected. Basically, it was a place to lay our head before driving home the next day. The property is old and dingy and is located next to a gentleman's club. There is a lot of noise surrounding the hotel and we saw people roaming the street beside it. We didn't even take a shower because the bathroom looked dirty. I've gotten better deals at other properties in Charlotte. This one would not be my first choice, but since I used Hotwire, I had to take what they gave me.

I can not belive how awful this hotel is, when we arrived they gave us a room that looked like someone had just slept in it. So we went to the front desk and they apologized and gave us another room. The smell hits you when you walk in the door. The carpets look like they had been there for years, the walls had water damage,You could clearly see the ceilings had a leak . I was actually afraid to sit down, we went right back to the front desk and got our money back. We left and went to another hotel. Save your money don't go here you will regret it if you do.