Hotels near Baltimore City Fire Museum, Baltimore

The building itself on the interior is modern and relatively clean but that is the only positive. The area directly around this hotel is horrible as stated by other reviewers and is exactly if not worse as described. There is lots of trash and paraphernalia covering the sidewalks as well as people high as a kite wandering around aimlessly. As close as this location seems to the safer areas (Camden Yards/Inner Harbor), it is about 1 block further then you would hope. For people familiar with Massachusetts, Methadone Mile would be a similar comparison to this area. After parking down the street at a parking garage ( Arrow Parking, I do recommend if you unfortunately stay at this hotel) and making the 1 minute walk to the hotel, we walked past several homeless appearing people sitting up against the hotel and entered the hotel. The room smelt really weird but seemed clean enough. At around 4am, I was awoken by the sound of my room’s front door slamming against the deadbolt repeatedly by people attempting to get in the room. The people appeared intoxicated and agitated trying to force themselves in the room saying it was their room and to get out, yelling, and attempting to reach through the open space left by the dead bolt. After pushing the door shut and securing the door with the second lock, the people yelled for a few more moments then left. This is absolutely unacceptable as the staff at the desk would have had to issue them this room key to be able to unlock my door. It is absolutely ridiculous that this was allowed to happen and that there is no fail safes in place by upper management and corporate so that room cards are not issued to the same room to different people. This incident could have led to the theft of my belongings in the room when I was not there, or worse, the injuries or deaths of the parties involved due to an altercation. When I checked out in the morning, I notified the staff of the incident to which she apologized but seemed generally unfazed that this happened. I hope that no other poor tourist gets sucked into this place by the cheap prices.

Chose the hotel for its proximity to JHU. First the good stuff: Staff was uniformly helpful and customer oriented, front desk personnel welcoming and personable. Warm cookies and bottled water a nice touch. Room was generally clean and housekeeping staff wanted to do job well. Responsive staff member came to repair a non-functioning thermostat (needed battery) and noted that we had blocked the TV box and couldn't change channels. Good people all-around. The restaurant was apparently open but one couldn't tell. It was in a corner of the lobby with a few hangers-on at the bar. No coffee or tea available anywhere in the hotel save the machine in one's room - no sugar, no cream - nada. Had to go to One World Cafe about a half block away to get coffee. Hotels that charge half the room rate typically have coffee/tea, etc. in the lobby. I define value as the relationship between the entirety of the experience vs. the price paid for same. Based on this definition the value was substandard. Absent the sweet and attentive personnel we encountered, my star (*) award would be downgraded. Doubletree is a marquis name and this location didn't rise to the standard expected recalling other stays at Doubletree properties. Unfortunately, not recommended.

I have stayed at this hotel on and off for the past few months . every time I come here . The front desk manager Norma always goes above and beyond to make my stay as enjoyable as possible. Thursdays and Sunday every time I see her she's working very hard to make sure everyone as satisfied as possible with their room and everything that involves their stay here. George who also has a great attitude and will go to whatever length escape to fix whatever issue or problem may come up these two workers I look forward to seeing every time I come to stay I hope that their hard work can be rewarded thank you very much sincerely Jessica fi

The cell phone signal is not good!

The hotel is new, clean and there's a very nice breakfast. It's a city hotel, so the room was smaller than other Hampton Inns, but comfortable with nice amenities (fridge, microwave, coffee maker, usb ports) and a big TV. Home2suites shares the building and the floor. The self-parking is expensive ($20/day) and is a walk up a hill to a public lot.. The valet staff was nice and let me unload and check-in before parking. The front desk staff, however, was remote and unfriendy. It wasn't explained how parking worked - other than that the charge would be added to the room. It meant a trudge back to the car in a thunderstorm to get a ticket previously left in the car. It is to be validated at the front desk. I won't be going back. There was no maid service for a 3 day stay. Service is supposedly ”every other day.” I had to ask for extra towels and put trash outside the door when the baskets were full. (I also know nose rings are popular - but people wearing them are hard for me to look at. After seeing too many kids with runny noses, what looks like metal buggers coming out of people's noses, gives me a startling bad physical reaction - Sorry - can't help it.)

The room is very good, new hotel. The service is particularly good and will continue to stay.

Quite good, staying at one o'clock in the morning, the bed is a big decoration and a little modern. The downside is that the breakfast at the restaurant was very poor. I walked two blocks to eat breakfast. Suitable for temporary stay for one night

This is the worst Hotel I have ever stayed in, period. The whole hotel smelled of skunk and marihuana. The Ice machine room smelled of urine as if it was used very often. The front desk attendants were watching television in the breakfast area instead of monitoring who was coming into the hotel. There was a man who appeared to be homeless walking through the hotel lobby, then up the elevators and back down to the lobby. He wore the same clothes on Friday night and Saturday morning. The morning attendant on 2/19 was sleeping in the office. I had to bang on the office door several times to wake him up. When I asked for more towels I was given pool towels which were small and worn out. When I asked for more pillows I was told they only had one left but the hotel wasn't sold out. There was mold on the ceiling in hallway, our room, the bathroom. The toilet kept getting stuffed up, we were afraid it would over flow every time. When I mentioned it to the front desk clerk he said OK, didn't even fain an interest in fixing the problem. I want my money refunded immediately. We felt unsafe, we were in deplorable conditions that smelled horrible. The entire hotel, I mean entire hotel needs a tear down and rebuild it is that bad. The beds were like twin beds not fit for two adults to sleep in.

We decided to explore all of Maryland so we need a home base. Elkridge was central to many of the locations we wanted to visit. So being that we are ihg members we chose this hotel. The front desk staff was kind & courteous. The rooms and main hotel were clean. The breakfast was well done. They served coffee, cocoa, a variety of juices, bagels, toast, French toast, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, oatmeal (not instant packs - fresh), sausage, bacon and omelets. Our son loved the pool. It was small but served its purpose. Our only negative was that the shower didn't have much pressure.

we loved the experience, first time there and it was peaceful, clean.