Quality Inn & Suites Near Fairgrounds Ybor City in Tampa

If you are traveling alone or with a child, I wholeheartedly DO NOT RECOMMEND staying at the Quality Inn & Suites at Tampa-Ybor City for your SAFETY! For some context, I am a 26 yo female and I stayed at this hotel for two nights, January 16-18, 2025. The hotel consists of two buildings, one attached to the lobby, and the other located across the pool area. My room was on the second floor of the building detached from the lobby and the rest of the hotel. Aside from reeking like cigarettes and occasionally marijana, what mainly concerned me during my stay (and prompted me to write this review) was a lack and general disregard for hotel guest safety. Within 8 hours of me staying here, I was abruptly woken up at 1:30AM when two men opened my hotel room door, turned on the light, and started to carry in their luggage until I sprung out of bed and yelled “UMM, EXCUSE ME?!?”. The two men were just as surprised as me and freaked out once they realized the room they had just been sold was already occupied. The men quickly left and I decided to go down to the lobby and speak to the receptionist. So I walk to the main building/lobby and the family that walked into my room is also down there trying to speak with the receptionist on duty (EJ). The family apologizes to me and says that they just landed here from California, and they have no idea what’s going on and they are trying to get a refund and find a new hotel. However, at this point the receptionist has already called security on the family and is asking them to leave. The receptionist then asks me how they can help me, and I tell them that I am the guest who just had their room walked into and I’m just trying to find out what's going on. Without ever looking up from the computer, the receptionist tells me that “the system accidentally put them in the wrong room” and that I “can return to my room and lock my door” (implying the deadbolt). Only when I mentioned a fear for my safety did EJ finally offer a “sorry”, again without ever looking up from the computer. This is not the only incident that made me question my safety as a guest at this hotel. The hotel is located right off of the interstate and there is a noticeably large homeless population present in this area of the city (not an issue if the hotel facility were secure). While the facility does have a fence around it, the back door to the main building/lobby remains unlocked at night, and all entrances to the second building (the one I was staying in) are unlocked and do not require key card entry. That means literally anybody can walk onto the property and into the hotel during any hour of the day, and can even access the elevators and access room floors without key card access. While there is a security guard on the premises, I personally feel like this establishment is lacking basic safety protocols/training opportunities that would benefit the protection of their guests. If you’re wondering if I tried to speak to the manager - yes. On two occasions. On the second occasion I even left my contact information and room number and just requested to have the manager (Tiki Dennis) call me back at her convenience. I still have not received a call back and at this point I’m confident I never will. Something else I’d like to point out is that upon booking you are charged a ‘Hotel Service Fee’ of $4 for each day that you are staying. On the confirmation email it says “Hotel Service Fee: Beach Chairs, **Bottled Water**, In Room Coffee, Discounts from Hotel Partners, Long Distance Calls, Local Calls, Towel Service”. When I pointed this out to staff I was met with a little bit of resistance and told “I don’t know why the website says that”, but they eventually agreed to let me take some water bottles back to my room for "free". (THANK YOU to the other reviewer who pointed this out!) In my opinion, $200+ a night is an outrageous price for this hotel, and while I am aware that this is a popular cruise port, the quality and standards of this hotel are not even worth half the rate. Rooms: 1 Service: 1 Location: 1 Rooms Lingering cigarette smell in rooms, burn hole in one of the comforters, broken hardware in bathroom, empty mini fridge smelled like rotten food, toilet easily overflowed, mysterious air pump left behind the TV 👀 Safety Lacking basic safety protocols and building security Noteworthy details Pros: Shout out to Janiak (I believe that was her name) for helping me with booking and being overall very kind and even helping us get my friend's son's bouncy ball out of the pool. Working AC, small convenience shopping area with snacks and frozen treats, free parking, nice pool area.

I recently stayed at the Quality Inn & Suites Near Fairgrounds Ybor City and had a mixed experience. On the positive side, the hotel offers an affordable price, which is a big plus for budget-conscious travelers. The AC was cold, which was a relief in the Florida heat, and the overall appearance of the room was clean at first glance. The front desk person, whose name I unfortunately forgot, was very nice and made check-in smooth and easy. Additionally, the location is quite convenient, being easily accessible from the interstate. However, my stay was not without its drawbacks. Unfortunately, looks can be deceiving, as I soon discovered. The entire floor in my room was sticky, which made walking around quite uncomfortable. The comforters had some dirty stains on them, which made me question the cleanliness of the bedding. The pillows were also lumpy, making it difficult to get a good night’s sleep. To top it off, the shower pressure was weak, which made taking a shower less than refreshing. Overall, while the hotel has its pros, there were enough cons to make my stay less than ideal. It’s a decent option if you’re looking for something affordable and convenient, but be prepared for some shortcomings. Trip type Vacation Travel group Family Rooms: 3 Service: 5 Location: 5 Hotel highlights Great value

This was a great stay... very affordable, comfortable beds, great staff, heated pool, directly off the interstate, plenty of outside areas for guests. Breakfast is your typical new aged make yourself waffles, cerals, fruit, yogurts etc etc. But enough to get something to eat. Anytime we go to Tampa this will be our spot to stay! Did I mention the small assortment of adult beverages you can purchase at the front desk? Because sometimes that just a nice thing to have when trying to relax. Trip type Vacation Travel group Couple Rooms: 5 Service: 5 Location: 5 Hotel highlights Kid-friendly, Great value

The staff was completely and absolutely amazing. Leaving a great review for them because they deserve it. The hotel was older and well used for sure but the front desk people made me feel happy to be staying there. I felt like they personally cared a lot about their hotel and take a lot of pride in the way that it runs.

We stayed here 01/17/25 - 01/19/25. It was HORRIBLE! If you book here and they route you to the "back" of the hotel - which, is not attached to the main hotel - run for your life!!!! The "security" door is broken and you can walk right in without having to use your room key. After reading other reviews, this door has been broken for months! As soon as we walked in, the smell of pot was overwhelming! Got to our room and it wreaked of cigarette smoke! Cigarette burns on the night stand, on the comforter, super glue or something on the nightstand, room has not been swept as there was debris under the desk, floors in bathroom and hallway sticky, coffee pot a joke and looked like mold in the coffee filter, refrigerator looked like it had been thrown down the stairs, bed sounded and felt like it was going to break just by sitting on it, chair at desk looked like a cat had gotten a hold of it, blow dryer did not work, very noisy hallway, felt very uneasy at night leaving my car in parking lot, "complimentary" breakfast was just junk food, coffee was horrible. You might think I'm picky, but we paid $243 per night for this poop hole. I'm sure those of you who were lucky enough to stay in the main hotel did not experience any of this. Oh, and don't get me started on the homeless people you have to drive through to get to this hotel. Roadway Inn is just before this hotel and I cried because I thought that's were we booked. Now I see the rooms are $127 per night...we got ripped off! I bet if I did my bed bug test, our room would have been infested! I left the front desk a whole list of things that were wrong and disgusting. Bet it went right into the garbage can. Oh, and the "Pets not allowed" is a joke! My neighbor two doors down had a dog - I saw them going into their room after a morning walk. Yes, I could have left and gone somewhere else, but we had reservations at an event and did not have time to look elsewhere. Be wary of false advertising!!!!!!!! I will NOT go back. BTW, front desk staff was very nice when we checked in. Priceline needs to kick this hotel off of their site until the hotel in the back is dealt with! Total ripoff!!!! Rooms: 1 Service: 1 Location: 2

I stayed for a night before a cruise. The room was clean and decently sized. The downstairs hallway smelled very bad. Other guests were arrguging loudly in the hallway when we arrived. There was also quite a bit of noise throughout the night from children running through the halls to arguments. The hotel has a somewhat seedy vibe. It worked for a night, but I would not recommend it. Trip type Vacation

11/6/2025 Front desk clerks are friendly and knowledgeable of the area. Pool area was pretty so we were going to jump in before we brought our luggage in. As always we checked the beds, not only were there bugs, there was blood and other fluids on the mattress. The blood hadn't even dried yet! I wish I was able to upload pictures. We hightailed it out of there and sat in the parking lot to reserve another hotel. Trip type Vacation Travel group Family Rooms: 1 Service: 5 Location: 2 Rooms Bugs and blood, don't stay here. Don't be fooled by the pretty, clean smelling lobby.

When we arrived I was willing to overlook the sketchy area because the lobby seemed nice enough. The minute we walked through the hallway doors leading to the rooms we were hit in the face by a super strong weed smell. Our room was at the end of the hall as far from the smell as we could get, but even so, when we walked in it smelled like a combinaton of old smoke, B.O., and mold. It was so bad I felt like I was being suffocated. The bed was two twin beds set up on what seemed like a frame for a king bed, because the metal protruded out beyond the mattress. There were deep gouges in the floor and the general state of the furniture was old and in poor condition. The sheets seemed clean enough and we didn't see any bugs, so since it was already midnight we got a few hours of bad sleep and then found another hotel. Rooms: 1 Service: 1 Location: 1

Has stayed off and on for over 5 mos primarily because of the convenient area, close by everything especially interstate which is the route I use daily, staff all that I had contact with have been good, Greatttt for Ced!! Very understanding compassionate and goes above and beyond. He needs a Raise!!! Room service sucks (claimed I refused housekeeping, but I was barely there) water roaches are definitely in plain view site, never got the room I initially needed, my request was definitely over looked til the point I just didn’t even ask anymore. Weekend clean up crew would leave door unlock so unpleasant. Noise level was bare to none, grounds are kept all appliances worked and bed wasn’t the best. Would I stay again if it’s last minute. or recommend at your discretion. Disregard posts where other’s talk about homeless people and the area 5 mos I wasn’t bothered by none and didn’t see any of that at the hotel itself further up yea but not the hotel itself. Trip type Business Travel group Solo Rooms: 3 Service: 3 Location: 3

All I want to say is the room was ok The room service was good the old lady was kind the other work hiding in rooms smoking on the job. Just very unprofessional someone who walks around the hotel to but smelling like cigarettes. And Tiki Dennis is a person I won't forget how she did this lady that house was lost for the hurricane. Had her and her kids outside in the cold. Then she laughed about it. I will Never Go Back for how she treated her. I don't remember the other ones names but Cedric they was good people Trip type Vacation Travel group Family Rooms: 3 Service: 1 Location: 3