I must admit, the thought of staying in a motel in downtown Hamilton didn't conjure up the best of feelings, but the Days Inn was better than expected.

The front desk area, lounge and breakfast area are a little clinical with their furnishings, but functional. The gentleman who checked us in was courteous, interrupting a call he was on rather than making us wait to check in. Checking out was a similar experience, rather than a long, drawn-out affair.

The hotel is clean and fairly modern on the interior. Our room was spotless, and I mean spotless. We'd been renovating a house we own in Hamilton all day long, and I was thankful for a nice clean bathroom and decent shower!

The only downside was the amount of noise at 1-2am on a Saturday night. It seemed obvious that some people use this hotel as a place to crash after going out on the town. Not the hotel's fault, but maybe they could have stopped the noise?

Would definitely stay there again: a good combination of value and service.

The Days Inn was our choice for a group booking. Huma handled our pre-booking very professionally. She was very concerned that all of our needs were met.

I booked this hotel primarily for its location and price. I really wanted a hotel up on Mountain but couldn't get one as they were all sold out, so Main St was the next best choice.

Given the location and price I would stay again, only next time I will bring an eye mask so I can sleep.


The good:

- Location, downtown and close to everything
- decent price for what you get
- clean
- comfy bed
- fridge, coffee maker and microwave in room
- hotel is non smoking
- free parking

The not so good:

- Coffee in room was not replenished
- Coffee downstairs was poor
- Windows don't open and the air gets really stale
- Front desk staff could be friendlier, and yes the night staff smoke in front of door
- Too much light in the room at night; from all the appliances, from the A/C, from the smoke alarm and from the door

One of the the cheapest "chain" hotels around, we stayed here because we wanted to stay in this area as were we seeing a play a couple of bucks away. The room was sparse and basic, perfect for just a nights stay. We walked up the block to dine at Shakespeares Restaurant and then caught a play at the Theatre Auarius 3 blocks away. The hotel was in a great location, close to everything we wanted, but i certainly would not wonder the streets by myself at night, as we ran into a few "characters" on our way back.

The hotel was busy with some sort of sports team checking in as we were. I was filled with dread, oh no, a noisy hotel filled with drucken teenaged boys...grrrrreat. Turns out they stayed upstairs and we didn't hear a peep out of them. Only two things kept me up at night, the traffic outside my window (staying RIGHT on Main St has its drawbacks) and the old Asian man that was staying in the nieghbouring room. He was drunkingly trying to talk his girl into staying the night, she just wanted her money and to leave...sigh...By 3am and the 3rd firetruck blazing by, I'd given up. I tried to call Front Desk, 3 times over the next hour (YES, THREE FREAKING TIMES), without an answer. Finally I kicked my husband out of bed, he had to get dressed and walk down to Front Desk. But this time, the Girl next door finally got her money and she went home but my Husband was able to get a fan to try to drown out the traffic noise, we cranked the A/C and finally I could get some rest!

The breakfast buffet the next morning was...standard. Fountain OJ & apple juice, coffee, tea, store bought pastries-croissants bagels and muffins, cereals, apples and bananas. We did enjoy the waffle maker for fresh hot waffles but there was a long wait since there was only one maker for everybody. Would have loved some yogurt and fruit salad...

The room was very clean and not overly used or tired which was great. It was well kept and everything was in working order.

The staff at check in were okay, not overly friendly or welcoming at all, but not rude. Just "do you have reservations? Your room number is blah blah blah and the breakfast is at 6am, your room is to the right". Wow, thanks. The midnight front desk guys were also smoking right in front of the door, like RIGHT under the awning, so I had to walk out into their smoke...ick...

An odd thing, we had to "sign-out" our remote controls for the TV and promise to pay $25 if we didn't bring them back. Yup, they had our room number on them and everything! Really?

And we also found it odd that there was no "pay-per-view" movie option. Its kind of a tradition to sit back and relax and watch a movie in a hotel. Without this option we were stuck watching crappy Friday night TV...double ick...

So overall, a clean basic hotel, nothing special but then again, nothing scary. So I would recommend for a quick overnight, somewhere to rest your head, but not to enjoy per se.