We needed an inexpensive hotel for 2 nights in Charleston, and this was the cheapest we could find. It was pretty much clean (except for the bathtub...NASTY). The room was good sized and the staff was friendly. I overheard someone saying they found a roach in their room, but thankfully that did not happen to us. This hotel worked for what we needed-a last minute, inexpensive place to stay. I'd stay here again...but only if I couldn't afford anything else.

Wow. I can sum it up in one word.
My husband and I came down to SC from MA while he is working for Boeing. We found Masters Inn online and liked the 35.00 a night rate. We opted to stay for 3 weeks, at $220 a week (we have cats). The first room the girl put us in was a catastrophe, the AC was broken and I counted 3 roaches skittering away from the light, the room smelled.
I asked to be moved, and we were, this room hadn't been cleaned yet, but I allowed the maid to come in and clean, not wanting to complain again. After she straightened it out it was okay...HOWEVER... Occasionally roaches would find their way into my room, my cats would deal with them, but still. On two occasions I asked to be moved into an efficiency in the back of the building, both times the request was ignored, ,as other people moved into those rooms, who didn't reserve them. The microwave barely worked, the fridge froze everything, not to be fixed. Eventually the mold in the room began to irritate my asthma, and I was hospitalized for it.
Now the management, who I had extensive dealings with, the "general manager", was condescending and rude, made absolutely no attempt to resolve any of the problems we were having, and no attempt to quiet the mobs of people who liked to fight and scream at one another in the wee hours of the morning. The "head of maintenence/security" runs the place like a cell block, and I think, honestly believes he OWNS the hotel. He starts fights, and gets people arrested/kicked out daily, even when they did nothing to deserve it. Look at him the wrong way, your @$$ is out.
People dealt drugs in front of their rooms, smoked crack and meth behind the building, at one point there was a prostitute, "servicing" customers within the building.
The tiny pool was filthy and obviously never got cleaned.
Masters Inn on Rivers Avenue is a veritable haven for criminals, drug dealers and prostitutes who don't want to be found. The resident cop doesn't do much to settle things down when they get rough, he drives through, waves, and parks at the entrance for a quick nap.
At first, the front desk people were nice, very friendly and welcoming, they'd even reccomend good places to eat and shop...However, eventually they all turn. For no apparent reason, they become rude to everyone. I guess if they see you more than once, they figure they can treat you however they please.
When we were finally put in an efficiency room, the stove was falling apart and smelled whenever you fired it up, the rooms are so dark and musty. In a photo on one of the walls, you could actually see black mold growing. I never had such a hard time with my asthma than while at Masters Inn.
I paid for 3 weeks, and of course, even if it's their fault you want to leave, won't refund your money.
The one up-side to Masters Inn was the cleaning personnel were VERY nice. So sweet and friendly and compassionate.
And lastly, I wouldn't park your vehicle at Masters Inn either. I woke up one day to find my front tire flat, because someone had broken a beer bottle, and it punctured my tire!
If you want to stay in N. Charleston and you can't afford alot, stay clear of Masters Inn...I'd avoid the one in Mount Pleasant, as well, the "general manager's" husband runs that one.
Airport Inn on Dorchester Rd is better, cleaner and about the same price per week. Boeing employees get a discount, knocking your rate down to $204 a week.
Good Luck!

I booked with this hotel (unfortunately) before reading the bad reviews. We were on a very tight budget and $35 a night sounded awesome to me. Anyway, my 9 year old daughter and I drove in at night to check in. I am a young white woman who lives in a nearly all-black apartment complex in a big city, so it's safe to say I'm not naive and I'm certainly not scared of other races. I'm also used to seeing bugs and homeless people.

I had read the bad online reviews by this time, but thought to myself, "How bad can it possibly be?" and we went anyway. Well, it was worse than bad. The minute we drove up, the first thing we saw was two guys smoking drugs out of a glass pipe right in the parking lot, by the bushes. I'm not even kidding. There were disheveled, cracked out looking people just sitting on the ground, and some wandering around. Everyone was staring at us like we were from another planet. Some men were screaming and cursing and it sounded like a fight was happening, although we couldn't see it. A younger man walked past our car with an ice bucket, and peered suspiciously into our window. When he turned around to walk away I could SEE his gun stashed in the back of his jeans. Another guy was peeing on the ground. My daughter started shaking like a leaf and said "Mom, don't get out." I reassured her that I was thinking the same thing. They could have my $35, we were leaving! So, we never even made it inside the front door of the lobby. Where was the security guard(s) mentioned in other reviews? Nowhere in sight.

As we backed out to drive away, one of the crackheads ran up to my car and tried to yank the door open. I peeled out so hard I almost knocked him over. He started screaming "GIVE ME A RIDE!" Me and my kid were both in tears by the time we got back on the freeway. We drove several miles away and stayed at the Quality Inn instead, and it was well worth it. Please do not even THINK of going to this hotel, especially with children. It was more like a homeless shelter than a motel. And if you are nuts and decide to chance it anyway, you should probably come armed.

It was the worst hotel in my life! I was so dirty, feels like urine in the carpet! Pet friendly hotel with pet urine! But good locations, and cheap and thats all! Sleeping dont touch everything, dont walk on the floot without shoes! Terrible!