Rodeway Inn Syracuse Carrier Circle

My daughter stayed here for an extended time. The rooms were inconsistent, with some very nice and others not so much. Breakfast wasn't provided, even though it was advertised, which was disappointing. Since my daughter smokes cigarettes, the smoking policy was a plus for us.

This motel is disgusting. The air feels dirty, and my room wasn't clean. An old refurbished mattress was perched on metal filing cabinets. There are no-smoking signs everywhere, yet the whole place smells like an ashtray. People live here, and rooms can be rented by the hour. There was drug paraphernalia all over the front. Customer service was nonexistent. Just gross.

The owner said mine was the first complaint like this and refused a refund. I'll dispute the charge with my bank. It cost $80, and that experience was nowhere near okay. The room had a musty smell and looked grubby, and the hotel greeted me with a disgusting odor. Wood was lying on the upstairs hallway floor. The sheets had strange hard marks that looked like cigarette burns, and I found visible roach marks and other nasty things. Once I turned off the lights, I could feel something crawling on me. I couldn't catch it, but assumed it was a roach. There were also questionable people outside and in the hall. The smoke detector had been removed from the ceiling and was in a dresser without batteries. This was the most disgusting hotel I've ever been inside. Save your money and sleep in your car. Zero out of ten, if I could give it zero stars.

The strong mothball smell seemed to come from white powder crushed into the old 1980s-style carpet. A man with headphones kept vacuuming the same circle, never getting to the powder. I had to cancel my reservation because the smell made me ill.