Have stayed here on visits to OKC for nearly 20 years. Despite being an older hotel (built i969 as an original HoJo) than the others in the area, it is very well maintained and the rooms are always clean and remodeled every few years. On this trip, I was having problems getting hooked up to the wi-fi from my laptop and went to the front desk, where the clerk found an issue with Google, so she set me up on another browser - and had no problems since. Beds are comfortable to sleep on, shower had hot water and the price included free hot breakfast. Also, the lobby area has a bunch of vintage Howard Johnson's memorabilia on walls in the lobby area including ads.
Check in was strange. When my credit card needed a PIN number the clerk immediately said it won’t work and I’ll take cash? When PIN was accepted she said that never happens?? Really? The room was lovely! Newly decorated, comfortable bed, nice linens but the bathroom only had one tiny bottle of shampoo and one bar of soap. Nothing else. Not a problem but give guests a heads up you’re not suppling. The rooms walls were also paper thin. Guests next door were not partying or anything but still loud. So glad I packed ear plugs because needed to use. The room was clean and plentiful hot water with good pressure.
Lobby stank of pot. Everything was dirty and run down. Back door stayed propped open and there were very pretty young girls being dropped off by ”family members” who used the back door to get into the hotel. A young man was waiting in the lobby until the lady who checked us in led him down the hall to a different room. The floor in the elevator was wrecked. We had no hair dryer, but holes in the wall where it used to be. Online site listed fridges and microwaves as amenities, our room had neither. There were blood stains on the comforter. Only one pillow per guest and when we asked for more we were told we couldn't have any because housekeeping locks everything up when they leave. Supposedly. We killed 3 roaches in our room. There was no breakfast as advertised. It's not worth the money, and definitely not worth the $100 deposit they require to book. Rooms: 1/5 | Service: 1/5 | Location: 2/