Ramada by Wyndham

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 22 Apr 2011 rated 8 out of 10.

Comfortable and convenient. A little weird having a conference area in the same area as the pool. Overall the decor could use some lightening up.

Positives: Location , free breakfast.

Negatives: Overall decor.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 17 Nov 2009 rated 7 out of 10.

Great staff and convenient to PSU. The rooms were very small with 7 ft. ceilings reminding me of a dorm room.

Positives: Friendly staff who helped with everything.

Negatives: The rooms were like dorm rooms.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 08 Sep 2009 rated 3 out of 10.

Needs an update.

Positives: Friendly staff.

Negatives: Needs an update.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 16 Aug 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

No breakfast bar, would have had to use restaurant. The hotel room was cold, no matter what temperature we set the thermostat on, it stayed cold. But the room was clean, the staff was friendly and the indoor pool was heated! That rocked.

Positives: The indoor pool was awesome, it was heated! Perfect!

Negatives: Could not control the temperature in the room. Very cold.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 11 Aug 2008 rated 5 out of 10.

This hotel was not what I was looking for. It was old, the room smelled and we heard all the noise outside. I was not happy at all.

Positives: The staff was friendly.

Negatives: The hotel room was sub-par.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 28 Jul 2008 rated 7 out of 10.

We enjoyed our stay. The room was clean and we loved the pools. The outside of the hotel looked a little shabby and run down, especially in the motel section. But we were satisfied with this hotel for the price we paid for it.

Positives: The swimming pools were very nice.

Negatives: The outside of the hotel looked kind of shabby.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 07 May 2008 rated 1 out of 10.

The hotel was very old, rooms appeared clean but were musty and air unit was very noisy. The noise outside the room was incredible. There were kids running up and down the halls all night and the noise was made worse by the internal dome. We had to wait more than 30 mins to get into our rooms when successive keys failed to work outdated locks. This is by far the worst experience I have had. This hotel did not compare at all with the other hotels.

Positives: The staff tried.

Negatives: The hotel was in horrible condition, noise was awful.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 19 Mar 2008 rated 7 out of 10.

There are newer hotels in State College Pa. Hotel should be updated.

Positives: Location to sporting facilities at Penn State.

Negatives: Too old. Need major updates.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 19 Mar 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

The hotel was nice and comfortable. The manager was very helpful in getting my non-smoking room.

Positives: Comfy rooms.

Negatives: Bar was way too smoky.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 05 Dec 2007 rated 9 out of 10.

The staff was extremely helpful; the room was clean and comfortable.

Positives: The room was spacious and the bed was comfortable.

Negatives: The room didn't have windows so we didn't know what time of day it was without a clock.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 20 Sep 2007 rated 5 out of 10.

There was a little spider in its web it the bathroom that also had a shower chair for some reason that kept getting in the way since the bathroom was small. The bedroom just had 1 double bed; I'm not sure if all the rooms there do, and had a cramped feel to it. The bathroom had a sink separate from the toilet/shower, but it was hard to open the door to the toilet area when someone was using the sink, or to go from the sink to the other room, just a lousy design. The worst part is how the hotel is arranged, at least our room and many rooms that do not face outside face the interior enclosed atrium which included the pool, a TV area (apparently used for football parties on Saturdays) and a large open area (used for kids to throw footballs around) so you usually hear any noise coming from the atrium. Thankfully this ended before we really wanted to go to sleep but was a bit distracting during the day. The best part may be the cigar bar and relatively cheap food and breakfast buffet there. Still, we won't willingly go back.

Positives: It was available at the last minute.

Negatives: It was much overpriced for the small room, not real convenient to buses or downtown.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 09 Sep 2007 rated 8 out of 10.

Remodeling was going on while I was there. It is more of a convention and meeting center for Penn state. Great location and excellent staff.

Positives: It was very convenient to every place I needed to go.

Negatives: It is an older facility much in need of a facelift.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 25 Aug 2007 rated 9 out of 10.

The motel was clean and comfortable. The staff was professional and friendly. I was not impressed with the restaurant. I ate Sunday breakfast buffet and food was somewhat cold and very basic - little taste. Monday evening meal was also ok but nothing to write home about.

Positives: Staff seemed very professional and friendly.

Negatives: First day - room was not made up till mid afternoon.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 22 Jun 2007 rated 7 out of 10.

My main complaint is that we had reserved a non-smoking room with a king size bed and a desk. The room we got had obviously been smoked in. They changed us to a room with two double beds and no desk. Although we stayed three nights, they were never able to give us the type of room we reserved and they weren't very friendly about trying to make it right. We had problems with the lights and the drain. They did send maintenance promptly and those problems were corrected.

Positives: Pool.

Negatives: Were not able to meet the type of room reserved.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 09 May 2007 rated 8 out of 10.

This is a fine hotel for budget travelers for a 1-3 night stay in the state college are good attentive staff.

Positives: Good helpful staff-clean adequate facility good value.

Negatives: Could use higher quality soap etc, but probably unrealistic at price paid.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 21 Apr 2007 rated 3 out of 10.

I was disappointed in the cleanliness of the room. The bathroom floor had hair all over it. The night stand was dirty, something sticky, and the coffee maker did not work. I did not feel comfortable in this room. I was very disappointed in the quality.

Positives: Room size was functional.

Negatives: Not very clean, hair all over bathroom floor, dirty nightstand.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 17 Aug 2006 rated 5 out of 10.

For the price this hotel charges on a football weekend, its not worth it. I'm sure they have nicer rooms, but ours was like staying at a budget motel.

Positives: The price.

Negatives: Rooms were too small.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 03 Jul 2006 rated 2 out of 10.

The Ramada has a small renovated area that is pretty nice. However, the vast majority of the rooms are in the motel area: various buildings, outdoor entry, outdated decor, and an unsafe feel. You are miles from the lobby.

Positives: Nothing.

Negatives: 1 star, even at price it was old, outdated and unpleasant.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 21 Dec 2005 rated 2 out of 10.

The exterior and staff are outstanding. The HVAC system for the entire hotel is a disaster and does not allow temperature control ,heating mode in any of the interior rooms. Even with the system switched off, the temperature in the room rose to 82 degrees with the outside temperature at 14 degrees.

Positives: Efficient Friendly Staff.

Negatives: Rooms were extremely hot with item set at 50 degrees.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 22 Nov 2005 rated 5 out of 10.

Overall I would never want to stay at this hotel again the service was terrible we were bothered the first day we were staying over seeing if we were planning on staying another night and the whole thing with the key never working was ridiculous.

Positives: The rooms are very clean and cozy.

Negatives: Every time we would leave our room and come back we couldn't get back in.