Clarion Inn Waldorf, Waldorf

Damons Grill inside this property is a dump. We ate there recently and everyone is our party got sick from the food a few hours later. The food is grossly overpriced and its quality is lacking. Voted worst meal for the money by the Greater $15.00 Entree Club of Southern Maryland. Two of the giant 1980's televisions were out and you weren't able to listen to the other working ones because out of the blue the speaker system would go to complete static or go from a volume of 2 or 3 to a volume of twenty for no reason. This dump is in need of a major overhaul and even then, we won't be going back. This is the worst place to eat in all of Southern Maryland. If you want the food to make you sick, pay two or three times it's value, have no atmospehere, so poorly lit that you have to squint to look at the menu, and wonder where or who has your credit card after ten minutes, then this is the place for you. The only good thing about this property is that it's rainbow friendly. If you're gay or lesbian, this is the place in Southern Maryland for you.

Well here is a mixed review. How was the room? Well it was ok. How was the beds? One uncomfortable; one ok. How was the cleaning staff? Great. How was the front desk staff? Good. How was the night manager? Horrible. How was the management in general? Horrible. How was the pool? ok. How was Damons? Horrible. We stayed during the softball nationals. We stayed from a tuesday thru saturday. The same breakfast was provided EVERY day. Eggs, sausage, bacon, toast. Nothing exciting, nothing bad. We were treated to the hotel turning off the ice machines. Turned them OFF! Maybe they had a high usage because people were putting ice in their coolers to go to the field. Even if this was true, SO WHAT! The hot chocolate/coffee machine at the front of the hotel was turned off so it couldn't be used. The softball teams were accused of putting a virus on the business computer; my first question is aren't they safeguarding their own computer systems? High speed internet was iffy at best. I finally gave up and used my own aircard. If you want to go to the pool remember that the room towels need to stay in the room. We played by that rule; went to the pool only to find out that they didn't have any towels at the pool. The manager closed the Damons because the softball teams were overflowing into Damons as they were trying to enjoy the karaoke. Damons only had a few customers. The manager was RUDE to everyone. The bartender wouldn't make any Daiquiris (virgin or otherwise) even when it was for the softball parents; they were "out" even though I personally watched her make one and give it to one of the other customers. Instead of asking parents and softball players to clear the aisle, the response was angry yelling saying that he was going to "close up the place if everyone didn't get the heck out of the aisles". If the remainder of the team hadn't been at this hotel, we would have left. Disappointing at best.

Was a nice quiet stay in a clean room with very comfortable beds. The location was not near as close as we had hoped to M.I.R. but the place was nice. Convient having a restaurant right there. Staff was nice.

Manager does not understand that parking is a big deal when towing a boat. Holiday Inn manager allowed a small group, not fishermen, to section off a large part of the small parking lot. I have stayed at hundreds of Holiday Inn's and this one has the dumbest manager of the all. Will not return to this facility. Super 8 is closer to Smallwood, and all who stayed there seemed to like it.

This is a great hotel. The location is great for a short trip to Andrews AFB and the DC METRO station (20 minutes). The service was excellent. We had problems with our air conditioner and reported it to the front desk. When we returned to the room, there was a new one installed. The resturant, Damon's, is a great place to eat and enjoy sports on TV and trivia games! We will absolutely stay here on our next visit. The wireless internet was fast and free and the m ilitary discount made it an easy choice.