Days Inn, New Bern

I hate to give this hotel even one star- if only I had the option to give NEGATIVE stars on this site! I arrived at the hotel and found it to be totally unacceptable: Although described to be in the touristy historic district of town, the hotel is in fact in a very bad area. It is next door to a bail bond agency, and there are bars on every window of every building within sight. Locals confirmed the hotel is in a truly unsafe area. The building is dirty and extremely run-down. A chain link fence surrounds the property and whatever existed as landscaping at one time is dead, dry and brown. The pool is a black weed filled swamp. The lobby smelled of mildew. I wish I could attach pictures to this review, as the pictures I have seen on the Internet in no way represent what it really looks like. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone for any reason!

I was the coordinator for a tour with a group of 33 teachers. The reservations were made and paid for at least 2 - 3 months before the stay. Upon arrival, the rooms had not been assigned, even though I sent in room assignments. We had to wait for approximately one hour before everyone got to their room. The bed linen on some of the beds was dirty. The hallway carpet was dirty and stained. I did not see an area for the complimentary breakfast. If we had seen the area, we would not have eaten there because the restaurant/bar rating was below 90. The pool was not operating. It was dirty and had green slime in it. Check out time was just as bad if not worse than checking in. When we were checking out at 6:30 a.m. the next morning, the night person said that he could not check us out. He had to call in the manager. The manager finally arrived and checked us out. I do not and will not recommend this hotel to anyone.

If it's in the process of being remodeled then they need to pick up the pace. The exterior was obviously abandoned and the interior smelled of musk. The parking was horrible and would not trust parking my vehicle there. The rooms were clean however, the carpet was full of stains. The staff were nice but will never stay at a Days Inn again.

The Service was very friendly! Whatever problems existed under previous ownership must have been corrected. We had great time with great service. Highly recommmend this hotel when in New Bern!!

View of the Bails Bondsman across street. Terrible parking, felt unsafe leaving car on property. No towel bars in bathroom to hang towels. Dreary lookint place rather slept in a tent. For quality in area overpriced.

Checked in on March 12th for business; colleagues were to join me next day. Meant to stay for a week. Front desk folk nice, rooms relatively clean, but noise from elevator and some kind of rhythmic generator kept me up. Front desk moved me in the middle of the night, but new room door wouldn't lock. Moved to another room, worse noise, no sleep. Left without checking out after I begged a rate reduction from Sheraton for myself and staff. My taxi driver told me Days Inn's neighborhood was a dangerous part of town; wasn't that great for sure. When I checked into the Sheraton and when my staff checked into Sheraton there were other people checking in at the same time who had left Days Inn because of the noise; one couple had seen rats in the hall. If Days Inn is renovating they sure haven't finished, and even though front desk people were nice, it was just an uncomfortable scary place to stay. We lost a lot of money moving but it was worth it. We won't book there again.

this hotel is under new ownership & undergoing renovation; don't let the outside fool you. all the staff are friendly and helpful; the rooms are clean and comfy. definitely eat at sugarbear restaurant at the hotel -- try it even if you think you won't like it. i was very pleasantly surprized & ate things i don't normally care for. and their own special orange cake actually tastes a LOT better than it looks! my only complaint is that sound carries too well -- as in many other places (including the statusphere in las vegas.) good bet for a budget hotel.