Marten House Hotel and Lilly C, Indianapolis

A bad night was made worse. First the bad: A friend at work severed his finger and needed emergency surgery on it by a hand specialist. The specialist said he may still lose the finger. We had driven four hours to see our friend and looked for a hotel. Much to our delight (and soon to be horror) we found that the Hospital owns a "full-service" hotel called Marten House. The worse: The hotel is a dump! First room was a smoking room and filthy (toilet had skid marks, bathroom did not look mopped), 2nd room was filthy but at least non-smoking. 3rd room was clean but reaked of cigars! They charged us a rediculous amount of money because they were "almost full" even though we were supposed to get the hospital's discount. Restaurant was closed. No breakfast or even free coffee. Front desk could not give any directions. Even the hotel manager when we passed in the hallway bumped into us and did not even apologize or acknowledge our presence. I will be writing St. Vincent's board about our troubles and let them know about the kind of place that they are sponsoring. Run away!