Red Roof Inn at Burlington, North Carolina - Hotel Review

Ahhhh the Red Roof Inn. You've seen them everywhere... white buildings with bright red roofs. Unlike most chains, this one is pretty consistent from city to city. Burlington, NC is no different.

Check in with no reservation was very painless, and the desk gal was all smiles. Burlington is a kinda special place. Everywhere we went during this short road trip people were smiling and bending over backwards to be helpful and friendly. Very refreshing town. This attitude did carry into the Red Roof Inn.

Our Queen room was airy and done is summer colors. Very upbeat and in keeping with the mood of the residents of Burlington. The bed was pretty comfy too! Softer than most, but not in a worn-out mattress kinda way... don't ya hate the ones with the broken spines that sag in the middle? Well, this wasn't like that. heh.

Red Roof Inn supplies voice mail and data ports in all guest rooms, but if you get the Business King Room it also has an enhanced work area, data port and speaker phone. Local calls are free. We just went with the cheapest smoking room available though as all we needed was a place to crash before driving home. It was just storming to too heavily for that 3 hour drive that night.

Lets see what else... we had a Close-captioned TV with free ESPN, ESPN 2, Showtime, CNN, CNN Headline News, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, Weather Channel, TNT, TBS, USA, Cartoon Network, ABC, NBC and CBS. Movies and video games are available. The long dresser was adequate since we didn't have a suitcase.... There is a closet with hangers.

The Red Roof Inn bathroom was nothing fancy but very clean, as was the room itself. They supplied soap and shampoo, but no conditioner... which kinda bit it since this wasn't planned and I didn't have my little over-night thingy. I hate trying to comb my hair out with no conditioner. My bad, we wanted cheap. What do you expect for 42 bucks? The towels were fluffy though and there were two big ones. There was plenty of good hot water!

Complimentary coffee and the USA TODAY newspaper are available weekdays in the lobby. Cribs are provided at no charge. Kids under 18 stay free. Photocopy and fax services are available at the front desk. The Snack and Soda machines were well stocked and worked..

One small pet is ok, so leave the Rottweiller at home...unless he's a service animal, in which case he is more than welcome. Pets cannot be left in the room unattended though!

This Red Roof Inn does have a pool if you want to bring the kids or just relax. It's outside and we didn't use it since we hit the road for home early the next morning.

There is no restaurant, but there are several close by. Everything from Outback Steakhouse to KFC, so the location is very good..we didn't eat at any of those though. We went down the highway a bit to exit 143 and hit Hursey's Pig Pickin' BBQ instead because of a local's recommendation. The Motel is right off of I-85 at exit 145, just real close to JR Tobacco, which was the reason for this little road trip.

All in all, Red Roof Inn served our purpose, the staff was very friendly, and the place was extremely clean. I do recommend this one in Burlington, NC... if you don't need room service (no restaurant).

Check in is 2:00 pm.
Check out is 11:00 am.

2133 West Hanford Road
Burlington, NC 27406
(336) 227-1270