Magnuson Grand Columbus North in Columbus

I came here with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. My husband, mom, daughter, and I stayed three nights. We were comfortable, the room was shockingly clean, the staff was extremely friendly. It’s a good value, the breakfast is basic and good as well. We were there for outside attractions and didn’t have time to swim in the pool or checkout the weight room. The hotel met all our needs, would recommend if your looking for value over frills.

The reviews were a bit scary, so I was hesitant when we checked in. It wasn't bad at all! The Pros: The room was clean, roomy and the bed was very comfortable. The pillows are nice and fluffy, and they give you four. The bathroom was clean, the fridge and microwave worked. The Cons: The TV was spotty. Not very many channels and the reception was wonky on some. There was no hot water the night we stayed there. It got pretty warm, fine for hand washing, but not hot. It didn't seem like a bad area to me. I was expecting pimps and hookers to be walking around, but I didn't see anything shady. The hotel was quiet and I got a good night's sleep, that's the important thing. We only needed a place to stay for one night, so we didn't bother with amenities such as the pool or gym. One thing that sucked was that the hallways smelled like stale cigarette and marijuana smoke. Strange, considering every room was a non-smoking room. Luckily, the smell didn't seep into the room.

The hotel parking lot and lobby was set up a little weird which caused us to have to drive around the parking lot entirely looking for the entrance, but it's sorry of facing towards the main road behind the building with the pool. It looked to be relatively clean in the halls and public areas. Our room was clean enough to. The bed spread was that polyester feeling material so I didn't like that. I didn't see any signs of bugs, but something did bite me in the arm, but that could've been anything. There is a pretty large pool in a building across from the lobby. There's also a gym in there, locker rooms, a hot tub (only for 18 and up), and a sauna in the locker rooms. I didn't check out anything but the pool though. It is set up like a competition pool so it's roped off in lanes which makes it a little harder to play for the kids. There was supposed to be a free hotel breakfast, but nobody informed me of it and I only saw the sign as I was checking out. It would've been nice had I known though, but they're was nothing in our room telling us and the check in guy didn't tell me either. There was an ice machine in the hall and a pop machine. Checkout is rather early at 11 a m which was kind of annoying because you can't check in until 3, but have to be totally it by 11 the next morning.

The hotel is hidden in a kind of run-down part of town. That being said upon entering the hotel if you actually realize it's pretty nice in here. The room is clean enough and the amenities at the hotel are pretty nice. They have a nice gym attached as well as an indoor pool if you feel like swimming in 40 degree weather... The only cons to the hotel or that the breakfast is not very good as they don't have a lot of options like you would expect at a hotel like this, as well that we found a gross bug in our room but that's to be expected it's hard to get all the bugs and little things taken care of with so many rooms. You're not too mad as we captured it and got rid of it. All in all it's definitely a four out of five experience