Hampton Inn Gainesville

excellent hotel-quiet rooms have thick walls. easy access to elevators from parking lot.

Very clean room, friendly staff and close to everything, breakfast was good. Walking distance to the historic downtown. Definitely we will be back. Manager was always making sure everything was good. Very quiet hotel. Walking distance to restaurants.

We were going to be in the Gainesville area later on Saturday and didn't want to drive several hours to get home. We had been familiar with the are about 20 years ago and opted to just stay overnight to see how it had changed, etc. I did some research and opted to stay here, partly as I already knew the location. We arrived around 6:30 p.m. Check-in was easy. They have self-parking around most of the building and do not charge you for it. The room was fairly spacious. The entry hall was a bit of a choke-point versus the entrance to the bathroom, but it wasn't a real problem. The shower stall was also a bit narrow, but manageable. The room was dark at night and quiet. Despite the hotel's location on a main road in town, I wasn't really aware of traffic noise. The location is about 3 - 4 blocks from Gainesville's square. There are several restaurants within 1 block. If the weather is nice, the whole area is very walkable. Entry to the hotel is primarily off Jesse Jewel Pkwy, which is busy. There is basically a U-turn into the front entrance. However, there is a small spur road that also connects to the parking lot and allows easy access to the square. The layout is a bit odd, but once you see it, it's easy. Breakfast the next morning was pretty good - basically back to pre-pandemic standards. They had ham, scrambled eggs, various bread + toaster, a waffle machine, cereal, yogurt, etc. If I were staying in Gainesville again, I'd consider staying here.

We stayed here two nights. It was very clean, and quiet. Breakfast wasn’t the best, but it is free and we never expect a 5 star meal there. We always try to stay at Hampton’s and this one was what we always look for. We would stay here again if in the area.

Gainesvilles’s downtown is LOUD. Right on Jesse Jewell Parkway, you’ll need earplugs to avoid street noise as well as your neighbors’ noise of urinating and hocking up phlegm or cranking up their diesel trucks at 5am. Walls are thin and old. Front desk clerk overnight was not trained in professional courtesy and communication. No greeting. No welcome. No thank you for being a premier hotel member.. nada. Room is the standard you can expect at Hampton Inn. Thank goodness.

Stayed there this past weekend (7/27-29/2023). Im a musician and performed at the Boot Barn which is a music venue within walking distance from the hotel. Played with former members of Kansas, Journey and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Voices of Rock Radio. Performed 7/28/2023. After getting done playing. I walked back to the hotel. I was carrying two bass guitars, and hanging shirt, a bag of wet clothes and a musical pedal board. My hands were full when I got to my room. I set my pedalboard down to fetch my room key. Unlocked the door and went inside. After about an hour I realized I hadn't brought my pedalboard into the room. A pedalboard is an assortment of various effects pedal that help me create different sounds for different songs. Mine was roughly worth about $1600-1800. Went back out to the hallway and my pedalboard was gone. I panicked. I rechecked my room and not finding it there went to the front desk. This was about 10:30pm. A young lady was behind the front desk. Her name was Pagent. I asked if anyone had turned in anything lately and describe what I was looking for. She said they had not. I went directly to the club to make sure I hadnt left it there. I was fairly certain I had brought back to the hotel. It wasnt at the music venue. I actually saw my band bands still at the venue and they hadnt seen it either. At this point I was freaking out. I had another performance the following weekend in Chicago and the thought of having to replace everything as well as the financial hit to do so was not a good feeling. In talking with Pagent we came to the conclusion there wasnt much to do and I should try and get some sleep as at this point it was roughly 3am. I decided to get up early as to hang out in the lobby and see if I saw anyone trying to leave the hotel with it. I new Pagent got off work at 7am. Anyway, I walked down into the lobby and was blown away. During the night Pagent had printed up flyers and posted them on all the floors explaining the lose of the equipment and asking for help in finding it. Also, she had someone walk all the floors and the perimeter of the hotel looking for it. As if that werent enough she repositioned the security cameras at the exits and entrance to better view anyone leaving. I was floored. This young woman really went above and beyond to try to get my item back. Pagent got off work at 7am. I thanked her for her help and gave her a hug. About an hour later the keyboardist came downstairs to have breakfast. I asked if he had heard about my pedal board going missing and he said "Oh, I have it my room". My jaw hit the floor. Apparently his room was across the hall from mine. He however thought my room was the guitarists and that the equipment belonged to him and that he would return it to him when the flew to the airport the next day. He even texted him. The guitarist never saw the text and the keyboardist had no idea I was missing it. Kind of the perfect storm. Anyw

The rooms were clean, the staff pleasant, the beds and pillows were good, and the ground floor was not noisy. Due to the geography, higher floors may be a bit noisier. The location is convenient to downtown and Green Street. The downtown area is getting a vibrant nightlife and amenities, so this makes for a good location if that is what you are interested in. Breakfast was typical for chain hotels but a bit better than average.

I am a Hilton Diamond member, travelling overseas monthly, and always stay at Hilton. The only thing positive about this hotel was the reception area was clean and the night duty front desk clerk was very polite. ********* smell in the elevator and hall. Stale tobacco smell in the non-smoking room. No manager on duty, contrary to what the huge sign states upon entry. Never even unzipped the suitcase. drove another 2 hours to get as far away from that place as possible. I also will be notifying the Hlton Diamond Desk of this experience.

This hotel was very clean (my number one requirement). The bed was comfortable. Check in was a quick and simple task with the help of the clerk on duty, Ty. She made sure all our needs were met even though we did not have a reservation. The breakfast area was neat and clean. The attendant wiped the tables as soon as they were vacated to make sure everyone had a clean place to eat. If traveling in the area again, I would stay at this location.