Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds

Reviews of Best Budget Inn - Abilene

2 out of 5
Best Budget Inn - Abilene
3153 South First Street, Abilene, TX

Reviews

5.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 118 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 118 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 32 out of 118 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 118 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 36 out of 118 reviews" "

5.6/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

3.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Dean, Sanger

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
room was nasty. and fridge didn't work, microwave didn't work, heater/ac didn't work, dead bugs in the bathroom, cops showed up next door right away, yuk. only stayed because ultra tired and late check in. slept on top of the covers
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Leslie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mold! Stay away!
The bathroom was exceptionally small and the mat in the tub was filthy and torn up. The mini frig had mold growing in it. The train ran through every 90 minutes or so and blew its horns. It is very clear that the owners do not care about this motel. I will NEVER stay there ever again!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Davida

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wouldn't recommend
The rooms weren't cleaned properly, there were cigarette butts strewn around and ashes left in ashtrays. The bed sheets and towels were stained. I wouldn't recommend it.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Ya....... nope
Nasty....bed covers have cig burns all over and the room didnt even smell clean.. the tub had hair still from person before. There were roaches and there was a plate of moldy foodin the microwave..
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Julie

I hated to but i had to spend a second night due to illness...the price is FAR too exorbitant and zero actual amenities to speak of.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jeremy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Treated less than
It was horrible! Was charged extra when checking in. The first night we were put in a dirty room. The second day no hot water and toilet was stopped up. Paid 200 dollars for a dive motel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Suck
The owners are rude they hang up on your face the room wasn’t clean
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

john

Liked: Staff & service
bed linen was dirty. used own sheets
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty, stale cigarette smell, homeless /drugies on facility grounds. Unkempt and broken down rooms. Microwave was molding when asked for new one they gave me a wash cloth and spray cleaner to clean it myself. Towels had holes and were more like rags that stunk of mold. bugs, ants and train right behind the rooms that runs at all hours of the night. Not worth the money or the risk of contracting some nasty disease.
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2021

4/10 Poor

Patrice

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Skip it!
Bugs. In bed and on floor. Big gap between door and frame. Bathroom was clean but in poor condition
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

2/10 Terrible

Melissa

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

4/10 Poor

Yolanda

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nothing was clean. There was a water leak and water bubbles on the wall and paint. Furnishings look very old and run down.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The folks there were very courteous and I want to say generous as well that might not be the greatest word but they were willing to give me better without question. The owners of the place are wonderful people.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff friendly and very clean.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

2/10 Terrible

Anita

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Refund denied
We did not stay at this hotel at all. They were shut down. The owner spoke to my son directly and told him we would get a refund for the stay.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ad booking bad budgettinn
My room wasnt available they lied about the size mattress that i paid for and she told me to cancel but I used a card and hotels.com nor this Motel will reimburse me so I guess both of y'all suck. I give a middle finger to this hotel and I would like to inform all future customers that hotels.com will not get your back if you get ripped off this is a horrible site to book on I would refer everyone I know to either booking or Trivago
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Clayton

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ew
Dirty and musky. That is all.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was great! For the price, I expected very little. It was extremely late at night and I just needed sleep, so I wasn't concerned with amenities, but this was place quite nice for a budget place.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
the room was clean and the front guy was efficient. Free ice machine was a huge help.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t waste your money
Disgusting , there were bugs , sink was clogged , toilet wouldn’t flush , there was no toilet paper. Payed for two nights and only stayed one , didn’t receive a refund but didn’t care because this place is nasty and unsanitary, save your money.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was very attentive to any request we had. The room was very comfortable and just what we expected when we booked. The only disappointment was that the pool was closed.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Joseph W.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good clean room at a reasonable price.
The staff was friendly and helpful. The room was large and clean, and we could tell that several things had been renovated on the property. Some of the furniture was noticeably worn, but that did not detract from it's serviceability.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Norbert

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good, just needs maintenance.
Good central location, maintenance was lack luster, no fire alarm (wires hanging from ceiling), no exhaust fan in bathroom. Good beds friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Patt

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Just Ewwww
This motel is directly across the street from train tracks, so VERY noisy The sink had toothpaste splatter from a previous guest, and when I pulled the shower curtain closed a used washcloth fell out! Altho the sheets looked clean, I was bitten on my arms 4 times by something diring the night. When I approached the manager he gave me some spiel about how a storm damaged his roof the week before!? Not sure how that equates to bad housekeeping...maybe his housekeeper also does roofs? Overall, if you can find somewhere else to stay, I would.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overpriced and dirty No pool as advertised. Electrical outlet by the bathroom sink not working. I have stayed at this motel before and was placed in a better room in the front and was charged the same amount of money as I paid thru Expedia. My grandson and I were placed on the backside close to the street. Extremely noisy area. They advertised they had 1 room left. Not true. The majority of the rooms were empty. Good for a work crew but not good for a woman and a child.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Roland, Mansfield, TX

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The pool, its filled in, its a grass area now. Also the place is near railroad tracks, bring ear plugs. But beyond that its a nice/clean place to stay for cheap, the staff really works hard to keep everything tidy.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

donna

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NO HEAT
Had to switch rooms many many times due to no heat. I would definitely not recommend this hotel. I did not even get my money back and the manager was very unhelpful.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Kyle

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Not good
Room wasnt clean and they had not complimentary breakfast. Over priced
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Carolyn, Temple, TX

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fairly nice hotel in an older part of the city.
We we're arriving verrry late, and they didn't mind. The location was easy to find. Good price, new furniture, vrry nice decorating and friendly, helpful staff. There is a train track across the street which was active, but we were very tired and do not remember it waking us.Just be aware there is no swimming pool any longer, nor a breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Johnnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Probably wont stay there again
Sink was stopped up Bath tub need replaced or glazed
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Sucks
Hotel manager was very judgemental and rude. We were only allowed 2 towels. When we asked for more we were told no. Will not be going back and would not recommend to anyone. We were charged more because of my 3 yr old.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

Ben

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dissapointed
The room was not clean, insects all over the place, ants running up and down the sink, at the time of check in the lady at the desk was very rude, parking lot is not enough for the travelers, the pool was filled up with dirt completely
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Jim, Texas

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It's bad!
Staff seemed nice enough, I guess, but WAY over priced for what you get. It's in a bad area, the whole place is dingy, HORRIBLE mattresses, not very clean ( some rooms just plain nasty). I couldn't get out of there fast enough. BEWARE!
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

Kimberly

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I wouldn’t stay there again
It would have ok if the location was better and the front desk clerk was so rude. My pillow case had what looked like coffee or coke stains on it. And the water in the shower came out brown at first.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We just stayed one night but we enjoyed our visit.
The room was clean and cold a.c.. Very comfortable. Also led us to Little Italy to eat great food.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Shontia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was dirty. There were stains on the sheets . the floor hadn't been cleaned and the paint was scraped off several parts of the walls
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Had no housekeeping till 4pm, the room needs painting, need new pillows, overall it was ok
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Serafin

Liked: Staff & service
The area the motel was in was a rough part of town
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Gordon

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Decent for the price.
An adequate property, marginal location, but clean and budget priced. I needed a room for the night in the middle of a long drive, and this was OK for that. Would not want to be here for several days.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

Chelsea

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Never Again
Hotel was a decent price, pictures featured however look nothing like what it really does in person. Thankfully we were only passing through for the night because I was terrified we were going to be attacked by bedbugs. Half the lights didn't work, there wasn't any maid service, Fridge was rotted out and didn't even work. Wall was full of holes and the room looked like it hadn't been cleaned. Overall even 1 star is too many for this "hotel".
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Kelby

Liked: Staff & service
It was over all an okay place to stay.. the cleanest rooms for the price you pay around abilene.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Herbert

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
You get what you pay for
Beds was fine, but a warmer blanket would have been nice. TV cut in and mostly out. Train runs right behind the rooms, and the whistle is very loud, but it did not wake me. You get what you pay for, and in this case the low price reflects the overall quality of this older hotel.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort