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Reviews of Best Western Laurel

2.5 out of 5
Best Western Laurel
1 N 2nd St, Laurel, MD

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 137 out of 272 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 86 out of 272 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 272 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 272 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 272 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Barbara

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Someone was smoking pot. I was in a no smoking room. The hallway stunk to high heavens . The building / hallways were dark & dingy.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

John

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable for a night. Good breakfast. Great staff!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Mike on May 20, 2024
Hi John, thank you for the 4/5 rating we are very glad you had a "Comfortable for a night" and enjoy our staff and breakfast. We hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Sharmane

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
Response from Mike on May 20, 2024
Hi Sharmane, thank you for the 4/5 rating, hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Nilsa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
5stars
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Mike on May 20, 2024
Hi Nilsa, thank you for the 5/5 star review

10/10 Excellent

Zach

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was pretty nice for the price. Can be tough to find depending on the road. Doors slam loudly if left untouched.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Mike on May 18, 2024
Hi Zack thank you for sharing your experience with your stay here at Best Western Laurel. We look forward to seeing you again.

8/10 Good

CAROL

Liked: Amenities
Loved the newness and cleanliness. Easy checking in and out. The cleaning staff never got to our room. I had to go get our towels.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Mike on May 16, 2024
Hi Carol, thank you for sharing your experience here at Best Western Laurel. Re-fresh of towels after housekeeping hours is done at the front desk, I do apologize for the inconvenience. Housekeeping service is completed every 3 days, should a guest like to have additional service we can schedule this for you at the front desk until 2pm daily.

10/10 Excellent

Roe

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Mike on May 16, 2024
Hi Roe, thank you for the 5/5 rating, we look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Kashawn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My stay was decent the TV could’ve been a bit better but overall it was a good stay.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Mike on May 7, 2024
Hi Kashawn, thank you for your review and sharing your suggestion, we currently provide 50" HD Televisions, with 92 stations for viewing. We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Abdelkader

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room pas very clean
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on May 7, 2024
Hi Abdelkader, thank you for the 4/5 rating you gave our hotel we very much appreciate it. We hope to see you again soon.

6/10 Okay

zhiqiang

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The corridor smells and the shower does not work well.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on May 2, 2024
Hi Zhigiang, Thank you for sharing your experience during your recent stay. It appears that you are sharing this now instead when you experienced the issue when we could have assisted you and made a difference. Communication is key to everyone having a positive guest experience, which is a priority for us. We do hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff very nice and helpful. Hotel was very clean and up- to- date. Room quiet and comfortable. Breakfast was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 29, 2024
Hi Scott, thank you for sharing you experience with your recent stay we appreciate your feedback. Hope to see you again soon

4/10 Poor

pascale

Too noisy. Food substandard
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 29, 2024
Hi Pascale, I do apologize that you did not enjoy your stay with us, it is not something we like to hear. We are sorry that you did not find options to your liking at breakfast. We use only quality branded items purchased from safe and reputable suppliers, to say our breakfast food is sub-standard is simply not true. Communication is key to a great stay, should a guest come across a disruptive guest, one needs to report it to the front desk. While the hotel or its employees cannot control others, nor can we control what goes on in the room, we will investigate and make a single attempt to quite things down, should it persist, we will call Laurel Police and have the guests removed from the hotel. Over the years we have found unfortunately that some in today’s society appears to have a lack of courtesy and respect for others by being considerate; from parents letting children run around unsupervised in the corridors screaming to adults basically doing the same and slamming doors. We apologize and fully understand the frustration we feel that same frustration!

8/10 Good

Donna

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on May 14, 2024
Hi Donna, thanks for the 4/5 review, hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Joanna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
I had a good experience in this hotel. It was clean, room was big, clean and has a good shower, coffee, fridge and microwave. Good internet and tv services. Some difficulties: the shower water went from hot to cold randomly. It was difficult to take a shower not worry to get burn suddenly or frozen. Also, it was noisy, we can hear the other room tv, people walking around. The doors close very heavy and it was like a huge bang in the middle of the night. The breakfast was good, and the lady serving wafers was very nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 22, 2024
Hi Joanna, thank you for sharing your experience with us and be assured that we take all comments seriously. We currently have our maintenance engineer looking into the hot/cold water issue you brought up. Yes, our doors are very heavy; they are a highly rated fire door for your safety, but doors do not bang themselves, and I am sorry that other guests caused that disturbance. When issues are brought to our attention, we will take action to correct the issue without getting you involved, did you report the TV noise? Thank you again, and we do hope to see you again soon.

2/10 Terrible

Nashea

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 22, 2024
Hi Nashea, I see that you stayed with us for 4 nights and we do appreciate your business, however I do not see that you reported any issue during your stay. Communication is key to everyone having a great stay, by being silent you only deny yourself that stay and us the ability to assist you. Unfortunately, a review score of a 1 doesn’t help anyone; without you sharing your experience with us we cannot learn from it or correct the issue. Perhaps you would not mind contacting Mike the General Manager and provide him some insight.

8/10 Good

Sharmane

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hearing all the doors slam was the most annoying part of my stay. For some reason no one would keep their doors from slamming every night starting around 8pm.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 18, 2024
Hi Sharmane, I am very sorry to hear that other guest disrupted your stay with us. We are looking into way that we can lessen that sound. WE do appreciate your understanding.

6/10 Okay

Novita, Elmhurst

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel has very clean room. Unfortunately guests near my room was too noisy and fighting in the middle of the night. I can’t sleep until 1:30 am but I’m glad police finally removed them. Breakfast just ok, they write Sunday menu is turkey sausage but they served pork patties every day. It would be nice if they have another options for people who don’t eat pork. TV on my room wasn’t working, I told receptionist but they didn’t fix it.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 18, 2024
Hi Novita, WE are glad you found the room clean and we do offer both pork and turkey sausage, we may have been temporally out, just ask the attendant. The hotel did get a complaint about a guest dispute and we took immediate action and the guest was removed by the Laurel Police Department. We do apologize for their poor behavior.

10/10 Excellent

Geralde

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
it was clean and the staff was friendly
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 18, 2024
Hi Geralde, thank you for your kind words we are always glad to hear that our guest found the room "was clean and the staff was friendly". We hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Josh

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice property with a nice room and the staff were very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 10, 2024
Hi Josh, thank you for sharing your experience here at Best Western Laurel. We are very glad you found out hotel to be a nice property with clean rooms and a friendly and helpful staff. By scoring us they way you did you are helping us to meet our goal of being in the top 20% of all Best Western Hotels worldwide and we are not far off from obtaining that status. We appreciate you. Stay Safe!

8/10 Good

Yolanda, DUNWOODY

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 26, 2024
Hi Yolanda, thank you for your review score 4/5 we truly appreciate it, we hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Terri

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 26, 2024
Hi Terri, thank you for your review score 4/5 we truly appreciate it, we hope to see you again soon.

2/10 Terrible

amet

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place felt dirty, had to ask for clean sheets and towels, never mind all the hair everywhere. If they truly clean they wouldn’t have hair behind after people leave. The refrigerator made a horrible noise all night long. Near the front entrance there was dog poop left behind for the 2 days I was there.
Response from Mike on Apr 4, 2024
Hi Amet,I am very sorry to hear that you had a negative experience during your stay with us. We are very disturbed and surprised about your comments. As you read our reviews here on Expedia and other sites we are continually praised for our clean rooms and customer service. Floyd, one of our front desk agents spoke to you just yesterday (4-3-24) and you made no mention of these issues until now. When you choose not to communicate you only deny yourself a great stay and the hotels the ability to assist you. Your scores are not just a score, our hotel truly cares about your experience. The housekeeping manager is looking into the cleaning of the room and reviewing photographs taken during the inspection prior to your arrival, we also found that there was NO “dog poop” in the location you state or by any other entrance. What we did find was a brown blotches of adhesive that was used in the renovation of the hotel entrance, we can see how if you look at it quickly one might assume what you did. We appreciate your comments although we may disagree with them, they do keep us on our toes. We only wished that you would have communicated with us during your stay and not afterwards so we could have provided you with the stay you expect from the Best Western Laurel.

10/10 Excellent

June

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 4, 2024
Hi June, thank you for the 5 star review, we look to see you again soon,

8/10 Good

Solomon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good budget hotel
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 1, 2024
Hi Solomon, thank you for your review, we hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 2, 2024
Hi Stephanie, Thank you for the 4-star review, we really appreciate it. We hope to see you again soon, so we may continue to provide you with our great customer service, clean and safe rooms, complimentary hot breakfast the opportunity, free wi-fi, free parking and the opportunity to earn that 5th star. Have a great day!

8/10 Good

Alexander

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I like to safe location. I was able to walk around the premises without hassel.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 1, 2024
Hi Alexander, We are very glad to feel that you felt safe at our Best Western Hotel and enjoyed your stay. We hope to see you again soon.

8/10 Good

Tom

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is clean, quiet and priced well.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 28, 2024
Hi Tom, thank you for sharing your experience with your recent stay here at Best Western Laurel. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay and found “The hotel is clean, quiet and priced well..” We hope to see you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Brittany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful room
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 27, 2024
Hi Brittany, thank you for the 5 star review, we hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed just for the night, very clean, nice room and staff very accommodating
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 25, 2024
Hi Teresa, Thank for your review and sharing your experience. We hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Apr 11, 2024
Hi Kenneth, thank you for the 5 star review, we hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Sabina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location for quick stay. Staff courteous and friendly. Would recommend to others.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 18, 2024
Hi Sabina, thank you for sharing your experience with your most recent stay with Best Western Laurel we are glad that you found our "Staff courteous and friendly" and we appreciate you recommending us to others. We hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Jeanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 18, 2024
Hi Jeanne, we are happy to see the you found our "Staff friendly and helpful." Thank you for sharing your experience and we hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Kurt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 12, 2024
Hi Kurt, Thank you for the 5 star review, we hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Tamika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very clean, staff amazing, and breakfast was great
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 11, 2024
Hi Tamika, thank you for your review and we hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Casey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice average Best Western
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 9, 2024
Thank you for your review and we hope to see you again soon.

2/10 Terrible

Shaneka

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 27, 2024
Hi Shaneka,Thank you for your review and we are sorry to see that we did not meet your expectations. A score of 1 is just that a 1; without communication we do not know where we could have made your stay more enjoyable. I reviewed your reservation and saw no reported issues. When you choose not to communicate you only deny yourself a great stay and the hotels the ability to assist you. Your score is not a score that our hotel typically receives, perhaps you would care to give us a call and share your experience with our General Manager Mike.

8/10 Good

Matthew

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 22, 2024
Hi Matthew, thanks for the 4 star review. Hope to see you again soon.

2/10 Terrible

Jacqueline

Travelled with family
After check in and settled in our room after a long 3 hr. Drive, the room directly above on the 5th floor started at 4:00 with a reciprocating saw to dismantle a toilet off the wall. The noice was deafening and shook our room. I went up to the next floor to investigate. The front desk they had no idea. The maintenance supervisor was called and took care of telling the worker to stop. Unbelievable! I almost was ready to check out.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Mar 1, 2024
We do apologize for the inconvenience of a repair being done in the restroom above the room you occupied. The front desk was not informed by the General Contractor that they would be working in that area that day. I am glad that our maintenance team was able to quickly assist you and have the work stopped. I fully understand your frustration and if proper communication had been made by the Contractor, this would never have happened, and we are very sorry for that inconvenience. We have addressed this with them. The work hours are approximately 10am until 5:30pm daily. The renovation is nearly complete with about 21 days left, and we are very excited to move into the hotel’s next chapter as a premier Hotel in Laurel. Perhaps the next time you are in Laurel, you will consider staying with us again so you may enjoy the amenities and excellent customer service we offer to all our guests.

10/10 Excellent

Jeanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy to get to, convenient location. Friendly, helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 27, 2024
Hi Jeanne, thank you for sharing your experience here at the Best Western Laurel. We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
I didnt like the construction going
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 23, 2024
Hi James, the construction to the front car port will hopefully end March 1st we appreciate your patience while we bring this 2 year project to a close.

2/10 Terrible

Tony

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property under construction with materials piled everywhere in parking lots. Refused to show room prior to taking possession of key.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 23, 2024
Hi Tony, we would be very happy to show off our rooms to you during normal business hours. I am sorry that you choose not to stay with us due to the outside renovation to out carport. We did approve this cancelation for you with out cost as a courtesy.

2/10 Terrible

Bobbi

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Knock before you enter a room
The overall hotel was clean for the price i paid however after driving 3 hours and spending all day walking when we arrived to check in. We were given a room and when we went to enter a lady was already checked in to that room, when we went back to the lobby she gave us another room and while no one was in it their stuff was. It made me a little hesitant to leave my stuff in the 3rd room we got. The entire night the people in rooms around us were slamming doors which kept my 13 year old up most of the night. However the front desk lady was very apologetic about the room situation.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 23, 2024
Hi Bobbi, I do apologize for the room issue we were experiencing some software issues which were corrected. I know how unsettling this can be for all and we deeply apologize. This by no means a frequent occurrence. Unfortunately we little control og guests slamming a door, when notified we will investigate and take action as necessary. We hope to see you again soon so we can have another chance to provide the service you expect from Best Western.

6/10 Okay

HELEN, North Billerica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 23, 2024
Hi Helen, thank you for your review

10/10 Excellent

Curtis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 19, 2024
Hi Curtis, that you for your review.

8/10 Good

Jamee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 17 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 23, 2024
Hi Jamee, thanks for you review.

8/10 Good

Edwin

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 19, 2024
Thank you for your review.

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
not a bad place to stay
Needed help with the TV remote, went to the front desk around 10 PM to ask for help. Clerk did not know the answer but said she would find out and call the room to let me know - she never called.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 19, 2024
David, I am sorry to hear that you had an issue with the remote, not sure what happened but I will look into it and speak with the agent on duty.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Desk staff was great. Comfortable room. Breakfast staff not so nice.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 19, 2024
Thank you for oyur review and I am sorry you feel the breakfast staff was not so nice.

6/10 Okay

Oluwatimilehin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights. Hot water lasted less than 5 minutes the first night, and there was none at all the second night. Staff was notified but a repairman couldnt come till after my stay; which i understand. As this was a rather significant inconvenience to me I expected some sort of particular consideration but i received none. Everything else was acceptable besides that.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 19, 2024
Thank you for your review and comments, we had the boilers checked and they are all functioning correctly, but to be sure we immediately called our professional 3rd party plumber to inspect the the system, and nothing significant was found. We will continue to monitor.

8/10 Good

Damisha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mike on Feb 19, 2024
Hi Ernest, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us. Hope to see you again soon.