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Clarion Hotel Downtown

2.0 star property
Hotel with a 24-hour fitness center, near University of South Carolina

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Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Pool
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Free WiFi

Room options

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Basic Room, 1 King Bed | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Basic Room, 1 King Bed

Highlights

Air conditioning
Connecting rooms available
TV
Shower/tub combination
Hair dryer
Coffee/tea maker
Cable channels
Iron/ironing board
  • 357 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

Highlights

Air conditioning
Connecting rooms available
TV
Shower/tub combination
Hair dryer
Coffee/tea maker
Cable channels
Iron/ironing board
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

About the neighborhood

Map
Gervais Street, 1615, Columbia, SC, 29201

What's nearby

  • South Carolina State House - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Township Auditorium - 11 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
  • University of South Carolina - 2 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Colonial Life Arena - 2 min drive - 2.1 km

Getting around

  • Columbia Station - 6 min drive
  • Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) - 19 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Chick-fil-A - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Cook-Out - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Chick-fil-A - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Knowledge Perk Coffee Company - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Colloquium Café - ‬8 min walk

About this property

Clarion Hotel Downtown

Hotel near University of South Carolina
Clarion Hotel Downtown provides amenities like a 24-hour gym and a restaurant. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
You'll also find perks like:
  • An outdoor pool
  • RV/bus/truck parking, a ballroom, and ATM/banking services
  • Meeting rooms, a front-desk safe, and free newspapers
  • An elevator, coffee/tea in the lobby, and a billiards/pool table
Room features
All 85 rooms boast comforts such as air conditioning, as well as thoughtful touches like free WiFi and free weekday newspapers.
More amenities include:
  • Bathrooms with shower/tub combinations and hair dryers
  • TVs with cable channels
  • Coffee/tea makers, daily housekeeping, and phones

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: internet access (surcharge)

Parking and transportation

  • RV/bus/truck parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • Coffee/tea in common area(s)

Things to do

  • 24-hour fitness center
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Ballroom
  • Elevator
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Turndown service

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • Elevator

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning

Bathroom

  • Bathroom (partially open)
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower/tub combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Cable channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Free newspapers (weekdays)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Renovations and closures

The following facilities will be closed during the summer:
  • Swimming pool

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 18 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Clarion Downtown Columbia
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Clarion Columbia
Clarion Hotel Columbia
Columbia Clarion
Carolina University Inn
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Frequently asked questions

Does Clarion Hotel Downtown have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool. The pool will be closed during the summer.

What time is check-in at Clarion Hotel Downtown?

Check-in begins at 3 PM.

What time is check-out at Clarion Hotel Downtown?

Check-out is at 11 AM.

Where is Clarion Hotel Downtown located?

Located in Downtown Columbia, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Wilson House and University of South Carolina. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and South Carolina State House are also within 15 minutes.

Clarion Hotel Downtown Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 88 out of 739 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 165 out of 739 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 180 out of 739 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 155 out of 739 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 151 out of 739 reviews" "

6.0/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Ric, Atlanta

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible
Place is old. Run down. Smells. It is under renovation. So construction is going. Should be shut down until it is completed.

2/10 Terrible

Katie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't ever stay there!
It was horrible. Worst hotel experience ever. I am 46 years old and have stayed in many, many hotels. This was the worst!

4/10 Poor

Keith

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel still needs a lot of work and renovating.
Hotel still needs a lot of work and renovating.

2/10 Terrible

teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It would have been good but it was construction going on late night and early next morning

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst ever
Worst experience ever. Old ice machine outside my door made noise all night long and had stained the carpet in front of it from leaking. They are planning on gutting this building and I could see why. Checked out ASAP. The hotel should not have been rented in this condition.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sketchy, Unclean, and Unfit for Customers
The building looks like it shouldnt even be open. There is construction going on on all four sides of the building and the place looks abandon. Dirty, old, and just gross. The wallpaper was coming down in the bathroom, the drain in the tub was stopped up, there was NO fire detector in our room, just wires where it should be, the air condition vent was so molded and grimmed up it made me gag. There was just an overall sketchy vibe with the whole place, again it seemed like the building shouldnt have even been allowed to have people in it, only reason we stayed was because it was close to the township auditorium and had no other options after arriving. The staff was friendly enough, but do yourself a favor and stay away from this place.

2/10 Terrible

Mike, Washington, D.C.

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wait til renovations are done
I work in the service industry, so I hate to post a really negative review, but this hotel was a pretty bad experience. Half of it is under renovation, so the only part guests can stay in is very old and in obvious disrepair. The first room we were booked in had a broken lock, so we had to take the creaky, terrifying elevator back and forth 3 times to reception, the first two times to get a new key (which didn't work either), the third time to get a new room. The room we got (a non-smoking room with two queen beds) reeked of cigarette smoke. The fire alarm had been ripped out of the wall (wires hanging out), and the toilet would only flush by lifting the lid off the back and manually flushing it. The shower/tub took roughly half an hour to drain after being used. The alarm clock, television remote, phone, and wifi did not work. There was broken glass on the floor.

4/10 Poor

Gyneitha

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The outlets didn't work in one room so we were moved into a different one...And the next room didn't have good signal on the TV it was very fuzzy

4/10 Poor

Angela

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is under renovations.
Hotel under renovations. Terrible conditions. Should not even be available for reservations.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Conference stay
Filthy room- poor pillows- terrible mattress- hotel smells rotten

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old, smelled like smoke
Smelled had to move to another room. It smelled the same.

8/10 Good

Dave, Bluffton SC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfectly Good Hotel--Good Bargain
I've stayed at this facility a number of times over the last 20 years. They are undergoing a major renovation, which means there are some minor inconveniences, but the rooms are clean and pleasant, the beds are good, everything in the room works, the staff is helpful and considerate, and the parking lot is well lit. They can't serve breakfast at this time during the construction. They appear to be giving reduced rates because of the construction; I saved over one third the rate over the next comparable choice. If you want a comfortable place to stay the night close to the University and want to save money, take advantage of this place while they are getting fixed up.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
THIS WAS AN OVERALL TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. WHEN WE WERE WALKING INTO THE HOTEL TO CHECK IN PEOPLE WERE LEAVING SHAKING THEIR HEADS. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A KEY SIGN FOR US. THE CURTAINS WERE RIPPED,BED SPREAD WAS RIPPED THE TV DIDN'T WORK AND THERE WERE BARE OUTLETS IN THE ROOM. VERY UNSAFE AND UNCLEAN.

2/10 Terrible

Disgusted, upstate SC

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE in every detail
The hotel front appears to be boarded up; nothing like the online pictures. There’s a dimly lit parking lot in the back where you enter. The lobby smelled musty; the guy at check-in didn’t speak much English; the elevator was slow & loud with a handprint on the wall (see pic). My room was gross. The door was hard to open & close. The curtains were coming off rod (see pic); NO SMOKE DETECTOR (see pic); phone unhooked; stain on the sheet (see pic); sink had broken stopper and no soap (see pic); closet alcove light buzzed constantly; big hole in ceiling above the light (see pic); only 2 electrical outlets available in whole room; wallpaper peeling off everywhere; no mini-frig; carpet was damp; so few lights/lamps that more than half the room was in total darkness; shower sprayed water all over the counter; when I asked for a different room I was told they were sold out (even though there were only 2 cars in the lot, and I never saw another person the whole weekend). I slept fully dressed both nights so my skin wouldn't touch the sheets. The toilet tissue was so thin it was almost worthless. If I had stayed at a rent-by-the-hour dump, I might have expected this. But since I booked this place online and paid MUCH more, I was shocked at the abysmal conditions. I will not ever return here, and will tell everyone I know to stay away. What an embarrassment for the city of Columbia. This hotel should be prohibited from advertising. It is NOTHING like the website suggests.

2/10 Terrible

stay away

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Roaches and no fire alarm. Non smoking room was obviously a smoking room. Swatted roaches. A dump

2/10 Terrible

James

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
RUN AWAY. DO NOT STAY HERE!
Old, rundown property. Construction onsight. TV did not work. Room was dirty. Plumbing was bad. Will never stay there again. Would have been better at a Motel 6. Wasted my money.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Liked that the Inn was on central campus.
Breakfast selection was good. You are kidding me! Liked that the Inn was on central campus.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Construction blues ...
Other than the location, this place had a lot to be desired. The carpet was less than stellar, the woman who checked us in seemed to rush us upstairs so she could get back to texting on her phone. The room was OK. The following day however the front desk attendant, Taki, greeted us and she was far more pleasant and helpful even explaining the construction we were victims to. Hopefully once they complete the upgrade it will improve on all fronts.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

4/10 Poor

Vernon

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You get what you pay for
Not the best conditions but I guess I got what I paid for. It looks like they are doing some remodeling and the building seemed dirty. When I came in at night I could not get in the hotel and I had to call and wait for someone to come and open the door.

2/10 Terrible

stasia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
had to change rooms 3x , no electric in first room , second room had 2 maid carts in it and tv didn't work

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Needs to clean carpets!
Check in was easy and man was friendly. I saw no other staff during my stay. It appears that the hotel is under remodel or construction, but could see not sign of any improvements. The lobby, hallway, and room carpet desperately needs to be cleaned. The wall paper in the lobby is coming off the walls.

2/10 Terrible

T, columbia sc

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel in need of updating going through renovation
This hotel is in great need of updating currently being renovated however stay wasn't very pleasant. My room did not have a hard landline telephone for two days. I had a broken shelf in the closet area . Limited access at night difficult getting in ,attendant has to come to a rear door upon ringing the bell.