Tampa Inn

We stayed at the Tampa Inn during Hurricane Ian. The windows and doors must be sound proof because you would never know that a hurricane was going on. We did lose power and that's not the hotels fault. Mother Nature did that. But overall we were very happy and the AC never went out so that was nice. I see lots of poor reviews but I can't say anything bad about this place. I would stay here again for sure.

DO NOT GO HERE if you can help it!! EXTREMELY overpriced, staff is extremely rude and could care less about anything but their money, rooms are disgustingly dirty and run down and can even be dangerous bc some of the rooms have cardboard over their broken windows and if you pay and then want a refund bc of the conditions GOOD LUCK bc they won't give u one! They play on the fact that they are right across the street from Busch Gardens but it's the worst place you could stay and there are other hotels that are not as bad for less money on the area! I stayed there as an emergency when I was without power due to a hurricane and I would NEVER recommend anyone staying there if they have ANY other option!

After I checked in and was about to go to my room, the front desk clerk tells me, "No smoking in room. $50 if you smoking." Which I quickly respond with, "That's it??"What can I say? I went into this blindly. I planned another one of my solo trips while honoring a spirit of frugality and look what I got. Mini subtext: I am a T-Mobile subscriber and decided for the 1st time to take advantage of their active "up to 40% off" hotel deal. The only thing that was 40% and MORE off was the quality here. If a picture is worth a thousand words, allow my accompanied gallery to preach to you today to give you a WARNING! If you do choose still to stay here, I admire your spunk. The MOST ALARMING thing about my stay here is that I was in a room with a lopsided front doorknob (pictured). It looked like a flaccid doorknob and people would pass my door to at random fidget/play with it out of curiosity. SCARY! I complained immediately and well you can predict the outcome/solution. None. I am still enduring this. Thank goodness it is much too hot to do much. Mind you, it took 30+ tries before I got through the door after getting the key. Damn dated keycard locks. I endured this throughout my stay bc I was born with a plastic spoon and not a silver one in my mouth and isn't this the result sometimes when melding thrift and adventure? A few things off the top of my head that drew immediate CONCERN here are the following: the smell of the room (smoke, old, staleness), the pool has neighborhood kids using it, dirty socks, cigarette butts, crushed red berries that may or may not be brain matter and blood near pool (pictured), riff raff around the Inn's parameters, teens hanging on the grounds at night, the most daunting and dark vending machine area, they provide a brand of body soap called Luxury that did nothing but leave a film on my skin. And thems just the appetizers, Folks.Check out the pics and I'll lastly share the list I made by the time I fell asleep on the 1st night. And I checked in at night! When T-Mobile sent me the details of what I will be spending for the room for 4 days and what I will be saving, and what I saved, People was a whopping $16. Mannnnn, I really, really need a new cell phone provider. Here's that list: Cracked peep hole, impaired view of who's on the opposite side of door All types of color stains on sheets Water stains on shower head Giant and questionable hole in tile where shower head protrudes out of No way to get extra sheets at night to put over stained sheets, must wait until a.m. Knob to enter room rotates in a 360° fashion, people keep passing by and playing with it bc it is so apparent, REAL SCARY Used room key 30x before it allowed us into room A notable stale stench that will have you unable to take deep breaths Fingerprints and deep cracks on bathroom doorYou can feel people and baby carriages and the shopping cart that housekeeping uses rumbling by on the pavement outside door 'TIL NEVER AGAIN, TAMPA INN

STAY AWAY!!! DO NOT STAY HERE!! Unless this is your last resort than by all means you have a room, bed, shower, toilet, air and heat, (work excellent) and nobody bothers you. But please bring some Clorox wipes and a mop with you. My husband booked this hotel for us without looking up the reviews thought he was getting an excellent deal for it being so close to the amusement park and I thinking he did check the reviews agreed to the booking. The photos they have online are deceiving

****DO NOT STAY HERE**** (unless you're crazy) My girlfriend and I stepped into this place and immediately knew that we weren't going to stay here. The location is in a bad neighborhood. We found burnt marks in the sheets, roaches crawling everywhere, and residue from (I'm assuming) drug use on the dresser of our room. On top of all this, this place does not give out refunds from 11am to 9pm... just not very professional in my honest opinion

Let's get it clear the one star is for how close this place is to Busch Gardens. This hotel is full of weed smokers and working girls coming and going all night.We had booked a different place on booking.com and they made a mistake and gave us one queen bed for 4 guest. Since the other hotel was sold out there was no extra rooms. It was 1am and after calling around the only place that would allow dog and had open rooms was this place. I would have slept on the floor of the other place had I known the shit show I was getting here at the Tampa Inn. Let's start with the room. At first glance the room looked ok. But I was fooled. The strong smell of weed and wet dog hits you with in 3 steps into the room. Since I was traveling with my dog I had cleaning supplies and I am so glad I did. I have to wipe everything down. Lysol the beds and chair. Once in the bathroom the smell of weed was even stronger. I also have febreze and had to keep spraying it because the wet dog smell was so bad it did not go away. By the time we got in to the room it was after 2am. I noticed the ac unit was missing a nob and the ac was going on and off every 20 mins. The room never got colder then maybe 75 degrees. Too hot for us to sleep in. The pillows were so thin what was the point to even have them. The towels were just 2 child size ones. Too small for an adult. No phone in room to call the front desk. My Husband had to go to the front desk. About 3am there was a lot of talking outside our door that turned in to yelling after the guy at the front desk came to the room next to us because the guy at the front desk double booked the room and things got heated. We finally went to sleep. The room ever cooled down. The next morning you see lots of people out by their rooms smoking. Cigarettes and even weed. I walked the dog and I see trash allover. Beer bottles, cigarettes, even used feminine products. Once back in the Room the bad smell of wet dog hits you all over again. We went to the park and once we came back we talked to the front deck about the AC. At first he did not want to have it looked at but about some words by my husband a guy came to look at it. The maintenance man came it checked it out and then said he will bring a new one. He changed it out and the small of wet dog finally went away. The room got cold right away and we slept better. This morning as we were getting ready to check out we found a roach in the bathroom also the floors were so dirty that my brand new white sock turned black. Also the morning before my husband killed a roach on the wall. The lady at the front desk this morning was nice and offered to discount one night. I will never never ever stay there no matter what. This place needs to just shot down.

One star is the lowest rating I could give this place! If I could I would give it a -5 Star rating! This place is a dump! The pictures look nice online but be prepared for an eye opening experience when you open the room door! Non-smoking room smelled of smoke, shower faucet was broken, towels looked and smelled like hand towels used at a maintenance garage! I pulled back the sheets on the bed and they had stains on them! I did call for maintenance and he did fix the handle promptly. I requested the bedding be replaced and housekeeping also did that promptly but the new bedding did not look any better than the one they were replacing.There were scrupulous people in the parking lot. We went to dinner and decided it would be healthier to leave than to stay in that room. So we left. Its a dump! Do yourself a favor and pass on this place.

Dirty, spiders in room, room smells, and we were made to pay extra fee for coming early and despite bugs in room, customer service did not waive the extra fee

cockroach found in room, first room was dirty, second was better. they did have pest control spraying earlier so at least they are trying to help. the hotel still needs a lot of work and a lot of deep deep cleanings. staff is friendly but everything needs deep cleaning and lots of bleach.

This hotel Is the worse I seen in my life time and I travel all over the country . you planning to visit Bush Garden in Tampa don't I repeat don't use Tampa inn . I booked 2 room for 1 night I opened the door the smell of mold was so strong could not stand . The sheets on the bed was all stains look like dog pee . Went to the front desk and ask for a refund and they told me that I had to call Expedia to get my refund . Expedia call 3 time to speak to a manager and the all said the manager had left for the day . Only got 1 room refunded because they say they have a policy of no refund . The pool was not open .