My mom and I stayed here for a night and it was an awesome stay. The staff was really friendly, the room was clean and beautiful with a high ceiling. Plus, when you stay here you get tickets for free drinks at the pub right across the street!!
The beds were comfortable and there was barely any noise heard from the other people staying in the hotel, which is a problem I have experienced in many Choice hotels.

We spent the night at The Grand Royale Clarion Collection Hotel over the weekend. We had won an overnight stay at a local charity auction for a night in the bi-level Jacuzzi suite. The hotel itself was once the former city hall turned into a hotel and the rooms are adapted to the layout of the building. Keep that in mind when choosing a room because each room will have a different look based on where it is located.

Parking is either in the very small lot or at the ramp next to the building. We got there at 4pm and got a space in the lot.

The gentleman at the front desk was very personable.

Our suite was on the 6th floor. (Room 608) It was a very interesting room with very high ceilings and no windows except for the skylight at the way top. The room itself was very nice. Not too much furniture. Just a couch (not very comfortable) 2 chairs and the tv and a few tables. There was a microwave, small fridge and coffee maker also. The Jacuzzi was very nice. It was a few steps up to get into it and it was deep and the jets were awesome.

Upstairs was a loft type room where there was a king size bed and tv. It’s quite a ways up and you could look up at the skylight and see part of the building. Pretty cool.

Overall it was a great stay. There were cookies in the lobby at 7pm. We got there and the front desk gentleman let us sneak back and get first pick. The gentleman working that evening was great. He was checking up on everyone in the lobby and even called us to let us know when our pizza we ordered was on the way up. The room was clean except for a few cobwebs in the highest part of the ceiling. The Jacuzzi was awesome and the bed was comfortable.

On the downside - The downstairs was a bit cold. There is a heater on the wall that blows upward and a huge ceiling fan near the skylight that is supposed to help blow the heat back down. It didn’t work that great. The loft was comfy though. The other thing was the noise in the hotel overall. All night I heard creaking and cracking and the ceiling fan was also loud on and off. I didn’t sleep that great because of it. Not sure where the noises were coming from. Also in the morning I heard some kids crying the next suite over.

It was a nice night out overall and if you want to stay in a unique hotel then I would recommend the Grand Royale.

My BF and I stayed at this hotel with a group of other folks who had driven up from New York City to attend a show at the Spool MFG art gallery in nearby Johnson City. We were impressed by the beautiful photos on the website and the relatively inexpensive price of the hotel.

The lobby, common room (with television and a computer set up for free internet access), and meeting room on the ground floor are quite lovely, as is the mezzanine sitting area and dining room (which seems to only be used for special functions).

Our room was on the 5th floor, right by the elevator. The room was TINY and had a view of the lower level roofs (aka NO view). We had a queen sized bed that took up almost ALL of the available space, it was literally standing room only and we were only two small people! The space between the entertainment center (with TV only) and the foot of the bed was less than a foot of space! We called the front desk to inquire about the size of our room and they said that all the rooms were about that size.

We visited our friends who had booked a two double bed suite and their room was not nearly as cramped as ours was, but it was cavernously dark!

The bathrooms were clean, but with appliances that were a bit dated.

During the day the street the hotel is on was deserted, but when we arrived back to the hotel around 11pm on Saturday, the bars across the street were in full swing--with hundreds of (underage) college students loitering the streets, staggering in and out of the bars, chasing after each other and causing general drunken mayhem.

There is a bar that is alongside the hotel driveway, which means that you might encounter drunk college students when you are trying to get into the hotel itself. A girl came out of the hotel just as we were entering and she slurred to us that they "wouldn't let us use the bathroom." The next morning there was vomit on the curb.

We heard from our friends that on Friday night Girls Gone Wild had been filming in one of the bars across the street and around 3,000 kids had shown up.

Luckily the police shut down the street to avoid anyone getting run over. Unfortunately that means if you are driving your car and have not already checked in (there's a parking lot on the opposite side of the hotel that you can drive directly into), it might be a problem trying to pull into the hotel driveway to check in and load out.

The continental breakfast was made up of pre-packaged oatmeal that you had to make yourself, bagels, Tropicana bottled juices, granola bars and coffee. Not a freshly made food product in sight, which was very disappointing. There was no real area to eat breakfast other than the mezzanine sitting area, so I just took the few semi-appetizing items to our room to eat. Later we got a great $5 breakfast at Chris' Diner down the street.

The hotel is fine, the service is OK, and most importantly the price was right. I didn't have a horrible experience there, but I've definitely have better.

The hotel is near an excellent restaurant that a local told us about called the Lost Dog. Definitely check it out if you stay at a hotel in the area. It's run by two Manhattan transplants and definitely has a cool, hip vibe.

I have had a Choice Privileges card for a long time and I had finally accumulated enough points for a free night. I was en route to NYC and stopped in Binghamton for the night at this Clarion. It exceeded all my expectations! Clean, upscale, and a bunch of little things... like ceramic cups by the coffee maker and extra toiletries. Even the breakfast was just above average, with bottled juices, yogurts, fruits. I was impressed.

It's located in the heart of what appears to be the club district, as tons of kids were out in full force waiting to get into dance clubs around the block. I walked a couple of blocks over to a karaoke bar, and had a wonderful time. Binghamton is a great little spot, and this hotel was a pleasure to stay at!