Avoid! This is not worth any price, no matter how cheap.
Dirty rooms, non-working A/C, unresponsive staff. The room I reserved was non-smoking, but I got a "former" smoking room - the carpet still stinks, the furniture has cigarette burns, the bed was lumpy. I called the front desk, they claimed they were very busy and would call back - they never did. They genuinely didn't give a hoot about any of their guests. I wouldn't stay here again for free. And their guest service guarantee? Useless, since their customer service office closes at 5:30. Red Roof Inn is always a gamble, but this one is a very bad bet. Too bad photos can’t convey smell.

I stayed at the Red roof Inn Memphis east for 3 days. Although I checked in a little late due to my arrival at the airport, checking in was no problem. Well, the usual things like lights, bath accessories, heaters/cooler was fine. It was located conveniently from the Memphis airport on the I40. But apart from this, the bathroom was kind of dinghy, the towels were not that good, the TV remote didn't work and definitely for the price paid, the room (2 king Bed) was kind of small. And, I did not even book it at the last minute. I booked it at least 3 weeks before. So, it definitely needs a lot of improvement.

We recently stayed here for two nights during a weekend getaway to Memphis. We were only about a 15-20 min. drive down I-40 to downtown Memphis and were within easy walking distance to several restaurants, other hotels, stores, etc. (We walked to the Cracker Barrel next door for both breakfast and dinner). Felt very safe here and the place seemed very quiet despite the fact that they were completely booked. Only complaints were the rude housekeeping staff we had to encounter. Will stay here again if not at this hotel then at least at this exit (12).

We stayed at the Red Roof Inn for 2 nights during a 7 month round the world trip.

It was mainly down to the reviews on this site we decided to book and in the end we were pleased with the hotel. It is very basic but we found it reasonably clean and at a price of $40 a night could find no complaints. Staff were friendly and helped out with directions etc.

Location was about 20mins drive from downtown Memphis, similar to Graceland.

There is a long strip of restaurants and fast food outlets about 2 mins drive away, we found the Ruby Tuesday's to be very good, also a bit further up the road is an Applebees. For breakfast we opted for Cracker Barrel next door which was nice and inexpensive.

Free coffee in the reception area is a nice touch.

All in all, a good clean budget hotel. Enough said really....:)