Well I must say Thank You to the people who do leave feedback on here. I stayed @ The Hampton Inn for 4 nights w/ my daughter and niece. We arrived into the Atlanta Airport @ about 12 midnight and I took my chances on the train........wow! The train ride was smooth but as soon as we got out of the train on Peachtree there was a panhandler doing his rounds...any who we hurried up the escalator and stepped out onto Spring St. & as we were walking another panhandler approached us w/ an umbrella (it was showering) offered us some cover and asked where we were headed as he was walked w/ us......we were very very nervous....BUT I was prepared since I had read this on someones review & thought to myself this sort of thing is normal....he walked us to the hotel & asked if we could help him w/ $8.50....LOL. He had the nerve to walk into the hotel past the sleeping security guard outside (may as well been asleep) & stepped up to the front desk....the lady @ front desk welcomed us & asked if we were all together & he says YES...so I said well we're not together he was kind enough to walk us here....so we pulled out $5 and handed it to him & sent him on his way! There were panhandlers everywhere. We did all our sightseeing & tours in the daytime & made sure to be back in our room by dawn!!! During the day we were safe.... police on every corner :) We walked to CNN, Centennial Park, The Aquarium, The Underground and took the bus to The Zoo. There were restaurants close by like Hard Rock, Steak & Ale, McDonalds & several others. We also booked a tour w/ Grayline & it took us to The Carter Library, MLK Center & World of Coca Cola. Oh about our room, it was clean, quiet & cozy no complaints....housekeeping comes around everyday but we declined it twice & had her tidy up our room once. The breakfast was enough they switched it out everyday sausage w/ eggs or waffles w/ sausage. They provided bagels, muffins, cereal, o.j., apple juice, milk, coffee everyday. I would stay @ The Hampton Inn again.

This will probably sound elitist, but I'm beginning to get concerned that TripAdvisor.com is becoming a promoter of inexpensive to moderately priced chain hotels with free breakfasts... rated extremely high in the popularity indices, perhaps by folks who don't travel a lot (?). A Wingate and a Hampton Inn ranked number one and two among all the hotels in Atlanta? There, I said it and I feel a little better. Now to move on to my review:

I arrived at the Atlanta airport around 8:00 or so on a Monday evening, and decided to take the MARTA to the hotel area even though I was unsure how safe that would be. As it turned out, MARTA was fine... lots of other travelers on board. The Peachtree Center station wasn't a problem either, with lots of families and tourists on the streets in the busy Peachtree part of town. The hotel was a couple of blocks off the main drag, but that turned out not to be a problem, because a very friendly homeless gentleman escorted me to the front door for the bargain price of $2.00 (reduced from his asking price of $20.00). At any rate, I would gladly take the MARTA to the hotel again, as opposed to renting a car.

When I arrived at the hotel, I had been upgraded to a suite because the kingsize bedrooms were sold out. The usual Hilton bedding was very nice, as was the shower, and the suite had a full-sized refrigerator, stove, microwave (with complimentary popcorn), plates, etc. However, the rooms seemed dark to me, in part because of the carpeting but mostly because of the rather old, decrepit lighting. The phones also seemed like something from the 70's, and need to be updated. True to the saying that everything seems better in the morning, the corner bedroom had lots of sunlight streaming in the two windows before I checked out to start my day.

A standard Hampton complimentary breakfast started the day off right, with both hot and cold offerings (some sort of processed fried eggs and sausage, but not bad), in a nicely sunlit corner dining area.

All in all, and given the good central location of this hotel, I'd have to say it was a bargain rate at $109 plus tax (the Government rate).

What a delightful find in downtown Atlanta! Good location, convenient to walk to Centennial Olympic Park, CNN Center, Philips Arena and other attractions and restaurants. Rate was favorable compared to other hotels in the area but no sacrifice in quality. Lobby staff was quite friendly. Room was clean, beds comfy, free breakfast better than most and there was plenty of seating. Small but adequate business center. Parking lot adjacent to hotel ($15/night).

Liked my big and fairly newly remodeled two room suite, luxurious bed, the included wireless internet. Downtown Atlanta is pretty dreary, though, especially after dark.