Clarion Inn Tampa – Brandon

I always find something to complain about, but this place made it extremely hard to find something! No odor, squeaky clean, warm vibrant colors, high end touches, microwave, enclosed fridge… I didn’t want to leave! I paid $ 68 for double beds! If you have high expectations, this place gives 100%. Definitely will be back!

Such a cute, clean sparkly hotel. Room are big and clean. Have everything you need. Staff is friendly. Water fall pool. Outdoor sitting. Small gym but does the job. Ok breakfast. Will stay again.

I was stuck here for 3 days due to work. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE FOR WORK RELATED CONFERENCES THAT NEED OR DEPEND ON WIFI. the hotels WiFi is unstable n kept dropping. They say they would give me a «special» secured code but lol. Really. A joke.. I also have to add that the swimming pool is more for party goers and looks like it’s geared to spring breakers. The music is very loud, so no sense in trying to sit out and relax. Very noisy area. Walls are paper thin and if your room is in front of the pool area. Good luck! Definitely, recommend for spring breakers and party goers but not for work related business. Like I said I was stuck but personally I would rather look somewhere else.

Stayed 3 nights, place is awesome! Just pool alone, then pool bar, started a tab at bar and bartender would check up on me in pool if needed another drink, restaurant is pretty good to. Very clean room, nice staff. Will be back!

Booked two rooms for the us and the kids.
The were next to each other.
After long flights with close connections and an exciting rental experience, I was needing a comfortable room and bed.
The hotel is recently redone I’m told. It looks very nice. The rooms and beds were clean and comfortable.
Check in staff was great.
The pool is very nice. In fact it’s extremely impressive for the hotel.
Breakfast was included and was good. It’s in the attached restaurant. Beef O Brady’s. Comfortable With lots of TVs and good staffing.
We have it 4 stars instead of 5 because of:
1) smelly basin drain. And slow.
2) noise next door from unruly kids. It was crazy.
3) police knocking on our door at 8am!!! cars got broke into our last night. Not ours. In fact I’m told the guys that were next to me when I was rummaging through our rental looking for a missing toddlers shoe at 1130pm were the burglars. They had them on video. They checked my car and realized it had security features moved on! Smart move!!!
Would I recommend this hotel? Yes.

First impression driving up… meh…But once in the lobby, I was pleasantly surprised. We were able to check in early. Our room was clean. The pool was nice and had an outside bar with food service from the attached restaurant. I would have never guessed that there’d be such a nice pool at this location. My friend was throwing her son’s 16^th birthday party at the hotel with a day by the pool followed by a dance party in a private banquet room. The hotel staff was very nice and seemed to be very helpful with setting up the party room for the dance party later that evening. The Beef o’ Brady’s attached to the hotel is awesome. Great food, great service, super friendly staff. The restaurant is large with ample space and TV’s and a ample outside patio.

Great great hotel. We got right in and got a room. We had a different hotel that didn’t work out because of cockroaches. This hotel is awesome. And bug free. The food is great. The staff are friendly and helpful. The rooms are nice. Pool is gorgeous and fun.

The staff here is very nice, and the place has been so completely refurbished that it’s hard to find a surface that hasn’t been covered with some new material or coating.
It’s the old style of motel, with window shaker AC units and exterior hallways, but I have to say the AC units here are the quietest I’ve encountered.
That’s in contrast to the incredibly noisy pool area, which features deafening music all day. Fortunately, they have very good taste in music. But if you want a quiet room then you should (counterintuitively) ask for one facing the parking lots, not the enclosed courtyard.
On the other hand, the east side of the building faces a noisy commercial street. So that leaves the west side of the building, which is basically an alley next to a flooring store. So there you have it.
I will say the room interiors have been redone fairly well, not to the level of a Hilton Garden in or other modern hotel (I mean, come on, this used to be a Best Western) but there is a microwave and nice sized refrigerator, and in-​room coffee.

We stayed for a week in January. Definitely a 3-​star experience. The hotel itself is pretty, done with a glitzy nightclub look. The rooms are small and would have been fine for just my husband and I but was cramped with our 1-​year old son. The internet didn’t work at all the first 2 days we were there. We were told at check-​in that there was a cooked-​to-​order breakfast and there definitely was not. We were in and out of our room each day for naps and they never seemed to clean it when we were gone for 2 – 3 hours so I kept having to ask for towels and live with a dirty room. The worst part was being poolside, it was very loud at night. One night we were kept awake until 3am by people being rowdy right outside our door going to and from their room. I probably would not stay here again with my family, maybe if the room was not poolside but even then it would be with great reservation.

I only stayed here I night. This is my observation of the place and surrounding area.
First the good: The check in person, Mayumi, did a great job. She was multi-​tasked even with a stupid customer who refused to listen to what she had to say on the phone. Mayumi was professional & courteous though out the conversation while even helping me.
I found my room, which was on west side, quiet. Though in summer time it would be very hot.
A good size cold refrigerator, small microwave, coffee/​tea, clean remote, TV with 50 or so channels. Plus a wifi connection. A/​C was very efficient.
At the inn 2 computers for use, gym, pool w/​bar & waterfall.
There is a Beef o Brady restaurant on site where a continental breakfast is served.
This place is located near a car dealership. It is a quiet area. If you head toward downtown you will have the pleasure of 3 gentleman clubs.
When heading east there is a small mall with gas station, PO, market, Hooters, various fast food & such.
NOW the bad. Check in time is 3PM. I check in at 10 AM and was charge a half day. This was not made clear to me when I booked on line. Plus check out is 12PM… Which means I really had 21 hours of use of the room. (I was only there for 1 nite)…
They are very environmentally efficient. Which lead to the BIGGEST PROBLEM.
The Toilet was low flow. I had a issue with it NOT flushing all my previous meals. I was able to cope with the situation & informed the desk of the problem on check out.
Over all this is a EXCELLENT place to stay considering my 1 nite experience.

My mom stayed here while we fixed some issues in the house, and I came to pick her up. At first I thought it was just a cheap hotel, $ 80 a night. I come in and the room is much nicer than I could have even imagined. Huge bed, nice tv, working ac, BEAUTIFUL pool. Obviously recently renovated and still some work to do, but I mean, still a GREAT deal for $ 80.

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This hotel, formerly a Best Western independent, recently underwent a five million dollar renovation according to the staff, and rebranded as the Clarion Inn.
The shell of the hotel largely looks like it’s 1960s self. That is just to say like a 2 story motel with rooms along the parking lot and rooms on the inside around the swimming pool. Kind of like a large rectangle.
That being said, the goal of the renovation was to make it look like modern chic Art Deco.
So, visually on the exterior and in the lobby, this hotel is no great shakes. Sidewalks around the hotel have been upgraded to stone tiles. These are extended to the decking throughout the pool and the rest of the hotel. Grey slate tiles or glittery wallpaper adorn the walls through the public areas. A Tiki hut bar area has been added to the pool
Where the renovation really excels, in my opinion was the nice décor of the room which included a refrigerator, microwave, and flat screen TV. I felt the 32 inch TV could have been bigger, but it did do OK for the 1 night.
Be sure to ask for a room around the pool, or if you need a disabled room be sure to ask for one on the west side of the hotel. The east side of the hotel is very noisy with a commercial street next to that side.
Breakfast was actually very very good. There was a chef making omelets or scrambled eggs, & a great variety for a free breakfast– it was outstanding.
loved the room, and if pressed for someplace, I would stay here again. it would not be my first choice, solely because of the noise.

Brand new !! Recently renovated. Stunning fun pool. Rooms are classy and clean. The staff from the housekeepers to the bar staff are incredibly friendly. Free morning breakfast is as good as it gets. Come hang out here or stay here you won’t be disappointed