Sumter Inn

The hotel is old, and sits next to a derelict restaurant with an old trailer in it . Questionable people there, who were noisy and smoking **** from 11 pm to after midnight. The parking lot was full of potholes, which should have been a good indication about the hotel itself. There were piles of gravel that looked like someone was filling the holes but hadn’t finished the work. We were traveling with family. The rooms weren’t ready until 3 pm so we waited in the lobby which appeared nice We then asked to see the rooms before we checked in. The desk clerks were very accommodating and let us do that. The room looked refurbished so we decided to check in. We should have followed our initial gut feeling. Although the rooms look like they have been refurbished at some point, on closer examination some of the negative reviews we had read proved true. There were tiny insects in the bathtub, which I washed down the drain but then more appeared later. Then a cockroach appeared in the bathroom. It’s an old hotel, so I guess we should have expected as much. The bathroom wasn’t bad, as there were grab bars in the shower/bathtub, which we like for safety. BUT the toilet was the old-fashioned, tiny round one that is low to the ground and difficult to get up from. And it was loose from the wall and moved every time we used it. My handyman husband informed the desk clerk upon check-out, saying that it should be fixed or replaced immediately, as they would have a flooded bathroom if the wax ring under the toilet bowl broke. Breakfast is complimentary but is not a self-serve buffet. It is run by an outside organization and you are seated and served by a waitress. The food was good, if you don’t mind ordering and waiting for some time. Breakfast took a lot longer than we would normally take. Read the other reviews about this hotel. They are correct. I would not stay here again.