Drake Inn

This is a safe, budget friendly motel with great staff. Never had an issue on site or in the area and everything was a quick five/ten minute ride share away. Considering parking anywhere in the city is forty dollars, it saved a lot of money being able to park at the Drake.

The hotel is in a process of getting updated but still was in pretty good condition for its history and age, Rooms were clean but small and the area was safe. Not much shopping nearby but next to a McDonald’s and a few other restaurants The pool was not open at the time which was too bad.

The pool was green, the area unsafe, horrible noise, AC unit was super loud and off when you get there so it was extremely hot for first few hours, toilet moved when you sat on it, bed sheets were itchy, floor turned your feet black, tub had mold and just looked unclean.

Its an older style facility, so keep that in mind when you visit. The facility was quiet. Traffic on the main road could be noisy though. Coin-operated Laundry facilities onsite which is handy. Staff were nice & it was well priced.

I loved the sitting area it had music a variety of chairs to sit in. The sitting area had two BBQs one open and the other closed.

Farther from town than i thought. Was near a gas station, sonic, mc donalds, and burger king so that came in handy. Tried using pool but wasnt open. Did sit out in the space around pool that was pleasant. Currently being reshingled. Had a fridge and micro. Bathroom wasnt cleanest and towels looked pretty worn.

The pool water is green, so the pool's not safe to swim in during my visit. The uh bathtub, it was filthy. So I did not use the tower shower, and there were bugs in the room as well as I could see. Quite a bit of daylight under the room door so I had to stuffed towels under the door to ensure my privacy

It was fun clean and close to downtown the staff was friendly and helpful and we loved the pool. I'm so glad I chose the Drake motel will stay there again or will be my first choice! Loved it. Very cute place too

If I could give zero stars, I would this place is a nightmare. We had no TV. The air conditioner wasn’t working, BUGS ,dirty tissues next to the bed. The bathtub wouldn’t drained looked like it needed replaced a big hole in the middle of it where the plumbing used to be The pool was green…. Staff was ungodly rude lady pushed us out started at 10 am and wouldn’t leave us alone for every five or 10 minutes. Are you gone yet? Are you done yet? Avoid avoid avoid

Pictures did not match the state of the room or hotel. Pool was green.... Everything was pretty much in disrepair. Bed was tolerable and tv sort of worked .

Staff was AMAZING....room was HORRIBLE. The entire floor was lifted (like a bubble), bathroom was filthy, the door wouldn't close, and there was duct tape holding the bathtub faucet in the wall.

The room wasn't at all what was to be expected. It was dirty the shower and tub looked as if they haven't been cleaned. The door looked as if it's been kicked in more than once. The bathroom door had to be slammed closed. Overall it was just horrible. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone at all.

Room was beyond filthy. The floors were so disgusting; I wouldn’t even let my dog walk on them. The shower and the curtain had black mold. The toilet ran constantly and the bath faucet as well. I didn’t even want to set any personal items on the surfaces such as the bathroom sink, dresser or night stands. Nothing appeared to be wiped down. Absolutely get what you pay for here. I’ve stayed in many “cheap” motels over the years but this is the worst I’ve ever seen.

The room had bedbugs and they still tried to charge for us for one night when we went for a refund after being there for less than 5 minutes. The bathroom was dusty, and the towels were dirty.

Dirty. Cockroaches

The room they gave us was atrocious. It was filthy and the tobacco stench was unbearable. The street was very noisy, even around midnight. We couldn't stay there and I had to call another hotel and booked the room there. Hotels.com should do something about this: the photos they have on the website don't show the condition of the hotel and the rooms. The worst experience we had in years.

The bathroom was very dirty and the shower water was dripping, there was a hole behind the toilet where cockroaches come out.

Ac did not work. Smelled like smoke. Condom wrappers under the bed. Roach graveyard behind the tv. Beds did not have mattresses, just box springs in metal slat bed frame. Only one plug in worked. You could see outside below the door. Pillows were old and smelled musty.

So nasty. We had to switch rooms when we first got there bc of food crumbs in the bed. Our second room seemed fine, but when we got back for the night we saw about five roaches in the span of a minute. We decided to just drive back home. We asked for a refund even if it was a partial one, but because we signed an agreement when we got there we weren't able to get one. Don't go!!!! So bad.

Dirty floor , bath tub dirty , blood on walls , plug outlets not working , floor not swept , gum stuck to curtains , hair on beds .

First room I was given was a smoking room that was gross. This was supposed to be a non-smoking room. So they got me a different room. But oh boy this hotel is not what the profile says. It may have used to be something special, but it is very run down and in tough shape. Lamp missing shade, multiple holes in the wall. Arm of the desk chair torn off. Mold and grime on bathroom floor behind toilet. Door security latch wouldn't lock. See photos for all this and more. I would suggest staying away. Update... Photos won't load on this site. Probably for a reason

Place is run down and room had a smell to it. Toilet in bathroom didn't work. Not worth the $122.00 a night.

The staff was nice but the rooms are really old and outdated. The pool didn't look very clean. Spend 10-20 bucks more a night and stay nearby.

This is a tough one. The staff was okay but, you can see they are into a routine and have all become equally lazy. You can tell they never check a room. Why do I know this? When we checked into our room there were three large dead (luckily) cockroaches on our floor. One by the trash can and two more - legs up - in the middle of both the bathroom and the main room. A simple walk through before check in would have taken care of that. The air con barely worked. I set the temperature at check in (4-ish) to 63 degrees to take away from the near 90 degrees outside more than six hours later (returning from a concert at after midnight) - the room was still warm. We had to sleep on top of the sheets to be able to sleep. Hotel lamp switches didn't work - it was always on. With no lampshade - you had to screw the lone lightbulb in to get any additional light and then unscrew a extremely hot light bulb to turn the light off. The plug was deep behind the middle of the bed. The plugs for charging in the lamp base - didn't work. We found plugs by the desk to charge. Curtains were old and starting to ruin - hanging from missing curtain hooks. Floor was so dirty (thank god it wasn't carpet) - My feet got dirty walking from the shower to the bed to put my socks on. I went and got new towels and used a towel to stand on the next morning after my shower to ensure my feet stayed clean. I will be posting reviews with pictures on other sites.

It was fine. The room was comfortable. It smelled a little like people had smoked in the room. The toilet seat was slightly in disrepair. But it was fine.

It was grubby and poorly maintained (some electrical outlets missing covers, hard beds, cracks in walls) and a great deal of noise from other patrons.

To be fair it's a 1 star hotel the room was large and clean. It was a Saturday night downtown so noise outside but not bad and served the purpose.

Drake Motel granted isn't looking the best these days, and is the type of place where the soles of your feet turn black walking on the room floor, the walls could use a paint, and well the room isn't very clean. But I liked it there. And if they renovated or cleaned up there wouldn't be as many vacancies or as cheap prices. You've got a country radio station playing 24hrs just through the entrance. It's a couple of minutes walk to many local bus stops including the route from the airport. The massive bed was really comfortable, it had a fridge, and Wi-fi wasn't bad.

Really really old... AC is really loud

Inexpensive, prime location, but run-down condition

Staff was amazingly friendly and courteous. Quiet and peaceful nights.

First of all they charged me more than my booking price on Expedia. Secondly, they gave me a DIRTY ROOM THAT HAD WATER LEAKING FROM BEHIND THE BED AND NEVER OFFERED ME A NEW ROOM. Employees were SOOOO rude to the poor maintenance guy. Bossing him around talking at him. The sink in the bathroom was coming off the wall. My shower head was hanging from the wall I thought it was going to fall on me. Outlets didn’t work and were also coming out of the wall which is a huge safety hazard. Third of all, they have loud music playing at the pool all night long which was right outside of my room and I could not sleep. This was overall the worst, most disgusting run town motel I have ever seen. They should be ashamed to be open for business and Expedia should remove them from their website. Absolutely disgusting excuse for a motel and a disgrace to Nashville’s name.

Stunning. Sabrina, the front desk lady was very nice and helpful. I’ve stayed here about 5 times and I love it every time.

When arrived there was homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks in fount of the hotel. We tried to talk to the lady at the front desk she was very rude. They told us to come back in a hour they were busy. The house keepers were outside arguing with each other. The doors fro the rooms were open and the rooms looked filthy. We left as we were a half a block away there was a group of middle aged people walking down the middle of the road yelling and cussing at all the cars driving by. On the corner there were a group of people fighting. We went back to the hotel again the lady’s at the front desk was unhelpful and stated they were busy. At this point I told the lady’s at the desk we did not feel safe staying here. Her response was you will still have to pay for your stay. I told her I would rather pay for the stay than to stay somewhere people were rude and unhelpful. And that our safety is more important than money. My husband and myself then left and never went back. I do not recommend this place to my worse enemy.

Lynn at the front desk was awesome. We arrived from Canada and had a great stay. Very helpful staff, clean room. Close to stores, food and gas station. You can take the 55 bus downtown

Me and my husband first time visit Nashville for business trip for 3 night.Super disappointed for the service specifically one of staff in the frontdresk.Who ever hire one of Indian girl staff in the front desk low standard in service, upon check in she told us why are we staying there, I say why not,we are on a rush to go out that’s why we just left our luggage in the room quickly and go.We come back 10pm when we find out the bed line have lot of small hair and duvet top cover has a old blood and cigarettes burn hole, my husband call front desk at 11pm told about it we find out same front desk,Indian girl don’t care at all he just say I will report to my manager and hang up the open.Our first morning around 11am room attendant knock our door for room service we told to housekeeping if she can come in the afternoon as we just about getting ready to go out but when we back in the evening around 11am our room is not clean,we came again to front desk same girl she say she forget to inform the manager or housekeeping,it because we are so tired we just ask if she can give us linen and we will do it our self she say they don’t have any extra linen,and she offer us a room but the room is super smell cigarette,that’s why we don’t agree to move the room. We ask the Indian front desk please make sure clean our room tomorrow morning,same things our room is not clean,she say she forget and housekeepers is not allowed to clean if the guest not in the room big liar,not recommend this Plac

We faced a problem while checking in at the Hotel. Hotel reception said that we didn't pay for the room. I show the receipt that I got from Expedia.com. But he refused to check me in and said they didn't get any kind of payment from Expedia.com. I paid double for 1 room and 1 day. It's ridiculous

Lynn is a great front desk person who was very helpful and polite.

Staff and service was wonderful. Older building but charming and close to downtown Nash. The immediate neighborhood isn't too good, but that's not what I was there for -- as I said it's close to everything downtown and THAT is what I was there for. :) I'd stay at the Drake again for sure.

The lady on reception was incredible!!!! So friendly, helpful and accommodating, she even used her personal uber account to order us a taxi when mine wouldn’t work….her English accent was great too!!! We’ll definitely come back!

For context, I’m a 29 year old male from the UK who stayed here for 9 nights on vacation alone, reasonably well travelled. I usually book cheap accommodation when travelling - preference to save the money as I’m out most of the day anyway, safety being my main thing over cleanliness etc. At £55/$70 a night only 10 mins from Downtown Nashville, overall I would say I had pretty good value. Value is the key word though - the motel itself isn’t great and gets away with it with me because of the low cost. You get what you pay for. The rooms aren’t clean - they’re tidy but the dust, the holes in the curtains and towels, broken lamp, and general dirt is not nice at all. If cleanliness is your thing, maybe avoid. No cockroaches spotted on my stay but I can imagine those who claim they have aren’t lying. Staff were friendly throughout, although limited experience beyond checking in and out. Safety… well… when in the room I felt fine. The first few days I would get a bus to downtown and back to save costs on Ubers. However… WARNING: The area is not safe. On my fourth night, I got a bus back around 9pm in the dark and literally on the corner two men tried to lure me into an alleyway with a cry for help - luckily I am confident and street smart enough to have convinced them I’d be back in 2 mins to help, but those less quick thinking or less confident would likely have had the beating and robbing I was in for. DO NOT WALK THE STREET AT NIGHT EVEN FOR A QUICK MCDONALDS

This is a safe, budget friendly motel with great staff. Never had an issue on site or in the area and everything was a quick five/ten minute ride share away. Considering parking anywhere in the city is forty dollars, it saved a lot of money being able to park at the Drake.

Central location

Wasn't a great place to stay imo. The facility was dated, my curtain had a tear/hole, ac unit is loud, room small, bathroom felt very old. Price was cheap, relatively close to downtown though, and it didn't feel like a dangerous neighborhood.

Probably not the best location, but the bus downtown is a few dollars, or Uber for $9. I had a great time downtown and would stay here again.

I was looking for a traditional American motel experience and I guess I kind of got it. Drake Inn was clean however the property was very tired, holes in the curtains, wires hanging over door frames, TV didn’t work, smelt very strongly of cigarettes and was in a very unsavoury area! I had 3 night booked but only stayed for 2 as I was advised by various locals it’s not somewhere I should be staying as a solo traveller. Location was only 10mins from downtown but not safe.

The motel staff and the owner who is in his 90s (he's owned the motel since the 1970s) and who I had the pleasure of meeting were all great! They kindly opened the pool for me on one of the days, despite it being out of season. The motel itself has plenty of nostalgia as displayed in the lobby, and you can see a room where Elvis Presley stayed in the 1950s. The rooms though are quite tired (the bathroom in particular) and not overly clean. I also found my room had a stench of pollution (the motel is located in an industrial area) and that the AC was very hard to work. The location left much to be desired and didn't feel safe walking around at night. There was no obvious eatery or supermarket nearby, but there was a gas station with some basic foodstuffs about a 7 minute walk away. Despite the location there were two bus lines nearby with fast routes to both the downtown and the airport. The Greyhound bus terminal is located just a 5-minute drive away. I had a minor issue with my payment which caused problems later on with my Hotels.com rewards stamps - that Hotels.com took a couple weeks to resolve. I believe this was caused by the way the motel processed my payments - part in advance, part upon check-in. They should take full payments upon check-in to avoid this. Shame that there is no free coffee, especially given there's nowhere nearby to get a coffee. Hopefully they'll fix the coffee machine soon! Overall the Drake Inn met my expectations but I won't stay in the future!

Cheapest place to stay in Nashville within an admittedly long walk to Broadway. In house laundry good value.

Reasonable priced motel. Short drive to Downtown. Some food close!

Already reviewed this but since Wotif keeps bugging to do again I'll reiterate, it was a great comfortable place to stay. Sure the floors and other areas could do with a good deep clean then maybe a coat of paint on the walls, but hey they'd then be able to charge more so was glad they didn't as otherwise with no backpacker hostels in Nashville I wouldn't have had anywhere this good to stay. Also on the airport to central bus route.

Basic room, beds ok, bathroom needed attention. No coffee in room or lobby. No decent local eateries. Dodgy area - especially at night !

Blinds were ineffective, with lights on outside all night it was hard to sleep. Several hairs found in bed and was uncomfortable. Door frames falling apart, building materials outside the room, so couldn’t park outside. Breakfast supposedly included, but when we checked in nothing was mentioned. Homeless just wondering free around complex digging in trash bins, didn’t feel very safe.

I would not recommend this place. They hadn’t cleaned because there was a actually half smoked cigarette in between the bed and table. The shower was dirty and there was a roach in there.. Half of the outlets didn’t work. The pool looked dirty. They had no continental breakfast or coffee on site as promised in the listing. They were hesitant to provide us with more towels when we needed them. Terrible experience

I never like to give unfavorable reviews but in this instance it is difficult to not give an honest and fair review in an effort to help others. First, location is about 2.5 miles from downtown and there is expected traffic. Parking is easy and free. We checked in at 5:30pm- 1.5 hours after advertised check-in time. Our room was not ready. There was a communication issue with housekeeping, (we were told) and room was being cleaned at that time and ready in 1/2 hour. No problem, we will come back. When we got to the room it smelled clean but there were obvious signs of uncleanliness- dirty tissues under the sink, long hair in the refrigerator, otherwise clean but showing wear from use. The towel bar in the shower was broken without being replaced, electrical outlets missing wall plates. No hair dryer- but never advertised that it had one. A bit bothersome was the noise from 1 or 2 rooms over from us about midnight, I won’t go into details. Also heard noise in the parking lot about that time too. The price was right for a quick stop in Nashville for the night, we basically got what we paid for and if that is what you are looking for then you have found your place. Door locks worked and had additional safety latch but no lockable safe in the room. Morning office clerk was very pleasant and friendly. No morning coffee available but McDonald and Burger King very close on the same street. Never tried the microwave so can’t comment on functionality. Bed comfortable & firm.

The motel staff and the owner who is in his 90s (he's owned the motel since the 1970s) and who I had the pleasure of meeting were all great! They kindly opened the pool for me on one of the days, despite it being out of season. The motel itself has plenty of nostalgia as displayed in the lobby, and you can see a room where Elvis Presley stayed in the 1950s. The rooms though are quite tired (the bathroom in particular) and not overly clean. I also found my room had a stench of pollution (the motel is located in an industrial area) and that the AC was very hard to work. The location left much to be desired and didn't feel safe walking around at night. There was no obvious eatery or supermarket nearby, but there was a gas station with some basic foodstuffs about a 7 minute walk away. Despite the location there were two bus lines nearby with fast routes to both the downtown and the airport. The Greyhound bus terminal is located just a 5-minute drive away. I had a minor issue with my payment which caused problems later on with my Hotels.com rewards stamps - that Hotels.com took a couple weeks to resolve. I believe this was caused by the way the motel processed my payments - part in advance, part upon check-in. They should take full payments upon check-in to avoid this. Shame that there is no free coffee, especially given there's nowhere nearby to get a coffee. Hopefully they'll fix the coffee machine soon! Overall the Drake Inn met my expectations but I won't stay in the future!

Said coffee daily and no coffee because of water problems in office. We called on after 1st night for more towels and trash to be emptied. Office said leave old towels outside door and they would bring us more to room and also get trash but they didnt. I had to go get towels from office later that day.

No coffee pot in room. Terrible coffee w powder creamer in the lobby. Pool not avaiable. When I asked about the hot tub staff said that someone was already using it (!?). Only one channel available on the TV. Hope you like watching poachers and catfishing.

Check in was terrible. Had to wait until exactly 4 o'clock to check in. Absolutely could not be early. Fine. Finally got in the room and it was terrible. Nasty behind the bed with beer caps and i dony even know what else. The room smelled horrible. I tried to use the coke machine but it took my money. The lady laughed and said she couldn't give me my money back. The most uncomfortable bed i have ever slept on, or tried to. No coffee at all. This was the worst experience ive had at a motel. I wont be coming back again. Avoid this place!!

3 words, WTheck The bed was sunk in, the bathroom had bugs, the TV only worked with the buttons on the tv. Not the remote. Yellow stains on the pillow, The toilet bolts were lose and tmade the bathroom smell like sewer gas, the vanity was broken. Pillows were like bricks. A/C was crazy loud. Ladies of the night everywhere. The only coffee maker in the lobby was broken. STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM THE DRAKE

This property is very outdated and not in the best area. I was willing to give it a shot due to the cost and being close to broadway. I can deal with outdated but not with how dirty the room was. Very disappointing. The comforters had stains and burn marks on them. The sheets didn’t look clean, the floors were dirty, towels looked dirty. It simply looked as if the room hadn’t been cleaned in a long time. I think they just go in and take the trash out and move the next guests in. I would never stay there again. Also no coffee in the rooms or lobby. I was told to go to Burger King to get coffee.