Stayed April 11-13 and was very apprehensive beforehand because of previous reviews. But, I decided to take a chance because I wanted to be within walking distance of the Museum of Art for the Frida Kahlo exhibit. The outside is a bit run down, but the hallways & room were fine. Front desk was helpful in giving directions. The location is great for the museum area and Eastern State Penetentiary. The Rodin Museum is literally across the street. Breakfast buffet was pricey - $10.95, so we just had the continental for $7.95. Next morning we asked a local on the street for a breakfast place and there was a deli/restaurant across from the back motel parking lot(saw it the previous day but didn't realize it had an eating area). While the location is great for a hotel, apparently this one won't be there for very long. It is slated to be demolished in Oct. (they will be tearing down a building next door soon) to make way for high rise condominiums.
If you do stay check out Jack's Firehouse Restaurant on Fairmount (across from ESP) - about 5 blocks away. The food was good and fairly reasonable. If you don't go early, you probably need reservations for Sat nght.

I was here at this Best Western this weekend. It continues to be one of my favorite hotels in Philadelphia. Clerks allowed me to check in early. Housekeeping was extremely prompt in putting new batteries in remote. Very quiet, nice location, not too far from airport, very nice taxi stand!

Maybe other people have had a better experience but I think this is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. The room was non-smoking but still smelled like smoke. When I pulled back the covers there was a hair on the sheets AND in the bathroom trash can there was a q-tip - even if it was a clean one, I wouldn't want to know! Gross and kind of sketchy - ESPECIALLY for the price.

Me and my husband got to the hotel and the woman who checked us in was very helpful. We walk up to our room along the way saying hello to the house keeping and they all just looked at us with this "snot" attitude. Okay, their just having a bad day we thought. We went to lunch at their Sports Bar and the waitress was very nice. Food had no complaints. I went to take a shower and notice that there was used soap still in the tub and a couple of the empty bottles of the shampoo. Thats when I started noticing everything else wrong with the room. Rooms were clearly not vacuumed and there was dubree and other peoples small belongings, such as a key and a lighter, hiding under the media center. The only thing the house keepers could of possibly done in our room was place fresh towells in the bathroom and make the bed. It was okay for the one night we were staying in Philidelphia. Any longer and we would have paid the extra money to stay at the Sheraton down the street. This hotel...NOT WORTH IT.