Clarion Hotel State Capital

I stayed at this hotel as it was a part of a wedding block. I would not return. The bed was uncomfortable, the rooms were loud (you could hear any time someone open or closed a door, not to mention everyone's conversations). On a positive note, it was in a good location, easily walkable to restaurants.

Old room but clean. Fine for us for a few nights. Hotel nearly empty only two or three rooms rented which made it kinda creepy. Otherwise fine.

I contacted the organizers of my conference and they heard back from the hotel, even if I never did. It turns out that the Raleigh-Durham Airport controls taxi prices on trips leaving the airport, but not on those arriving. So it's a free market, and naturally it's more expensive for the customer. No hanky-panky.

Great for downtown visitors. Clean room. Free parking. Only spent one night so can't really describe much.

The room itself was fine and clean. There were three problems: 1. The wifi in the rooms is by an overloaded cable modem. When I tried to use it in the early evening, about 2/3 of my connections timed out, and this was for reading pages, not downloading files. 2. The hotel is close to the railroad lines, and there are regular audible train whistles, even on the 11th floor and with the window closed. I like train sounds, other people might not. Related: there was a very loud party next door around midnight, but staff came up, and they were quiet afterwards. 3. I feel I might have been scammed after I checked out. All the information for my conference (and the experience of my friends) was that a cab to RDU was $30. The desk person who called a cab for me (on a Saturday around 10am) insisted it was about $45, and wouldn't you know it, the taximeter on the cab read $46.95 when I got there. I don't know if the taximeter was tricked or a poor route was taken. I do know there was no meaningful traffic.

Horrible!!! Dirty hotel, the older lady with dyed red hair was RUDE!!! Hotel is worth maybe $40/night and the lady at the front desk should be fired!

I traveled to Raleigh to finish some research and booked this room thinking a Clarion hotel would be ideal for a business traveler. I was disappointed. The staff was friendly, and the room was clean. I ran into problems though when I discovered that there was no mini fridge or wifi! I've stayed at much more modest hotels which at least provide those two amenities!

We went down to Raleigh for the World Beer Festival and only wanted a hotel room as a place to sleep. Unfortunately, Clarion is not the place for that. It is unbelievably noisy. We were on the 15th floor but could still hear traffic noise clearly. We could hear people flush toilets from the rooms on either side of ours and from the room above us. We could also hear people simply walk in the room above us. We often travel to Raleigh and we will never stay there again. (On the plus side, the rooftop brunch buffet was delicious).

Late Check in; arrived 11:30 pm after a long day. Could not enter the lobby due to 6 police cars with one approaching with blue lights and siren; EMS "bus" in unloading area ! 3 bus loads of Indiana students on college tour and there had been an incident ! Very accomodating staff: moved me to floor 18, aeay from the fray: quiet; hotel very dated ( over 50 years old, in the round), but room very adequate, clean and city view. Perfect location and price for capital city business, as long as you do NOT entertain at the hotel.

Yes, i did enjoy my stay at the Clarion. I could look out my 10th floor window and look down @ Edenton United Methodist Church. Everything was in walking distance, even though i did go out further( on my own terms). The hotel staff was great especially [...]. For the price i paid and with everything at my feet in walking distance what more can i say!