Creole Inn

We arrived a few minutes after three to a locked Inn with no signs of life. We waited as long as we could for someone to arrive and finally ended up leaving due to fact we had reservations at a local restaurant and needed to get ready. We ended up renting another room at a local chain hotel and got ready just in a nick of time. Would not recommend the Creole Inn.

The room was clean. The bed was huge and comfortable. The towels were plenty and fluffy, the shower water was hot. The location is fantastic, and the price was good. It's not a luxury establishment. There is a small fridge in the room which is important, since you will be eating out, and portions in this town defeat a single sitting. Microwave and coffee maker are downstairs, good restaurants, bars, and cafes are all around.

I just stayed here last weekend and I had read the past reviews of it (mainly on Tripadvisor). I was a little nervous because recent reviews didn’t look good. But then I read one recent review (I think either on Booking or Google) that said that management/ownership had changed and that many of the items had been addressed so I decided to give it a try. I can confirm without a doubt that the ownership has changed and that I actually enjoyed my stay. It was a nice but old traditional inn. It’s certainly no frills. But the room I stayed in was a good size with a large bathroom. I stayed in the Plantation Room. The bed seemed hard at first touch, but when I laid down on it, it felt perfect actually. The mattress isn’t the problem at all. The pillows are a slight issue only because they’re thin and you only get two. So if you’re staying as a couple, you will need more pillows. But after double stacking my pillows, I found the bed quite comfortable. The shades and curtains are light but I didn’t find an issue with sunlight in the morning. The TV wasn’t easy to work but that’s more my problem having never messed with Ruku before. I don’t think the TV had any local TV. It was dependent on limited shows or you had to sign in to your account which I didn’t do because I really didn’t watch much TV. The room came with plenty of towels. It also had a mini fridge that worked better than most hotel minifridges I’ve ever seen. And the A/C… Ok, you don’t have your own thermostat which might make you nervous at first. But the A/C works and works very well. In the heat of a summer afternoon, if you take a cold shower and lay down, you feel fine. By the morning, you are actually cold. But I like it cold. I can’t sleep when it’s hot. So the A/C definitely works and works well for the entire building it seems. The shower is huge although the water pressure is limited, but I will tell you that the water pressure seems to be an issue all across town and I’ve stayed in more than a dozen older places in the CBD, Warehouse District, the Quarter, the Marigny and Mid City. Even the nicer hotels had very light water pressure. Now the nicer hotels might have gotten hot water quicker, but there’s not much else you can do about pressure. The host gives you the codes to the front door and your room door before you arrive (unless you’re too early). I got my codes around lunch time the day of my check in. But I also think I was the only person staying in the Inn this past weekend. The front door knob is weird and could probably use a reno. Darlene is very nice and if you need anything while you’re there, just let her know. Parking was pretty easy in front of the inn. One other thing, the steps. The steps throughout are weird. The outside steps aren’t equal sized steps, so be careful and mindful because that one step on each side seems much higher than the rest and you can trip if you’re not paying attention. But it’s also classic New Orleans.