Colonial Inn & Suites /Airport/Graceland

2.0 star property
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Lobby sitting area
Exterior
Reception
Bathroom sink
Standard Room, 1 King Bed

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Laundry
  • Pet-friendly
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
1952 E Shelby Dr, Memphis, TN, 38116
  • Baptist Hospital
    4 min drive
  • Trap Fusion
    3 min walk
  • Memphis Central Station
    17 min drive
  • Memphis, TN (MEM-Memphis Intl.)
    10 min drive

Room options

Standard Room, 1 Bedroom, Smoking

  • 278 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • 278.0 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 Queen Beds

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed, Jetted Tub

  • 33 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 Bedroom, Smoking

  • 278 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Memphis

With a stay at Colonial Inn & Suites /Airport/Graceland in Memphis (Whitehaven), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Graceland and Beale Street. .This motel is 9.6 mi (15.4 km) from FedEx Forum and 9.8 mi (15.7 km) from University of Memphis.

What's nearby

  • Graceland - 6 min drive
  • Beale Street - 12 min drive
  • FedEx Forum - 13 min drive
  • Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium - 13 min drive
  • University of Memphis - 15 min drive

Getting around

  • Memphis Central Station - 17 min drive
  • Memphis International Airport (MEM) - 10 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Burger King - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Burger King - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Chopmaster’s Kitchen - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Sun Studio Cafe - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Colonial Inn & Suites /Airport/Graceland

Memphis motel in Whitehaven with free parking
Colonial Inn & Suites /Airport/Graceland offers 36 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature washers/dryers and coffee/tea makers. These individually decorated accommodations include sofa beds. Premium cable television is provided. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include phones; local and long-distance calls are complimentary (restrictions may apply). Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 36 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and sofa beds, as well as phones with free local calls.
Featured amenities include express check-out, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Extended parking on site (surcharge)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Family friendly

  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Free rollaway/extra beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave
  • Fridge
  • Sofa bed
  • Washer/dryer

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Braille signage
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Free rollaway beds
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 25-inch HDTV
  • TV channels
  • Premium channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Fridge

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Free local calls
  • Free long-distance calls
  • Individually decorated
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Phone
  • Washer and dryer

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 25 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Free rollaway/extra beds
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 25 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Colonial Inn & Suites /Airport/Graceland Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 56 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 35 out of 186 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 38 out of 186 reviews" "

6.4/10

Cleanliness

6.2/10

Staff & service

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Cory, Arizona

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Guard dog in the lobby!!!!! Not a good start!!
Arrived at 4pm and found the lobby is locked, turned out its locked 24 hrs a day with a guard dog present. You have to use the night window in a very hot little room attached to the lobby. Screwed up our reservation. Booked two rooms, no fridge in one, no microwave. Blow dryers, irons non-existant. Never cleaned the bathroom until I complained, even then bad job. One king room was barely furnished with a queen bed and a chair. Other was better with a sofa and table, which did have a king size. No closets. Carpets so dirty it blackened your feet. Their idea of cleaning, replace towels, spray the curtains with disinfectant and make the bed. You have to change your keycard daily, probably due to renting rooms by the hour, which we did not know. Horrible experience. Was told by the "manager" that there had been a fire and damage which is why they didn't have appliances...what???? Found out its under new management and within the last few months they have been in repair but the whole place was so run down, chipped paint, holes in the wall. I would not recommend this place to anyone!!!!! Rude staff who refused to give their name or the owners name. Just so many issues, luckily we weren't there much and the bed was comfortable. No bugs at least. This was not the hotel I saw when I booked it several months ago. The pictures must be very old. We couldn't even go anywhere else as Memphis was booked solid. Just bad overall experience and did not seem like a very good area.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2017

2/10 Terrible

Teresa

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nightmare on East Shelby Drive
The night clerk was dressed in an oversized tshirt and grey sweat pants that dragged the floor and he was barefooted. He was unshavened and looked pitiful for the business! My first impulse was to run but it was late night and I am not that familiar with Memphis to run around searching fot a room. The room was huge but it needed to be vacuumed. The bathtub was clean! There was no remote for the TV and they only had one channel. Right person at the desk said that they had to send all the remotes back because they did not work. I believe the problem was they did not pay the cable bill so they only had one station! The king sized bed was clean but the mattress was lumpy. Oh my God! I would turn over into a gully and had to wriggle like a fat baby to get out! Never again at this location. Never.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean it up
Try getting nice pillows and fix the hot tub make Thomas nicer for the price .. And the smell is bad

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I've never booked a worse place
We got to the hotel late and the front desk attendant was pleasant. We got to our room to findo the ceilings covered in mold! Shower was dirty, comforters stained. We left and went elsewhere, still waiting on a refund!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Anonymous

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Clean, comfortable room, close to the airport.
The hotel staff was very accommodating. I needed to print my boarding passes for our trip the following day, and the manager said she would do it. However, the hotel lobby was in total disarray from remodeling and closed most of the time. When I called her at the appointed time, she had already gone. The desk clerk had never printed a boarding pass before, but was willing to figure it out, and in less than 5 minutes we had our passes. The room was very clean and comfortable with a very comfortable king size bed. However, there was a lot of activity in the parking lot, with cars stopping just outside our door with radios blasting loud enough to wake the dead. This continued on most of the night. Very late at night, we were awakened by the desk clerk calling to see if we were OK. It seems that someone had called the desk and said he was locked in his room and couldn't get out, and he gave our room number. The clerk said he knew it was a bogus call, but just wanted to be sure we were OK. A friend told us later that this is a very unsafe neighborhood, but we went to the gas station and Subway across the street, and had no issues. If you are a sound sleeper and don't mind a bit of noise outside, this is an OK hotel. Just be sure to always keep your door locked. If a bit of noise will keep you awake, go elsewhere.

10/10 Excellent

LAKAISHA, Tennessee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great

2/10 Terrible

Jessica, Indianapolis, IN

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Truck stop hotel
They charge my bank and wasn't supposed to. And wouldn't reverse and take the cash causing my account to go into overdraft. On the day of checking out we found a bedbug crawling on a towel. The ceiling was falling apart and the tub was stained.

2/10 Terrible

Steve, Victoria B.C

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Ants in your bed
When I was in bed I thought I felt something on my back. It was late at night and I was super tired. When I awoke I pushed the bed spread open and looked down. Found about 15 ants visible on my bed. The first room he put me in I could barely breath because of the strong smell of smoke. When I went back to the front desk he said there should be no smell because it is a non smoking room. I could barely breath it was as if someone just smoked a cigar in the room.

8/10 Good

marlin

Liked: Staff & service
Was Convenient
Check in late, into a smoking room, it was horrible, the room wasn't cleaned, old food sitting out , no clean towls, and stuff left everywhere, went back to office, then they apologize and gave me a different room, it was cleaned and better, no microwave. And the fridge didnt work, tv sucked, no channel list so didn't know what channels there was, other then walking into the first mess, it was a typical hotel, and I wouldn't stay there again.

8/10 Good

Shawn, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
WELL WORTH YOUR TIME AND MONEY
Here at Colonial Inn everything has changed very fast. New ownership is making upgrades and better conditions on a daily basis. You should like the new staff, they are helpful polite and friendly. Yes, I admit it was rough when I arrived. This is not the best part of Memphis but it's convenient and centrally located. I came here on day one of the new management. Unpleasant issues were wiped out almost immediately. Even the cleaning crews were changed. I'm a business traveler and have been treated like royalty on my one month stay. I'll gladly return here when traveling through the area again.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A place to stay for the night
Not the cleanest hotel but it was a fair stay. Just needed somewhere to lay my head for the night and passed that test but if you're looking for something nicer don't stay here

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Close to Airport, but old motel
Reservation was not there when I arrived The spread was dirty

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not a great location, industrial bathroom that wasn't very clean, comforter was dirty. Front desk staff was rude.

6/10 Okay

Anthony, Perth Australia

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Micro wave had previous person food in it

6/10 Okay

Maytree, Alexandria, Va U.S.A

Disliked: Staff & service
What's a hotel!!!
I was checking in little late, so I tried to call the front desk ( Indian accent ) she hung up on me! The room was smelt like someone smoked in side the room. WiFi was slow.

4/10 Poor

Bob, Nashville

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not Impressed!
The room seems to be clean, with some upgrades. We arrived early in the evening to find the lobby closed and had to deal with the person at the counter through bullet proof glass. The receptionist was cold and unfriendly. I paid for a non-smoking room -and it was even labeled non-smoking on the door. But when I entered, the strong smoke smell hit me first thing. The only thing missing is a desk. I got a king-size bed room, but there is no desk and chair. Very strange for a nice hotel room. The couch is a worn out hide-a-bed with a very uncomfortable metal bar in the middle of your back. The WiFi kept going in and out - mostly out. The room was clean with a very comfortable bed. The missing desk, bad wifi and unfriendly service is a deal breaker for me. I would not stay here again.

2/10 Terrible

Al, Il

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awful place to stay
Room smelled terrible and nothing worked. Very difficult to get to

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Scary location, old and run down
Refused to stay. It was $70 waisted. Found a hotel last minute that was safer and cleaner. I take some responsibility because you get what you pay for. But I would NOT recommendit to no one.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We found another persons underwear hanging in our shower.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Loved it. was packed out, very quite and relaxing.
Loved it. Even though it was packed out, it was very quite and relaxing.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Entry to front desk sign in area was locked, checked in through small 12" x 12" glass window in wall with 2" pass through area at bottom says it all.