Motel 6 Niantic, CT - New London

ROACHES IN ROOM!!! Wait til you hear how it happened... Aside from the broken toilet seat, musty smell, and thin, stained, patched up blanket, we had roaches in our room. The staff did nothing and Corporate Motel 6 pretended they cared and then did nothing either. I was eventually offered a $20 credit from the motel and they've ignored all my calls. I will never stay at any Motel 6 ever again (I think we know why they leave the light on now, for roaches). By the way, this is the kind of motel that has long term residents. One confirmed the roach problem. This is the detailed letter I wrote to the board of health; Hello, I am writing to you from my car at Motel 6 in Niantic as I cannot go back into our room. I was awoken by a cockroach crawling on my face as I slept. When I felt something on my face I flung it to the floor. I then grabbed my phone for light and saw it on the ground running away so I squashed it. I then continued to look around and saw two tiny bugs which I also squashed. As I had killed the first bug so quickly, I didn't realize at the time it was a cockroach but then I continued to look around the room and found two more cockroaches. I wasn't able to get a photo because they scattered under the baseboard of the floor too quickly. I immediately went to complain to the overnight desk person and she admitted that they had had complaints about cockroaches before in other rooms. I also noticed a can of bug kill spray in the office as well so obviously they are aware that they have a problem.

This is a decent stay for the price and I love that it’s pet friendly. I stayed for awhile and it was safe and clean. The good - [ ] front desk: Janky, Susan, Adrianna are all wonderful . - [ ] Brenda and rest of housekeeping are great! - [ ] Safe area at reasonable price. - [ ] dogs allowed, decent space (I recommend going downtown to park or beach in Niantic) The Bad - [ ] Manager on a power trip, condescending. He definitely enjoys telling people no. He often seemed like he really had no idea what was going on in his own motel. Treated me like I was a subordinate instead of a paying guest. - [ ] Weird things like toilet paper rationed out one or two at a time, you have to go to desk to get it along with towels, flimsy garbage bags that you need to bring to the dumpster yourself. - [ ] No toilet lid… ***? That’s just strange. - [ ] two rooms I stayed in worse for wear, brown spots rust ick, one had mold all over door when I got there. - [ ] while I was there my heat broke, my door broke, my microwave broke, there were hot water problems as well. The hotel key cards malfunctioned often so I’d be locked out of my room quite often. - [ ] Other people don’t pick up dog poop 💩 in dog area and there are no bags in the spot for them. I use my own but maybe people would pick it up if bags were there? Maybe not. - [ ] Smokers allowed to smoke next to rooms, smell came into room. The weird: So what’s up with that guys in the red truck who marks his parking spot with caution cones?

Friendly staff, clean room, fair prices (especially these days). Good stop for our drive through. Lately all of those qualities are quite challenging to come by, so it was a very pleasant surprise to stay somewhere that satisfied those expectations.

Way overpriced considering the rundown property and lack of amenities. I’m not against budget motels but this was terrible. After this experience I will NEVER stay at a Motel 6 again. Just awful. Proceed with caution.

Stayed at the Motel 6 in Niantic for a getaway weekend with our furry friend. Location is convenient right off I95. Its a budget hotel so no refrigerator, no breakfast and no daily housekeeping was not a deal breaker. Our room was on the small side and the water pressure was low but the cleanliness and maintenance was really good with a pristine paint job. Also Motel 6 allows pets with no additional fee so that's a big plus. All in all, we can't complain and would recommend with the caveat that you know what to expect at a Motel 6 - low cost and minimal amenities but a decent room.