Belle Of Baton Rouge Casino Hotel

The hotel was gross

I liked how the staff was accommodating and upgraded us when our room reeked of smoke and was dirty.

Our room was disgusting. For the high price I paid to stay there, it was filthy. Our room was almost unbearable with the smoke smell. The bathrooms were gross and needed a deep cleaning. The bathroom floor was also sticky. The breakfast was two thumbs down. The hallways and common areas were just below par. Overall cleanliness was terrible.

The staff was friendly and helpful

The place was gross. Just dirty everywhere. Our room had stains on the walls and furniture. The bathroom was moldy and nasty with other folks hairs of all kinds, stains all over the bathroom, dust on the Kleenex box and hair dryer that also had hairs on it. Hairs on the "clean" towels. Broken light fixtures with the broken piece just leaning against the wall. The bathroom door handle was disgusting, stained with splashes of something and sticky. The shower was nasty with mold, hair, and lime rust all over the shower head. The popcorn ceiling was splotched with darkness from being a smoking room in the past. Pieces missing of furniture. The stand alone chair was covered in stains.

Dirty bathroom/Rude Employees/Check In

Gated parking.

There must have been a group of 40-50 individuals crowded around the front entrance while checking in, cars parked blocking traffic waiting to pick up employees. Later in evening, cops were called to break up the crowd. The employees seemed to have zero leadership and were there for a paycheck, when questions where asked to them the answers were short and rude. Once checked in, bathroom was dirty, hair and used dental floss on walls, mold appears to be around the top base of showers.

Not what was expected

Nice access to riverfront, good access to downtown, easy to get to the non traffic side of LSU campus. Staff was friendly.

Investors in this hotel have apparently decided to mine this property and get what they can out of it without putting anything back. The rooms need updating badly, decor is old, beds old, carpet stained and torn. No HD TVs, old decor, dingy. You can tell it was a once proud property that is now just playing it out till the end. It will soon be another victim of poor ownership, poor management and lack of foresight. Its on a train track, so you will get a nice wake up call every morning.