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May 20, 2006 by Brian from Washington, DC
Overall Rating: 5
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[9] • Location:[2]

• Uniqueness.
• Price.

“Quirky, fun hotel inconveniently located and very expensive for what is provided.”

Feb 20, 2006 by Billy from Boulder, CO
Overall Rating: 4
Cleanliness:[3] • Staff:[6] • Location:[5]

• Bathroom amenities were nice.
• Ash tray in the non smoking room.

“The bathroom seemed dilapidated thrown together to make it look good. Non smoking room smelled of smoke.”

Sep 15, 2005 by Wanda from New Castle, CO
Overall Rating: 4
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[10] • Location:[9]

• Swimming pool, Bath & Body Products, Smoke free lounge.
• Outside entrance to rooms has motel feel.

“Close to CU Campus; nicer than the pictures portray! Very quiet with wonderful amenities i.e. swimming pool, hot tub, smoke free lounge with local entertainers, Bath & Body Works Products.”

Aug 23, 2005 by Steve from Houston, TX
Overall Rating: 3
Cleanliness:[7] • Staff:[7] • Location:[7]

• Not 3 star quality.

“Hotel was comparable to a Comfort Inn or Days Inn. Not what I considered 3 star. Not worth the price.”

Aug 17, 2005 by Sue from Bloomington, IN
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[10] • Location:[8]

• Lots of amenities and very comfortable, free coffee, free newspapers, great people.
• Could use some fresh paint and updating, but overall an excellent experience.

“At first glance, the hotel looked a little "seedy" to us but it was a great experience, we will stay there again. The people were awesome and accommodating. My husband had to conduct business (conference calls) but the room had everything he needed from high speed internet to a big desk and comfy chair. OK, this is not the Ritz, but the nice breakfast and newspapers made us feel very comfortable and right at home. It is a little quirky, be down to earth and clean. ”

Jul 30, 2005 by Scott from Houston, TX
Overall Rating: 7
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[10] • Location:[9]

• Friendly staff, unique hotel
• walls are thin

“Friendly staff, unique hotel ... for the price, much better then the vanilla hotels in the price range. Don't expect a lot with the rooms though. My room had a nice remodeled bathroom, the other parts were a bit dated and the walls are thin. There is only so much that can be done to a 1962 style hotel/motel. I would stay there again though.”

Jul 30, 2005 by Pete from Fremont, CA
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[3] • Staff:[3] • Location:[3]

• It's a motel, not a 3 star hotel. HAd no soap and Appliances (TV, hairdrier) in bad shape.

“It is actually a motel. The room door opens into the parking lot.The TV was broken, (very bad reception), the hair drier was in bad shape, room had no soap,so I went to the front desk to pick it up. ( To be fair, they did give a high quality soap, the front desk staff was very friendly).The pictures make it look much better than it actually is. Although on paper it has all the facilities that may qualify it to be a 3 star hotel (sauna, a small gym (not maitained well), an onsite restaurant etc, it is more liek a budget hotel or a motel. Nothing wrong with that , except I have lot higher expectations from a 3 star hotel. ( As a comparison : a full service marriott is typically a 3 star resturant. )”

Jul 27, 2005 by Margi from Grand Junction, CO
Overall Rating: 2
Cleanliness:[3] • Staff:[5] • Location:[5]

• It was close to Louisville, Co.
• The room smelled bad. They do not shampoo the floor very often or change the bedspreads.

“It was the lowest grade 3 star hotel I've ever stayed at. I was put in a smoking room which is fine I am a smoker. I guess they don't put cleanliness as a priority on their smoking rooms?”

Jul 27, 2005 by Martha from Santa Fe, NM
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[7] • Location:[1]

• This was NOT a 3 Star Hotel. Maybe a 2 Star Motel with a good pool.

“This is a renovated motel on the highway. And that's all. Definitely NOT a 3 Star Hotel. The first night the room temperature was 87 degrees inside the room. It was so bad that we had to change rooms in the middle of the night. Hated the place!”

Jul 23, 2005 by Ron from Westlake Village, CA
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[10] • Location:[8]

• Mountain view that we requested was good. Convenient location to where we wanted to go in Boulder.
• Parking could stand some expansion on certain days (we stayed eight days).

“It met our expectations and the staff was excellent. They even extended our stay.”

Jul 22, 2005 by Isa from Madison, WI
Overall Rating: 4
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[9] • Location:[7]

• I liked the concept for this hotel which is to provide high levels of service for a reaonable price.
• The location was unattractive, the beds were terrible and the renovations were not entirely successful

“This hotel is a former Holiday Inn & changed hands several times before becoming the Outlook. I believe that it had been slated for demolition prior to it's purchase by the current management group. It was rennovated within the last several years & while certain areas were very attractive, the rooms were not entirely successful. The mattresses were clearly cheap and uncomfortable. The AC was incredibly loud. The appointments are inconsistent. Some seem worn and some seemed nice. The rooms had clearly been much worse at one point and the rennovations do not completely disguise it's former shabbiness. It gives the rooms a definite motel feel. Some of the rooms do not have inside entrances and the interior entrance rooms all face directly onto the swimming pool and lounge area. This is very noisy until the pool closes and the nearness of the pool increases the humidity level in the rooms, thus necessitating turning the temperature way down on the (incredibly loud) AC and causing it to run that much more frequently. The staff were very helpful and nice, but there wasn't anything that could be done to salvage our stay.”

May 24, 2005 by Joe from Mesa, AZ
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[7] • Staff:[8] • Location:[8]

• The hotel was dated, noisy due to pool in middle, not what I expected

“ The hotel showed sign of age. The room had a musty odor. The hotel was noisy due to the pool situated in the middle, near the lobby. Unfortunately, my room faced the pool.I would not stay here again.”

Apr 21, 2005 by Linda from Brooklyn, NY
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[7] • Location:[10]

• Excellent service at the front desk. Pleasant environment in general.
• It was a serious problem to me that the promised internet access did not materialize. Their tech had no knowledge of Macintosh.

“The bed was extremely comfortable, the front desk personnel friendly, calm & helpful.I requested that linens not be changed to conserve water, a practice I had seen in another Colorado hotel. It was not honored at all at first, then partially honored.
See above note on internet access. The tech was very available, just couldn't help. (Macintosh in my part of the world is close to 50% of the laptops.)”

Apr 20, 2005 by Carl from St. Louis, MO
Overall Rating: 3
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[9] • Location:[8]

• very friendly staff; clean
• Rather dated styling; expected more for its rating

“Only issue I have is the rating assigned to it. I think because it was somewhat dated, a lower star rating should have applied.”

Apr 19, 2005 by Michelle from Cambridge, MA
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[6] • Staff:[7] • Location:[6]

• Location
• Overated

“It's like a motel 6 painted like a 6 year old. It's not a bad hotel, but it is definately not a 3 star thing. I think if I was expecting a more of a motel 6 thing.”

Apr 18, 2005 by Mark from Ridgewood, NJ
Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[7] • Staff:[9] • Location:[7]

• Indoor pool. Very courteous staff
• Rooms not as upscale" as most 3*. Wireless internet did not work in my room."

“Simple, not upscale. Pretty clean. Very courteous, friendly and helpful staff. Offers wireless internet but it did not work in my room.”

Apr 5, 2005 by Bonnie from Hollister, MO
Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] • Location:[10]

• Great continental breakfast, quality staff, location and cleanliness
• Room wouldn't get warm for hours the first night and then fine

“Overall, we really enjoyed our stay at the Boulder Outlook. The quality of the amenities and especially the complimentary continental breakfast made this a great value at the price we bid. If you need or want to be in the immediate Boulder area, the location of this property is superior. The staff of the hotel was especially accomodating and made our stay enjoyable.”

Apr 4, 2005 by K from Chicago, IL
Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[8] • Location:[10]

• clean, great ammenities, friendly staff
• They washed the floor 3times in just a couple of hours. Not necessarily a bad thing but I almost slipped.

“The best deal for the price. Very family oriented which is not what I was looking for, but a great deal none the less. I would strongly reccomend it. The front desk could have been a little bit nicer.”

Mar 27, 2005 by Charlie from Redmond, OR
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[2] • Staff:[3] • Location:[7]

• location was OK
• Everything else, NOT A # STAR as selected maybe a 1 at best.

“Old, strong smell throughout, dirty sheets, a motel 6 with an indoor pool in the middle. ”

Mar 23, 2005 by Philip from Boulder, CO
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[2] • Staff:[1] • Location:[7]

• Good location.

“Terrible experience. Hotel had failed to process my reservation when the fax came in -- the clerk had to root around for 10-15 minutes to find the fax at 2am. This hotel has an indoor pool in the middle of the property; the whole place reeks of chlorine. The pool is not in a separate area -- any room that opens onto that courtyard is subject to the noises of running, yelling, and splashing around the pool. What a terrible design! My room was next to one of the side entrances; the push-bar door on that exit had no silencing on it at all. Slam. Slam. Slam. What a terrible design! Bed in the room was OK, but carpet was very thin and furnishings were cheap.If I were generous, I'd give this hotel 1.5 stars. 2 stars would be an extreme stretch. ”

Mar 20, 2005 by Dave from Overland Park, KS
Overall Rating: 1
Cleanliness:[5] • Staff:[8] • Location:[4]

“Three stars is a real stretch for this hotel. It's an old converted Holiday Inn that's loud with no insulation between rooms. I'll never stay there again. ”

Mar 9, 2005 by Darren from Parker, CO
Overall Rating: 7
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[10] • Location:[7]

• Atmosphere, friendly staff.
• Heater noise every time it turned on, kept us awake all night.

“0”

Mar 7, 2005 by Richard from San Antonio, TX
Overall Rating: 4
Cleanliness:[7] • Staff:[5] • Location:[7]

• location, and cleanliness
• Hotel was nothing like what appeared on the website, rooms were to small, pictures were misleading

“Small hotel/motel. I don't understand how it received a two star rating. Worst continental breakfast that we have ever been offered. Motel staff was hard to find. Rooms were very small, hard for even two people to get around, terrible set up.”

Dec 19, 2004 by Andrew T. from Basalt
Overall Rating: 7

“Friendly staff. Clean rooms. Decent complimentary breakfast. Very nice indoor pool. Perfect for families. Fairly conveniently located but a little hard to fine if your are unfamiliar with the area.”

Dec 16, 2004 by Daniel T. from San Diego
Overall Rating: 4

“Boulder is a college town. But the college had a party in the room next door until 4 am. Many students were permanent residents at the hotel. We didn't even stay the second night.”

Sep 26, 2004 by Robert W. from Vernon
Overall Rating: 6

“I stayed at Outlook Hotel two nights. The room on the first night was just average (not yet remodeled and with double beds) The room on the second night was excellent with a King bed and a remodeled room.”

Sep 3, 2004 by Clare W. from Eau Claire, WI
Overall Rating: 8

“Friendly staff, clean. Delicious free breakfasts. Excellent restaurant attached with happy hour specials.”