Magnuson Hotel East Sandusky

Hotel

Zero Stars! We need a zero stars option for places like this! This is the absolute worst hotel I *tried* to stay in. My daughter and I had brought lunch and wanted to eat at the hotel. We got some stupid looking keys to begin with. It wasn't a card, but some sort of chip system. No big, headed to the room. Walking into the building with our room, I immediately noticed an outdated dirty ice machine. The stairs were old and dirty. And then the carpet through the hall looked stained and old. Our room ended up on the balcony. We got to the room, and an immediate smell gagged us. It was musty and I can best describe the smell as an elderly man's bathroom. The bathroom toilet had rings. There wasn't a Fridge or microwave. The sheets were off-white. The duvet was old, outdated, musty, and scratchy. My daughter and I decided to eat in the courtyard. While there, I decided to cancel my booking and booked at the Hampton instead. This hotel had the vibe of being a rent by the hour type of place. Being here made the Hampton look like a Hyatt. The hotel refused to give a refund and said I needed to contact my booking agent. I contacted the agency and they also had incredible difficulty trying to get the hotel to refund the fee. The hotel had told the company that I hadn't made a complaint (I had), and then that I didn't request a refund (I did). They settled on a quarter of the cost and hotels. Com reimbursed the rest.

Really enjoyed my weekend stay here. Very clean and homely. Amenities are sufficient if you just need a place to rest for Cedar Point as it is only a couple min away. Best part is the free HBO channels! They have a restaurant within the hotel Sportsmans Tavern but there are a couple more restaurants in walking distance from here. They let me check in early for a small fee and early check out, both were a breeze. Also, big props to the friendly desk attendant that tried to help me find a taxi cab at 4 AM. Thank you!

After having a horrible experience with Wolf Inn, we stayed here with no notice. They graciously let us view the rooms before we even stayed. They got us two rooms which were remarkably clean. The staff also left us a note offering their condolences for our awful experience at a different hotel and hoped we had a wonderful stay. Very generous and kind staff. The pool was clean and the location is pretty central. Would recommend and will be back for the next Cedar Point trip!

The location is perfect for those going to Cedar Point. The hotel was clean except the carpets in the hallway looked like they could be deep cleaned. Everyone we met was very nice. My kids enjoyed the pool area. My only negative would be the "breakfast", it consisted of coffee and mini donuts. Overall nice hotel at a nice price.

Close to Cedar Point. But no refrigerator or microwave. Staff is friendly. But he said that if I paid for the rooms with cash there would be a$50.00 deposit. The back downstairs door to the parking lot didn't lock when closed. Other than that it was a decent and reasonable place.

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The building overall is extremely dated, it's kind of surreal. The front lobby wreaks like a litter box and the building itself is not air conditioned. When we got to our room it was hot and muggy and took a few hours to cool down. No microwave/fridge/breakfast here and the adjoining tavern is not even open. Aside from that the room is clean and the beds are comfy though. Overall it was no where near the worth the price for the stay, you could pay the same amount to stay at a local Holiday Inn instead. Will update review with with pics when we leave.

If you like filthy walls, black mold, blood stains on your bed sheets, disgusting carpets and furniture, several species of bugs and horrific odors that you can not describe, THEN THIS PLACE IS FOR YOU-! As you walk into the lobby, you will catch a lovely whiff of musty mildew and 20 dirty litter boxes. You will check in anyway because the tile on the floor is pretty, it’s extremely late, and you need a place to sleep. You’ve read the reviews online and think “oh c’mon, it can’t be that bad”, and decide to give it a go. As you walk to your room, through the parking lot, you begin to notice how it has more of a “3 hour special” motel rather than a Hotel, complete with a group of hoodlums carrying on with their very own “fight club” right outside your bedroom door. You open your door and it only gets WORSE. You child starts to gag and cough from the odor. You can almost feel your lungs fill with spores from the unimaginable. The air conditioner is pumping more stagnant smells into the room. The smell, the sight, the feel, the sounds… it’s all just hard to describe, unless you’ve been there. So, if you’re looking to save a few dollars; and Cleanliness, Safety, and your Families Health are not on the top of your priority list, then BOOK YOUR ROOM TODAY-!

Although this place had bad reviews, we knew after a day at Cedar Point we'd be exhausted. Wanting a place close to the park, they were the only place with vacancies when I called so we decided to give it a try. Check in was very easy, the lobby area was beautiful, the staff was very friendly and the place was very secure. Our room was very clean, no signs of bugs, the beds were comfortable and it was quiet. Very safe and peaceful place to stay. We didn't have any bad experiences, would definitely stay again and highly recommend this place.

Beds are dated. Traces of bed bugs. None turned up. Just examine your room before you get settled in. Pretty clean place for the most part. Wifi sucks cheeks.

The air conditioning could barely keep our room cool. When we arrived there was about 15 to 20 flies in our room as well. The bar they advertised has yet to open and we have already spent two days here. But the room was cheap.

The worst! The entire hotel smells like a musty wet dog, Our room was gross and smelled of cigars and bad decisions! The night stand light and the door lock were broken and the carpet was wet we had to keep on our shoes. OH and wait for it, the sheets had blood on them! No elevators to the second floor, not cool with a cooler! The pool had so many bugs I thought it was a plague. Bad thing was it was not cheap! Do not stay here folks!

We got to the hotel and our sheets were already dirty. There were dead mosquitoes everywhere. It was disgusting. I also needed to leave for a family emergency and was told if I was provided with information about it they would apply a refund. Well I applied all the information I could without violating family privacy, and they kept asking for more, and ignored my emails and have not refunded. Do not stay here. Pictures are deceiving.

First thing we noticed is the musty smell and dirty pool. We left and came back to ants all over the place. They changed us rooms but the bathroom light and the air wasnt working. We asked for clean sheets and they couldn't help us. Moved us to a 3rd room which wasn't much better. The photos are deceiving. We got the king suite and thought there were two sofas, a full fridge and a stove to find only one sofa so one person had to sleep in a chair. Also a mini fridge and small microwave is all we got. Not happy at all.

The building overall is extremely dated, it's kind of surreal. The front lobby wreaks like a litter box and the building itself is not air conditioned. When we got to our room it was hot and muggy and took a few hours to cool down. No microwave/fridge/breakfast here and the adjoining tavern is not even open. Aside from that the room is clean and the beds are comfy though. Overall it was no where near the worth the price for the stay, you could pay the same amount to stay at a local Holiday in instead. Will update review with with pics when we leave.

Okay, before I start this review, I would just like to say, only come here if you NEED just stay somewhere for a night. Now, hear my feelings about the place. We came to this hotel after we had visited Cedar Point, so we had a place to stay for the night when we would go back to Cedar Shores. We come in, the lobby smells of a funeral home. As we walked up the stairs, there was a smell of cigarettes, though there were no smoking signs on every door in the hotel. On a window in the hallway, there was spider webs, something that looks to be bird poop, and other stains. In our room, there was mold in our bathtub. The sink was stained, and a towel I grabbed off the shelf had a stain on it. The beds were comfortable and surprisingly clean, so that's a plus about it, hence why I said only come here if you NEED a place to stay for the night. The room door was hard to open, and there was no sign of room service.

Its not that bad as the other people said about this place. I stayed 4 days and theres no refridgerator, microwave but still soft bed with pillow, stable connection of Wifi, Nice and hospitable front, clean restroom, low price, near to cedar point. Smells bit oudated but Im not a picky person so it wasnt big deal for me.

Ok place jusr to crash not good for vacation the tavern and the pool were closed and they decided to tell us after we paid. The rooms have no fridge or microwave.

Great prices, awesome rooms and service. We always stay here when we go to cedar point.

Stayed in the smoking section and the entire building smelled of mildew. Very outdated on everything but the workers were nice.

Too noisy. Very clean. Amazing HD channels. Bad Internet. Big rooms. Very good room service. Super close to Cedar point. Comfy bed. No microwave or fridge. But so noisy I couldn't sleep from all laughter. Bad!

We stayed at this hotel for one night after spending the day at Cedar Point. The entire place smells “old” and the rooms are severely outdated/gross feeling. It reminds me more of a sketchy motel. Dingy carpet, very uncomfortable beds, outlets didn’t work in multiple spots and the bathroom was the size of a tiny closet. We also picked up some bed bugs from this place! 2/4 of our friends had multiple bites on them and now we have to deal with the possibility that we brought some back with us. The price is okay for what you pay considering it’s extremely close to CP but beware. Would not stay here again!

The lobby/halls smelled like a funeral home and our room smelt even worse. 2 of the 4 guests who stayed have developed bedbug rash/bites. We didn’t find any evidence of them when we first arrived but the following morning one person had a bite and several days after our departure a multitude showed up on another. DO NOT STAY HERE! BED BUGS! The staff was nice and friendly though.

I said thia place was nice I was wrong. We had mice in our room and a bunch of people was half naked partying at the bar till late in the night couldn't sleep even if I stayed another night. But after we seen 3 mice we packed up and left. I will never go to this place and stay again. I recommend the hotel 6 down the way. They are clean and no MICE that I saw.

For starters, men and women were standing at the front door and lobby in their underware having a party. I thought I was at a brothel. Loud music played through out the night and the rooms were not kept up. There were cracks in the walls and ceilings and the walls were dirty. I felt like I was at a pay by the hour motel. Overall it was a unsanitary place. I would not recommend this place to others unless your desperate.

(AKA Magnuson Hotel — East Sandusky) Our stay was fine. We were just looking for a place to sleep after cedar point. I asked to scope out the room before I booked it and it was outdated but clean for the most part. I noticed that the bedsheets were inside out which implied to me that they did not bother to change/wash the sheets from the last person, only flipped them inside out. I asked the front desk if we could get new sheets and they said yes. We went back to CP to ride more and then came back to hotel around midnight and I noticed the bedsheets were still inside out. I called the front desk and asked if we could get clean new sheets and they said they sent housekeeping to change them already. I replied that they did not change anything, as I can see the sheets were still inside out. I thought it was rude they tried to trick me over something so small but necessary. I asked for clean sheets and they would barely do that. Also, upon check out in the morning, something that looked like a gunshot at the lobby glass door was there which was not there the night before. There were many people blaring loud music from their vehicles when we arrived at midnight, which the hotel did nothing about. The hotel also had a weird odor.

I was pleasantly surprised that this hotel was so nice. You never know what you're getting when you book online. It was nice and clean. The beds were cozy. It was super close to Cedar Point and it was inexpensive. I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a nice place to stay in Sandusky.

Where do I begin? Zero stars should be an option on this one. Arrived at the hotel after a long day of traveling. Not real nice, but cheap and it was later in the day so we decided to stay. We were at the hotel for about two hours when, we heard a knock at the door. My husband got up and answered the door. The hotel owner and his son pushed the door open and came in. The owner said he knew our type that we were drug addicts and the room had a marijuana odor! I am a nurse and my husband works for a big corporation. We aren't anything he said we were. He went through my purse and everything else. I was laying in bed when he let himself in, watching a movie. We received a refund from the Agency that booked us the room and the owner continued to harass us on our way out, to our RV (we have been traveling in it and just decided we'd like a hotel for one night) Now, if I wanted to use illicit street drugs, why wouldn't I have just stayed in our RV for the night?! Absolutely insane. Avoid this place. At all costs.

The staff was very nice and helpful. The room was awesome and relaxing. My better half and I had a good night's sleep.

Great hotel for the price. My wife was looking for a hotel near Cedar Point (for us and our kids). Most places were over $175 a night. She found Magnuson hotel for under $100 (which is located really close to Cedar Point). The hotel is clean, rooms are big, staff is friendly. We weren't expecting a world class hotel but we were pleasantly surprised at how nice it was for the money. There's a heated pool and game room for the kids. HBO and a restaurant/ bar for the adults. Overall a decent family place.

Room and bathroom were clean and front desk staff were friendly and pleasant. The hotel room doors slammed shut and could hear guest coming and going. Walls were thing and lobby smelled funky, but price was reasonable since it is close to Cedar Point and we were only there to sleep. Location is close to downtown Sandusky and is convenient.

The bar and grill was the best thing about the hotel. The rooms did not feel like it was worth the price I paid without a fridge and just more of a moderate feel. However the location was great for going to cedar point.

Beautiful courtyard with outdoor pool… we had a super friendly concierge who allowed us to use the pool till our room was ready. Room was clean with a firm mattress. Great stay and would highly recommend it to anyone visiting Sandusky.

The hotel is conveniently located close to Cedar point and the waterfront. Our room was clean but could have used some TLC. The lobby and onsite bar is kinda quaint because it's a bit dated. It's a good option for a lower price place to stay. *****I must edit my review after a few instances. The first was not really the hotels fault, but nonetheless it put a slight damper on our night's sleep when a truck was playing their music loud enough to wake us up and it didn't stop from 12:15 to 12:40. The second is allowing a pool party on Sunday evening right under rooms in the courtyard with loud music that would not be considered family friendly. How an establishment allows this that caters to tourists that are usually on family vacation visiting Cedar Point is beyond me. The next time we visit Sandusky, we'll pay a little more and stay somewhere that is a little more suited to our needs.

Just what I expected for the price. The rooms were relatively clean. Not perfect. The bathrooms were clean but old. I heard others complain about the towels and I did have a couple with hair on them but the other towels and bedding were clean. The hotel pool and patio are nice. Maggie the manager is really nice. The location is close enough to Cedar point. The free coffee for breakfast is good. The donuts are not. All in all if you are looking for a decent place at a decent price then this is for you.

This hotel was very nice, my room was very comfortable for my granddaughter & I. Very clean & the staff was very friendly & polite, we were right next to the pool. We also had a microwave & fridge in the room so I just put food in the fridge for us & heated it up. The game room was a little noisy, but once it was 11pm it was closed which was nice. The water pressure in the room was not good & if you want breakfast this is not the place, they only offer donuts & coffee : (Over all this was a nice place to stay, I will stay again.

My gf is in the hospital and we are unable to make our trip to Cedar Point this weekend… this shit hole refuses to let her cancel our reservations. This will not be the only page I blast this shady hotel on.

We were unhappy with our stay at this motel. Would never recommend it.

I developed red welts from multiple bug bites I received during the night on my arms and back. Friends in a different room found a dirty diaper beside their bed. Sleep in a tent! Save yourself the medical bills.