This hotel is the worse hotel I have ever stayed in. No matter what the other option is..take it, it will be better then this hotel. Clarion is the TOP of the line in their brand..NO WAY, this hotel is worse then anything I have ever seen. The entire hotel smells, the rooms are dirty, stained, and in need of... more

I am a platinum elite member of Choice Hotels, and my wife and I were looking for a place to stay in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The internet description seemed nice, as it listed both an indoor pool and a restaurant within. I booked using my choice hotel points at 20000 per night. When we arrived, we... more

A group of freinds and I checked out this hotel last fall and it seemed as though they were just finishing remodeling some of the rooms. The room my husband and I stayed in this visit to Ithaca was very nice. Clean, updated bathroom. New beds and linens. Towels were soft. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Buffet breakfast... more

We stayed here b/c it was the only room I could get. The whole town was booked up for some reason. For 160.00, I was expecting at least the quality of Holiday Inn. I would have settled for Motel 6 or Super 8. The Ithaca Clarion is the most disgusting, dirtiest, grimiest, $160.00-a-night hotel room I have ever stayed at.... more

I hated the Clarion in Ithaca. Rooms smelled like mold and mildew, anytime you take a shower the fire alarm tries to go off (I say tries because it's too old to actually work), rooms were stained and dingy, nearly everything in the room had a dirt tinge on it, appliances were smoke stained, heavily (non-smoking room), blanket was ratty... more

I cannot IMAGINE HOW this hotel stays in business. The ad says "UPSCALE HOTEL", upscale it is NOT. Instead it is dark, dingy and VERY dirty. Everywhere we looked we saw dirt of some kind; in the lobby, the hallway, the elevator, and mostly in our room. The mattress was worn out and lord knows what was living in it.... more

This was a nasty, dirty, damp hotel. The carpet, furniture, blankets/bedspreads were stained. The room smelled musty. The bathroom had duct tape on the mirror. The room had not been vaccumed prior to check in. Dirty inside windows. The back entry was unlocked the entire time we stayed there. Old mattresses were in the one entry halllway. You had to... more

I was able to take 48 hours off from work to drive out to Ithaca to (finally!) spend a day with my fiance - she is serving out a summer internship with the Hangar Theatre Company. I was surprised at the lack of affordable hotel rooms in Ithaca during their tourist season. The Clarion was the only option available under... more

Was up for Cornell Homecoming weekend and stayed at the Clarion with some buddies. Hotel is dated and ugly. Exterior looks like a prison. Lobby is decent, but needs a freshening. Layout is as one would find at a motel, you can park your car around the hotel building and enter via back and side entrances near your room. Thus,... more