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Reviews of Graduate State College

4 out of 5
Graduate State College
125 S Atherton St, State College, PA

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 665 out of 1003 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 233 out of 1003 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 65 out of 1003 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 26 out of 1003 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 14 out of 1003 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jorge

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a cool place to stay if you are a Penn State student or alumni. Great staff, confortable beds, really great place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 19, 2024
Jorge, Thank you so much for the wonderful review. It is lovely to hear these things from our guest. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and come see us again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Bruna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the staff!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Guest Service Manager) on Apr 16, 2024
Bruna, Thank you so much for the review. We truly appreciate it. I am happy to hear the staff met your expectations and will be looking forward to seeing you again soon!

8/10 Good

Heather

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Graduate was a very nice property with excellent staff. My only complaint was road noise, which was expected as it is on the corner of atherton and beaver. Would recommend the hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Guest Service Manager) on Apr 16, 2024
Heather, Thank you for the nice review. It makes me happy to see you had a good stay besides the noise. The problems of being down town in a college town. We do hope to see you again soon!

6/10 Okay

Alice Ann

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service
The staff in the restaurant were very rude and extremely slow. We ended up walking out and not ordering this morning for breakfast They had one person working the restaurant last night and this morning. Service snail like.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Apr 12, 2024
Alice, I do apologize about your experience in the Trophy room, I will bring this to our F&B Directors attention so they are aware. That is not the type of service you are suppose to receive.

10/10 Excellent

Jorge

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hey
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Apr 11, 2024
Thank you Jorge, We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay, what was your favorite part?

10/10 Excellent

Pete

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Apr 11, 2024
Pete, Thank you and glad you enjoyed your stay. What was your favorite part?

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it!! Perfect location to check out Penn St. No room service, but the restaurant downstairs is open til 10 pm and you can take your food and/or drink up to your room. Designed beautifully, super fun. Parking was easy. Staff was great. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Apr 10, 2024
Rachel, Thank you for the great review, I am happy to hear you had an enjoyable time here at the Graduate. We will be looking forward to seeing you again soon!

4/10 Poor

Nicole

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Some good, some bad. The hotel has a great location that can’t be beat. Parking is easy and available. The decor and aesthetic is great. The hotel is noisy. There is garbage pickup at 6 am on Saturday plus you can hear the neighboring rooms conversations. The bathroom and rooms need updating. The side tables were broken and the shower pressure is low.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Apr 10, 2024
Thank you for the review. I understand how the noise can be frustrating, unfortunately after many attempts to try and fix the situation it is out of our control. As for the water pressure, did you contact the front desk to have engineering fix that for you?Thank you again for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Bonnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Apr 10, 2024
Thank you for the great review, I am happy to hear you had an enjoyable time here at the Graduate. We will be looking forward to seeing you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Frederick

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service with very nice rooms and decor
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 5, 2024
Frederick, Thank you for that nice review. We will be looking forward to seeing you again soon!

6/10 Okay

Paul, Stevens

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I so much want to like this property, unfortunately, they have a noise problem. The windows seem to allow all the street noise to come through even when I stay on the sixth floor. They have no noisemakers and you can’t even run the HVAC fan to cover up the street noise.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 4, 2024
Paul, I do apologize that people were loud out in the street. We do have ear plugs at the front desk also. The next time you stay with us, ask to be on the Atherton side of the building, usually is a quieter on that side.

10/10 Excellent

craig

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel , great staff - very accommodating. Room was beautiful and spotless . I will stay here every time I am in State College
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 4, 2024
Craig, Thank you for the great score and review. We love that you enjoyed your stay. Looking forward to seeing you again soon!

6/10 Okay

kia

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The property was nice. I didn’t like the interaction with checking in. The young lady was very helpful but she gave me the wrong room. I booked a queen queen and was given a king. I immediately went back downstairs and the older man asked me why I couldn’t keep the king, which I found very rude because why do I have to explain to you what I booked and paid for. The elevator was slow coming to the 7th fl and our shower head had rust very visible.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 2, 2024
Kia, I do apologize for the way this was handled. It sounds like you were handled by Nader when you came back down. My best guest was that he was not aware that you originally booked a double queen, and only saw the king, hence why he asked the way he did. I know sometimes he has a communication barrier. The good news is the elevators are being replaced this year and we will have new ones by end of year. Did you mention the shower head to the desk so they could of had engineering look at it for you?

8/10 Good

James

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, overall good but there is always room for improvement
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 2, 2024
James, Thank you for the review, what would you like to see improvement on?

4/10 Poor

Brianna

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had ants in our room and when we asked to speak to a manager, we were told he was busy. We have emailed numerous times and have not received a response. The first night they were in the floor and appeared to be coming from the adjourning room. They came and vacuumed them up. The second night the ants were now in our bed and all over the room. We were not even offered an apology.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 2, 2024
Brianna, I do apologize, no one informed me that you wanted to speak to me. I was told their were ants in the room and got with engineering, they then told me you just wanted a vaccuum to vaccuum them up and that you would stay in the room, I was going to move you rooms, but then I was told that. I do apologize this was not handled better.

6/10 Okay

Alejandro, Benicia

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Other than the location, the hotel lacks. The air quality and circulation is poor. It would be nice to see a hotel that charges so much actual offer something in the way of a continental breakfast. Offer coffee and water station in lobby area.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 2, 2024
Alejandro, With a actual resturaunt in the building, having a continental breakfast breaks away from the business aspect. But I will join you in your fight for coffee. I have been fighting for this for the past year for our guest and will continue.

10/10 Excellent

christine

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome vibe. So cool. So rad!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 29, 2024
Christine, Thank you we appreciate this feed back. We hope to see you soon. Just remember were the best vibe in town!

10/10 Excellent

Tara

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the atmosphere. The staff was wonderful. The eclectic vibe was really fun!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 29, 2024
Tara, Thank you for the great review. We are glad that you had a wonderful experience with us!

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great for our short stay at Penn State. Close to the university, restaurants, etc.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 27, 2024
Michael, Thank you for the great review. We love to hear from our guest and their experiences here at the Graduate.

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean rooms and everything was in good condition. Next to campus so easy walk to on-campus event. In-door parking - considering the proximity to campus was a bonus.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 21, 2024
Jeff, Thank you or the great feedback. I am happy to hear you enjoyed your stay. We will be looking forward to seeing you again!

8/10 Good

Harris, Chappaqua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 22, 2024
Thank you Harris, We are glad you are enjoying your stay, what else could we have done better for you?

10/10 Excellent

Cara Mia

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved our stay at the Graduate in State College! The staff at the front desk was incredibly friendly and helpful. Our room was super clean. We love the ease of parking on the premises as well. Highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 21, 2024
Cara,Thank you for your feedback. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with us. We will be looking forward to seeing you again soon!

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 19, 2024
John, Thank you for the 4/5. Is there something we could of done better to get the 5/5?

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Apr 4, 2024
Jennifer, Thank you for the great score, what was your favorite part of your stay?

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great boutique hotel conveniently located to Penn State. Huge room, very clean and updated. Staff was friwnsly and knowledgeable.
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Mar 12, 2024
Lisa, Thank you for the great review. It is much appreciated. We are happy to hear you had a good time and enjoyed the staff. Looking forward to seeing you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

lisa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel. Clean, friendly staff, excellent location
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 2, 2024
Lisa, Thank you so much for the score. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed multiple things at the hotel. We do hope to see you again soon!

8/10 Good

Lawrence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
cold elevators
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Feb 27, 2024
Lawrence, Thank you for the 4/5. I do apologize about the cold elevators. We are getting new ones this year though.

10/10 Excellent

Leigh-Anne

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check in staff super friendly and helpful. Room ready early, clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Feb 27, 2024
Leigh-Anne, Thank you for the great score, we are glad that you had a great check in and a great stay!

6/10 Okay

michelle

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Feb 24, 2024
Michelle, thank you for the 3/5, what could we have done better to get a full 5?

10/10 Excellent

Andrea, Westlake village

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Feb 24, 2024
Andrea, Thank you for the high score. What was your favorite part of the hotel?

10/10 Excellent

Slava

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Feb 21, 2024
Slava, Thank you for your score of 5/5. We are glad that you liked the place. We hope to see you again soon

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 21, 2024
Jennifer, Thank you, we are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Paul, Media

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall good stay. The hotel is nice, friendly staff, and great location. The three areas of opportunity they have are 1) given check in is on the 2nd floor, cars pile up in the narrow entry way; 2) the elevators are very slow, and to make it worse, if you take the stairs before 7:00am, the lobby door is locked, so you have to go outside, then bck up to the lobby: 3) the gym is small, and should be expanded.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Feb 20, 2024
Paul, Thank you for the great feedback. Good News is we are getting new elevators this year, so hopefully that will help speed up the process. We are currently taking care of all necessities for the stay as far as new heating units and elevators before we can move onto other parts of the hotel for updating. Thank you again!

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location at State College.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Feb 20, 2024
Roger, Thank you for the feedback. We are happy to hear you love the location!

2/10 Terrible

Chetan

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 21, 2024
Chetan, I am sorry to hear you didn't have a good stay, do you mind informing me what the issues were so I may address them?

10/10 Excellent

Rosemary

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Graduate chains are the best. This one did not disappoint. Helpful staff cool room and yummy breakfast. Would highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Manager) on Feb 10, 2024
Rosemary, Thank you for the kind feedback. I'm glad we did not disappoint you. We will be looking forward to seeing you again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 21, 2024
Maria,Thank you, we are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 21, 2024
KimberlyThank you, we are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Joshua, Newtown

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gentleman at the front desk was top notch. Believe his name was Chris. Extremely helpful and seamless check-in.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 30, 2024
Josh, that is great to hear and I'm glad chris gave you a great experience. We will be looking forward to seeing you again soon!

6/10 Okay

jerome

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We like the location as it is within walking distance to downtown. Very slow elevations only 2 of three were working . Limited bar and restaurant hours. Very tight parking.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 30, 2024
Jerome, I do apologize about the elevators. We are currently going to be getting new ones in 2024. It will be towards the end of the 2024. We did try to have the restaurant open all day before, but the business levels did not suffice to the labor, this is why we only do breakfast and dinner. We do hope you will come back and give it another chance :)

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect stay. Love the decor and student theme.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 30, 2024
Kelly, You rock for this review. I am glad to hear that you love the decor. My favorite is the Nittanny Lion Lamp. We hope to see you back soon!

6/10 Okay

Aimee

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Overall, our stay was adequate. They did offer complimentary coffee in the morning. The location was perfect for our needs. However, had difficulty with internet connectivity, so could not do work on my computer in the room.
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 27, 2024
Aimee, I apologize the internet was acting up. Did you call to the desk, we could try and reset the routers for you. I know we have a full house during your stay, and with everyone pulling from the internet might have caused it to slow down.

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
convenient to downtown, cozy atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 27, 2024
Pamela, We are so happy you enjoyed your stay with us. I think the only thing we would need is a nice fire place in the hotel to make it that much more cozy :). We love the feed back and hope to see you soon!

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 25, 2024
Heather you rock for the 5/5. What was your favorite part?

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 25, 2024
James, Thank you for the 5/5. What was your favorite part?

10/10 Excellent

Kirk

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 16, 2024
Kirk, Thank you for the feed back. Being downtown, makes it nice and easy to go shopping and out for eateries. We hope to see you soon!

8/10 Good

William

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 16, 2024
William, Thank you for the 8/10. What could we have done better to get that 10 from you?

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unique place to stay. Room decor is fun, and the rooms are large. Walking distance to food and bars. Parking included. Would stay here again, hopefully my daughter gets in to Penn State!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 16, 2024
John, We will all be wishing your daughter to get into Penn State. We are happy that you enjoyed your stay. Hopefully we will be seeing you soon again!

4/10 Poor

michelle

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s a cute hotel but I wouldn’t recommend it. There were way too many issues.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers (Front Desk Supervisor) on Jan 16, 2024
Michelle, I am sorry you experienced issues during your stay. Do you mind letting me know what issues you faced? Did you contact the front desk during your stay about these issues so they may be resolved?

8/10 Good

Natasha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Joshua Myers ( Front Desk Manager) on Mar 21, 2024
NatashaThank you, we are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay!What could we do to get a 5/5?