Safari Inn
About Safari Inn
This cosy hotel is in Shelbyville.
Amenities
- Smoke-free property
Reviews
The hotel is generally perceived as a budget-friendly option with clean rooms, but it lacks in certain areas such as amenities and customer service. Some guests have had negative experiences with the staff, while others have praised them for being friendly and helpful.
- Budget-friendly
- Clean rooms
- Inconsistent customer service
- Lack of amenities
- 5/5
Woke up to a flat tire one morning and maintenance changed it for me Thank you for providing clean and safe accommodations
- 5/5
yes
- 2/5
The room was dirty. There was one washcloth with some unknown substance on it. The counters were sticky.
- 3/5
The room was clean and the bed was comfortable, the staff was having a hard time with using the affirm payment temp card saying I needed a physical card and a deposit was required! Not a lot of ammenities included but if you are just resting up for the night it is okay for the money!
- 5/5
Mike was prompt on getting me checked in and the room was fine. Actually, the refrigerator in this room was larger than in other hotels I stayed at and although I didn't need it this time, that is a good benefit here. I just needed a basic room to sleep in on this trip and the bed and TV were both good. A great place for a low price stay!
- 5/5
The gentleman at the front desk was very helpful and pleasant. They recommended a fantastic restaurant! The room is beautifully, clean and much bigger than I thought it would be. Amazing value for this room. If I travel this way again, I will stay here.
- 4/5
Older Hotel, but maintained. The Owner has rules that he makes the guest follow. The rules were easy and I heard no partying outside just peace and quiet. Needs new beds as they are the old style.
- 5/5
Love this place
- 1/5
Not happy at all
- 4/5
Very professional and was very cool temp in the room. Just the way I like it.
- 1/5
Disgusting don’t ever go here roaches and bugs in room piss stained mattress absolutely horrible.
- 5/5
Fantastic little spot
- 5/5
Always very nice and clean.
- 5/5
Everyone is always very nice here. This is one of my favorite affordable motels to stay at. It’s always very clean.
- 5/5
I think that my favorite thing about this property is that it is extremely safe and quiet. I didn’t feel at all bothered and I had a great time.
- 1/5
Very uncomfortable bed and washroom smells.
- 2/5
They did not have my reservation ready, so I had to show my copy of the reservation on my phone to get the room. It was highly overpriced.
- 4/5
Management and personnel were very nice and helpful. The only problem was the lack of amenities such as a coffee maker; but otherwise good.
- 2/5
This is the worst Inn I have ever stayed at. Carpet was filthy. Bed has springs that hurt parts of my body. This motel is best to serve labors. AC was difficult to adjust and noisy. We will never stay there again!
- 5/5
Just on old school inexpensive place to crash
- 5/5
Great for the price. Our room was very clean
- 5/5
Dirty
- 2/5
It's a fleebag motel. The room was clean for a 1 night stop, but that's about it. Obviously they cater to less desirable clientele. Definitely not suitable for a business stay. If i had needed more than one night just to get off the road, I'd look at a different place.
- 1/5
I didnt like anything. Check in was confusing. Staff was okay. Had to put my phone in the slot to verify the reservation. Bathroom was clean and bed was clean. Dirt on floor beside night stand. Tv would only play one channel. Good thing no.noise. the price was reasonable for the room.
- 5/5
Basic accommodation at a fair price.
- 3/5
Ultimately, this hotel is really cheap for a reason. There wasn't even a fitted sheet on the bed, but rather a regular sheet followed by a blanket and comforter. Office folks were nice, but this hotel (more like a motel) does not have 24/7 office support, so be warned if you run into any late night key problems trying to go to sleep. Our key didn't work all of a sudden when we got home at around 3 AM, but thankfully we had two guests that had arrived and could let us in. Exchanging towels/toilet paper was much more difficult than it should have been and was not explained well. Overall though, the bed was good enough for us to crash on two nights before we had plans in Nashville and Bonnaroo, and that's all we needed. A/C worked great. While not the cleanest or best quality, there were no bugs/hazards. It gets the job done if you're on a budget.
- 4/5
You get what you pay for. This is not the Taj Mahal and anyone expecting that should look elsewhere. Bottom line is that it's cheap, the staff are accommodating, and it's a place to sleep at night. The AC works well, there's a big fridge, and it's usually pretty quiet. Mike is a cool guy.
- 1/5
My reservation was cancelled because I didn't check in before the office closed at 11 pm. When I made my reservation I explained I would be a late check in between 12am and 1 am. I was left with no place to stay as all hotels around were booked.
- 4/5
Affordability and easy
- 5/5
The property management did everything he could to make me comfortable during my stay
- 4/5
Staff was very nice and was very helpful on things we needed while we stayed there
- 4/5
Those little bars of soap are bricks, though. The person at the front desk was friendly and pleasant. I'll stay again.
- 5/5
Great motel really
- 1/5
I didn’t stay there, they tried to make me pay after I paid online
- 3/5
No spare toilet paper had to call office for it, then after picking up the spare tp I get a call from the manager that he personally put the tp in the room questioningly me about why I needed more tissue, really. The topper to this was no hot water to take shower next morning. Broken water tank. Really!
- 3/5
Rooms not very clean, walls and furniture in disrepair, outlets that did not work, lights that did not work, thin walls, hvac did not work well.
- 1/5
The place was very dirty and gross.
- 1/5
Bedbugs
- 4/5
For a cheap motel it was awesome. No amenities whatsoever. Except they did have shampoo and soap the parking was terrible if you had more than one single vehicle. Motel was located in a secluded area away from Riff Raff overall very pleasant experience. No bed bugs I would highly recommend. If you're looking for nothing more than a bed and a warm shower
- 4/5
Very good customer service at front desk.
- 1/5
Horrible and disgusting and I wouldn't want my enemy to stay there because it was the nastiest sheets looking like no one had cleaned this room after at least 5 different visits and the tub was full of black hair with a ring around it plus thick black junk all around toilet
- 4/5
The property was a little dated but clean. The staff was very pleasant and I felt safe. Th floors creaked a bit and you could hear all the comings any going’s. For the price it was good.
- 5/5
Good value
- 4/5
I found myself on a last minute trip to Nashville. On the road using Expedia's app, I used voice commands to book the Safari Inn. The price of nearby hotels were 3x to 5x the cost of a room at the Safari Inn. I usually stay at 4 star hotels, so I had low expectations. While an older roadside hotel with classic furnishings, the room was exceptionally clean. No funny smell. Everything WORKED GREAT... lights, electrical outlets, shower, refrigerator, freezer, TV, etc. It worked. No calls to front desk. I highly recommend the Safari Inn.
- 3/5
People on floor above loved to hear themselves walking on top of you. Creaking floors. Kept me up half the night. Would stay somewhere else
- 2/5
You get what you pay for…. Not enough toilet paper in the room. Didn’t have tissue boxes. Check-in was a joke
- 5/5
awesome for the price
- 3/5
We arrived too late for check in. The office was closed. I have traveled to many locations around the world and i have never heard or seen a closed office. Apparently the owner's make too much money. Well they didn't get mine.
- 1/5
This was the most disgusting hotel we have ever seen and smelled. There was poop on the front of the outside of the toilet. Dog and human hair everywhere. Mold in the sink. Vomit running down the wall between the refrigerator and the dresser. It was non smoking but it smelled strongly of vomit and smoke. The carpet was nasty. The air unit and the headboard were caked with sticky black stuff. The comforter was too nasty and bloody to use. We spent 23 dollars on cleaning supplies and 3 hours of our anniversary vacation cleaning this horror show before we could even bring our luggage in. We used all 35 clorox wipes and they were all just as dingy and dirty as the one in the picture here, or worse. There is also a lot of drug and prostitution activity at night. Do not bring kids here or yourself.
- 1/5
Sheets are rags..carpet too.
- 4/5
Mike who worked in office wad very polite and helpful. Gave us extra towels and told about couple awesome resturants. Gave us directions on how to get to the Nashville Super Speedway. Clean and big refrigerator with freezer
- 3/5
You get what you pay for. Staff was friendly but check in took a long time as they did not have confirmation of my stay and we had to pass my phone back and forth to confirm price. The room was clean enough, but it smelled of smoke and the smoke detector had been ripped out of the wall. There was also no extra lock on the door as one side had been ripped out. Room did seem partially updated. Check out was easy but the office was closed until 10am. Overall, if you’re on a budget, it was a decent place to stay.
- 1/5
It looks nice but it's not. Terrible customer service. Very old furniture. Very small size room. The bathroom was big and clean (thank God)
- 1/5
It wasn't properly clean, I found a slug in the bathroom, I had to sleep in my clothes because I was afraid of the bed who are my White socks they got black from walking on the floor
- 2/5
The service was surly/unfriendly. The shampoo they supply in the room is in a non-tearable packet that requires a scissors ✂️ to open. Also, he did not honor my Expedia reservation and said that he had given that room away around 5 minutes after I made the reservation. He charged me more to stay there
- 4/5
Room was good & beds were comfortable, location also good
- 4/5
It's a chip.hotel. But is good if yuo need sleep. Have tv, a/a. Small but clean pillows
- 1/5
The hotel is old and customer service isn't very helpful. They have boards covering some of the windows. The clerk at front desk I could not understand. I am so glad I didn't pay for the reservation when I booked online.
- 1/5
Everything was trash the hotel had so many policies
- 4/5
Great
- 5/5
The room was very clean and the staff was very nice and helpful.
- 5/5
It was a great stay. Much needed relaxation and the upgrades were wonderful.
- 4/5
Decent stay for the price. Nothing fancy
- 1/5
This place is a dump I would rather stay in a Porter pitty
- 1/5
There were bedbugs, live and dead as well as fecal matter. We immediately called the front desk and said we would be leaving because of the bugs. He said someone had stayed the night before and not complained, asked us to shut off lights and close the curtains and come back for a refund. He didn’t take the time to check it out, nor did he act surprised. Also the floors were not vacuumed and the non-smoking room reeked of smoke. We were in and out in less than 10 minutes.
- 3/5
Older property but lowest price available so decent overall
- 4/5
I did not like how the room had spider webs in it
- 4/5
I thought the neon light roof sign was unique. It felt like a piece of Americana. I have dislikes. The property isn't fancy but you know that going in.
- 4/5
Exceptionally nice staff. Good looking rooms with comfortable beds and DirecTV.
- 3/5
Check-in was super easy. Desk personnel were friendly. Room was not that clean with bugs (two crane flies) in bathroom sink and the bedspread had blood smears inside. This was remedied the next day without request. The staff member probably noticed that I slept with my own blanket. It was about what I expected for the price.
- 2/5
No towels for 3 hours.
- 2/5
filthy around the door, no ice or coffee, bathroom sink was stopped up,
- 3/5
I was driving south to Miami. Need a last minute place to stay! It is not a place I would normally stay! But in a pinch it work out!
- 1/5
The Owner is always rude . The room is in very poor shape . The Carpet is old and dingy . Mouse holes in the walls , bug traps in room . Roaches crawling in the furniture . DO not stay here .
- 3/5
Woke up with bites on my back and stomach.
- 1/5
This room smelled like a portapotty, it was all I could do to sleep from how bad the room smelled
- 5/5
Upon arriving the desk clerk Michael was extremely nice. I got to the hotel about 1hr before the check in time and he moved heaven and earth to get me in my room early. He even went so far as to actually help the housekeeper clean my room so i could get in earlier. After he found out i work at nite he adjusted my housekeeping schedule so i wouldnt be disturbed. He was great and has made my stay nothing short of perfect. I will definitely be returning. Thanks Michael
- 4/5
Saw alot of baby roaches during my stay
- 3/5
Just needed a place to crash for the night.
- 2/5
It is a ran down hotel. It needs work.
- 3/5
Late night arrival. Room smelled. Flat sheets but no fitted sheet on bed was odd.
- 1/5
Fire alarm had a low battery and kept beeping throughout the night. Didn’t get any sleep. When I spoke to someone in the morning they weren’t concerned with my terrible experience. I tried calling to speak to management later in the day but the phone number didn’t work. Don’t stay here!