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Albany Plaza Hotel

2.0 star property
Hotel in Albany with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk

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Deluxe Double Room | Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets
Albany Plaza Hotel provides free continental breakfast and more. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.

Reviews

6.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Air conditioning
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Free WiFi

Room options

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Deluxe Single Room | Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Single Room

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Shower/tub combination
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
Satellite channels
Desk
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Double Room

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
Satellite channels
Desk
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Deluxe Double Room | Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Double Room

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
Satellite channels
Desk
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Deluxe Single Room | Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Single Room

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Shower/tub combination
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
Satellite channels
Desk
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Basic Studio Suite

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
Satellite channels
Desk
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Studio Suite | Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Studio Suite

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Shower/tub combination
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
Satellite channels
Desk
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

Basic Double Room

Highlights

Air conditioning
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Private bathroom
Hair dryer
Satellite channels
Desk
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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About the neighborhood

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3 Watervliet Ave Ext, Albany, NY 12206, Albany, NY, 12206

What's nearby

  • University at Albany - 6 min drive - 3.6 miles
  • MVP Arena - 6 min drive - 4.2 miles
  • The Egg - 7 min drive - 4.5 miles
  • Albany Medical Center - 9 min drive - 2.2 miles
  • Colonie Center Mall - 9 min drive - 6.7 miles

Getting around

  • Albany-Rensselaer Station - 10 min drive
  • Albany Intl. Airport (ALB) - 15 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Chick-fil-A - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Westgate Pizza Bella - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Gateway Diner - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪I Love New York Pizza - ‬12 min walk

About this property

Albany Plaza Hotel

Hotel near University at Albany
Albany Plaza Hotel provides free continental breakfast and more. Guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.
You'll also find perks like:
  • Free self parking
  • ATM/banking services, a 24-hour front desk, and an elevator
  • Smoke-free premises
Room features
All 213 rooms boast comforts such as air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi.
More conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with hair dryers and shampoo
  • 32-inch flat-screen TVs with premium channels
  • Heating, limited housekeeping, and desks

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (weekly)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Accessible bathtub
  • Elevator (48 inch wide door)
  • Grab bar in bathtub
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with premium satellite channels

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 100 per accommodation, per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

Frequently asked questions

Is Albany Plaza Hotel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Albany Plaza Hotel ?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Albany Plaza Hotel ?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at Albany Plaza Hotel ?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Albany Plaza Hotel located?

Located in West End, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Westgate Plaza, Westgate Shopping Center, and Westland Hills Park. Washington Park and Albany Institute of History Art are also within 2 mi (3 km).

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Albany Plaza Hotel Reviews

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 86 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 21 out of 86 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 86 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 86 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 86 reviews

6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

5.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was great for a one night stay. We enjoyed the fresh waffles in the morning! The property is a bit older; however, everything was cleaned and in order. We would stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Surya Theja

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Unique kind of ambience
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everybody was real nicè
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Dwight

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Janine

Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Beds were comfortable hallways smell
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Poor breakfast. We went elsewhere. Clean but everything is old and banged up
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Chirayu

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room 403 was huge, large bathroom, generally clean bed, dated bathroom-old fixtures, poor lighting. Property is old and needs lots of upgrades. Breakfast was very limited options, confectionery seems stale. High rate for room/stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

ramdas

Liked: Staff & service
The shower wasn’t working in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Jack

Disliked: Amenities
Convenient to the highway I felt safe in the room I slept well. The toilet didn't work properly the one chair in the room was broken I had a lot of trouble finding the hotel I had to call to ask him how to get there. There's no Albany plaza sign that you can read at night because the light on the sign is out and the building only says ramada. For the price that's fine but don't expect much
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Elijah

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Horrible staff. Moldy smell. And wasn’t allowed to check in.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

noah

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Good location the gentleman running the breakfast buffet is a real asset to the company. I am very nice unfriendly man. The front desk was good. Places kind of old it seemed a little bit rundown. For me it was OK for one night nice clean towels. The room I have I think it was 804 definitely needs to be remodeled. It seems like it should be like a 50 or $60 a night, place. My stay was OK.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Josef

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The parking lot wasn't well lit. The driveway needs to be paved, gps did not indicate the precise location of the hotel and during check in, my information was not readily available
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Natalya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
No ice machine available , wrong address on Expedia website, hot water dripping non stop in bathtub
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Julie

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The key card barely worked. Took us like 10 minutes one time just to get in. Says has a pool but it doesn’t. Breakfast was served weird.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Antonio

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It is OK for overnight cheap stay. A few things were frustrating to deal with. Key card had to be reprogrammed each night. Wireless access suffered. Even TV reception was bad, kept losing signal.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ralph

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very dirty. Saw insects in room and walls. Needles outside of building all over grounds. Felt unsafe.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Varun

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff and management zero help to accommodate us. Horrible and dirty property and rooms. Room had a hole in the wall, used soap bar in the shower, tons of rust around. Do not recommend
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

andre

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Elie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pas de reseau internet stable, les meubles sont usés, tout paraît vieux. Le petit dej n'a rien de santé, juste du gras. Et l'hotel s'appelle finalement Ramada Hôtel
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Sivasankar

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not recommended .. Very poor maintenance, dirty rooms and careless staff.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kevin

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
At 2:30am i found a bed bug crawling on my pillow! So, i had originally stayed here back in 2017, and back then this hotel was still a Ramada Hotel. Back then it was clean and well maintained. Then, this past weekend, i had a long drive back from a friend’s wedding and decided to break the trip up into two days. I saw a good price for this hotel, which was no longer the Ramada Plaza hotel, but now the Albany Plaza Hotel (though the sign out front says it’s the “A Plaza” with the “R and MADA” from the original sign painted over). I thought, well it was nice back in 2017, it’s probably still nice now even after the name change. Wrong. From the outside, you can see how the current owners have neglected the property. Overgrown grass and bushes and many potholes all through the parking lot. The lobby seemed ok, but only one elevator was working, and it seemed a bit dirty. Once i got on my floor, it smelt bad, kind of like a barn would smell, and wasn’t lit very well. Once i got into my room, i was taken back by how hot it was when i first walked in, well over 90 degrees. I then noticed that several pieces of the ceiling had broken off, or were hanging off. The furniture was all in extremely rough condition. The bathroom was bad, no tissues in the spot for the tissue box, a dirty shower curtain and a dirty bathtub floor. Also, i noticed the mattress wasn’t kept in a mattress protector. Then at 2:30 am, i saw a bed bug crawl across my pillow. Unacceptable!
Bed Bug on the pillow
Bed bug on the pillow
Corner of wall, in need of repair
Desk chair, that’s seen better days.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Tom

Needs a lot of work. Lots of things in the room didn’t work.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff.Excellent value for stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Jeanette

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
For the money, there were low expectations. The parking lot was uneven with many potholes. The hallways were dark. The room was large but had many non working parts from the shower curtain to the lamps. We would try someplace else next time.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

mohamed

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel staff is nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

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