Home2 Suites Smithfield Providence

First of all I’ve made the executive decision to rename this place Home2Stealth. You’re better off accepting your fate ahead of time that you WILL miss the turn. Say hello and introduce yourself to the nice cashier at 7-11 and thank her for the liberal use of her parking lot for turning around and hey, buy a slurpie while you’re at it. The property and the sign for it are not visible until you’re literally right on top of it and whomever set the over/under at 5 and picked the over for the number of times I would miss the turn is now filthy rich. Merry Christmas!

Once I finally stuck the landing on the turn and made it inside, I found a spacious and comfy, albeit clunky and awkward. You’ve got one TV positioned right between the living area and beds, meaning you don’t have a great view from either. Said TV was also not working when we got to the room, with every channel displaying a “no signal” message. The maintenance guy came to the bizarre conclusion that our remote needed new batteries and walked off. Some time later, maintenance guy #2 returned with the batteries, which shockingly solved nothing, but after a few minutes of fiddling with the wires, was able to get it working. Unfortunately everything was way off in terms of timing and sometimes even the channel from what was displayed in the tv guide. We’re generally not big TV watchers, but this was a bummer as we were looking forward to watching some World Cup games, yet the channel proporting to show them was instead showing a different channel some reality TV garbage and I couldn’t find it on any other channel.

Other weirdness - the bathroom door is a sliding door that doesn’t lock and takes the strength of a hundred lumberjacks to close all the way. So if you’re a proponent of pooping in peace - better luck next time. And I don’t know if this was unique to our room, but the sliding shower door does. Not. Stay. Closed. Like, picture taking a shower while the door slowwwly opens on its own. You can also add in twilight zone music from your internal soundtrack for extra effects if you want. I could imagine this being…somewhat disconcerting for a solo traveler. Especially coupled with a bathroom door that doesn’t lock.

Even more weirdness - there is a pool on site (no hot tub), but you cannot access it on your own and need the front desk to let you in. I’ve stayed in many a hotel and never seen this. It seems super inefficient to put them out this way - especially since they seemed to act put out by pretty much everything!

There is breakfast in the morning, but it’s among the most limited I’ve seen relative to similar properties, taking up about half a wall. But hey, one of the three cereal dispensers had lucky charms, so the boy child was happy!

Pluses - the location really is nice. The upside of a property you can hardly see is it’s pretty well removed from hustle and bustle, yet close to the freeway and with Lincoln commons right around the corner with Target + restaurants + an uncomfortable number of Dunkin’s for anyone not familiar with the New England lore. Having a kitchen setup is also nice (you get plates/cups/utensils, dishwasher, large fridge, microwave, and I believe you can also request a portable stove setup). And even though the front desk staff were a little salty, all the maintenance & housekeeping staff were quite pleasant.

But all things considered, I would expect a lot more from a property with “suites” in its name. Generally people come to hotels to relax, not to be made to complete adventure side quests for basic amenities or be made to feel like they’re about to be the star of a horror flick. With Bryant University right around the corner, there are ample hotel options to choose from and I’m confident you can do quite a bit better.

There is a nice functional gym, the rooms were spacious and clean.

Clean nice rooms with heated pool

The front desk associate was so rude to my children and friends it completely ruined the rest of our stay which should gave been seamless. She screamed at me at the top of her lungs fo no reason and scared a nearby maintenence worker. Completely horrified by this behavior from an adult, my small child has never even acted in this manner!

Felt like a hospital room. Even had the fake curtain wall.

We traveled with our dog and love that the dog park was right down the road. Our room was very clean and comfortable. Nancy at the front desk was kind, professional and very helpful. Our only suggestion would be to upgrade the pillows. They were very flat.
We made a HUGE mistake and stayed at the Hampton Inn, across the street on a prior visit. The rooms and the Hampton were dirty and the staff was rude. It was worth the extra cost to stay it a nicer hotel, close to everything we wanted to see and do while visiting. So if you are looking for a hotel in this area, we would recommend Home 2 Suites.

We enjoyed how clean it was.

Great location and comfortable stay

We liked how clean everything was. The buffet breakfast was pretty neat with multiple options and the coffee was very good, too. Great for families traveling with kids.