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Buckeye Inn Express

2.5 star property

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Reception
Room amenity
Front of property
Lobby
Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

5.2 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry
  • Parking included

Explore the area

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1208 E Dublin Granville Rd, Columbus, OH, 43229
  • Polaris Fashion Place
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Easton Town Center
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Ohio State University
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Columbus, OH (CMH-John Glenn Columbus Intl.)
    ‪17 min drive‬

Room options

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking

  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Columbus

Located in Columbus (Northland), Buckeye Inn Express is within a 10-minute drive of Polaris Fashion Place and Historic Crew Stadium. .This hotel is 7.3 mi (11.7 km) from Easton Town Center and 8 mi (12.9 km) from Ohio State University.

What's nearby

  • Anheuser-Busch Brewery - 2 min drive - 2.1 km
  • Polaris Fashion Place - 5 min drive - 7.9 km
  • Historic Crew Stadium - 7 min drive - 11.0 km
  • Easton Town Center - 9 min drive - 11.6 km
  • Ohio State University - 11 min drive - 13.9 km

Getting around

  • John Glenn Columbus Intl. Airport (CMH) - 16 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪White Castle - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Rally's - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Ange's Pizza - ‬12 min walk

About this property

Buckeye Inn Express

Hotel in Columbus with a fitness center and a 24-hour front desk
Buckeye Inn Express offers 96 accommodations with hair dryers. Televisions come with premium cable channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 96 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless internet access and a vending machine.
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Guests may use a bus station shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Bus station shuttle (surcharge)
  • Limo/town car service
  • Free self parking on site
  • Free RV/bus/lorry parking on site

Things to do

  • Gym

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Accessible bus station shuttle
  • Hardwood flooring in public areas
  • No lift
  • Thin carpet in public areas
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 2 floors
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 43-inch TV with premium cable channels

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: USD 20
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: USD 20

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

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

  • Deposit: USD 125 per accommodation, per stay

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

Optional extras

  • Early check-in fee: USD 20 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: USD 20 (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit 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
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
A car is not required for transportation to and from this property
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

Buckeye Inn Express Hotel
Buckeye Inn Express Columbus
Buckeye Inn Express Hotel Columbus
Buckeye Inn near OSU Medical Center Columbus OH I 71 by OYO

Buckeye Inn Express Reviews

Reviews

5.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 87 out of 442 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 442 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 54 out of 442 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 61 out of 442 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 185 out of 442 reviews

5.0/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Staff & service

4.4/10

Amenities

4.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kishor

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Brian

Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Steve

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a run down dump. The carpet was dingy and sticky in spots. The walls had hole and spots where the paint was peeling. When I turned on the water, roaches came up out of the drain. And there was no bodywash in the shower. The bottle was long since empty.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Amanda

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place should be reported to the Health Department! We left immediately, it was beyond disgusting. Extremely filthy, bugs, stained walls, furniture, carpet....everything! The urine stained stairway was so strong my eyes were burning and I nearly vomited. This place should be raided and condemned!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

virgilio

Disliked: Amenities
Cool
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Emma

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The sink was broken & leaked everywhere? the room smelt of cigarettes despite it being a non smoking room. the stairwell smelt like urine so bad that every time we went up and down we had to hold our breath. it took 5-6 hours for staff to come upstairs to fix our tv & once they did, you cannot change the channel
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cesar

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Katlin

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was one of the dirtiest properties I have been to. I understand that you get what you pay for, but under the sink in my room was dirty, my bathroom had nails coming out of the sink and the trim was coming off of the wall in the sleeping area. The people working at the desk weren’t very friendly, either. We only stayed knowing it was only a few hours until we left. Our “key” was a sliver of paper with our room number and the keypad code handed to us. There were no deadbolts or chains on the door, so we used our ironing board for additional safety. The bathroom door was splitting. We left around 8 or 9am and never heard or saw cleaning staff. The front desk gave us no direction to find our room or offer information as to where the best area would be to move our vehicles to ensure we parked closer to our room. The doors to enter and exit were not protected with a key, so it lacked the safety.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Amaunna

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Terrible terrible. Blood in my sheets dirty room and used towels . Refused to change my room and only changed my sheets . They have DOOR CODES that they don’t change after each guest and they goofed up when I added an extra night at check in . I was given a parking pass for an extra night but not an extra night so I was woken up at 3 am to them banging on and trying to open the door telling me check out was at 11am . To which i responded HOW was I even able to get inside of this room if I didn’t have another night . There was ants CRAWLINGGG everywhere . tables, bathrooms… AND the bath tub was clogged. My room service sign got was ignored 2/4 days I was there not only were the towels here dingy and stained, clearly not washed properly but when I put my towels on the floor by the door for room service to replace , they just hung them back up (I noticed they were damp and had the same stains ) AWFULL AWFULL visit and the only reason I was here in the first place was because I got last minute tickets to a concert and every other place was sold out . I didn’t get any pictures of the hotel , BUT I got pictures of the RASH that I got from theyre dirty room.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Bobbie

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Horrible

I’m not from the area so I should have researched the area better, horrible place. If all my funds weren’t tied up from there I would have found a different place to stay while I was in town. We had to go get our own cleaning supplies to clean the place before taking our belongings in.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Nicholas

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Amanda

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a place that if you are driving in the middle of the night and need a place to crash with your hoodie tied tight and your pants tucked in your shoes. Sketchy
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

kathlina

Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Caitlin

Travelled with family
This Hotel is pretty decent, housekeeping came in every day and took trash and cleaned the bathroom which was awesome, every staff member we interacted with were friendly. Overall pretty good stay.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Emily

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Black mold, roaches, bed bugs, a human poop in the toilet and probably hasn't been cleaned in a year or too save yourself the trouble and NEVER BOOK HERE
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jason

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Worst hotel Ive ever stayed in. Old ,dirty and outdated..ripped curtains, dirty carpet , paint peeling off walls..housekeeping came 1 time , had to buy my own toilet paper. This place is nothing like its advertised. Expedia should take this hotel off their list .AVOID AT ALL COST !!!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Savannah

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

brittany

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Amy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bugs, filth, and rude!!!!

WORST stay EVER!!!!! The hotel lost my reservation, claimed they had one room left. Only room left had no microwave, which didnt matter anyway since the fridge stopped working and i lost over $100 in food. The bedding, curtains, and carpet had burn holes and looked dirty and dingy. The towels were thin and barely dried you. The toilet was wobbly and felt like you would tip over. The AC was loud and the room was right across from the stairs so you heard the stairwell door slam at all hours. The bathroom sink didnt have any hot water, but the shower barely had any cold so it was a sauna to shower. The tub had a ring of soap scum and mildew on the shower curtain. The room had multiple roaches crawling around, and possible bed bugs since both my husband and i woke up with rashes. The hallways were hard to navigate with housekeeping carts right in the middle. No elevator and being disabled and climbing stairs made for a difficult weekend. Doors didnt feel secure inside or outside. Garbage spilling over onto the walkways and the sidewalk was blocked. Parking was hard to find near any entrance. And the price i paid was not worth the stay. Was not offered a discount for the lost reservation or the inconvenience of having to take a second floor room. Was treated very rudely at checkin and not very accommodating to someone with a disability. The whole place smells bad and would not recommend to anyone!!!! Run to a different hotel before ever booking here.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Victor

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ok stay. Place to lay my head after a festival

Stairway to second floor smelled awful. Had trouble getting into room with code. Bathroom shower did not drain for at least two hours. Night stand missing drawer, and TV remote did not work. One channel only.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Cory

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Need to steam clean the carpets.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

klarissa

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The only thing good about it the beds was nice
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ashley

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Scammed by hotel

To start off with I rented a room with a jetted tub and when I got to the hotel the room had no tub... the whole reason of renting this room was for that tub or I could have paid a lot less and a better neighborhood... its a scam make sure you realize you will not get the room you are paying for.. Hence the no refund policy...
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice 👍🙂
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025