The Scholar Hotel- Morgantown

Website does not reflect the hotel as it is, poor

Not much frankly. The website is great, looks like a high quality boutique hotel, but it's nothing close. I really wanted to feel it was a good place because my daughter is heading there to WVU for college, this year. But the hotel and immediate area gave me the feeling I was in a gang neighborhood. Fortunately the rest of Morgantown is nicer closer to the college and the waterfront.

The hotel was dark and gloomy, and seemed dirty, as we're the rooms. It appears newer and modern in the website but it's very dated. There was no room service, staff at the front desk were droll and not friendly or very helpful. Above all we were looking forward to the rooftop bar and pool based on the website luxury presentation of cabanas and umbrellas. Well when we went up the music was xxx rated rap, the crowd looked like under age kids from local gangs and there was a distinct smell of Marijuana always present. We left and went back later thinking it was just a group that just happened by but same crowd was still there. The garage is very dimly lit and shady characters hung out smoking there. I didn't even feel comfortable leaving my carea there, and escorted my girlfriend everywhere she went for fear of issues. The other bar associated with the hotel looks like a biker bar, with shady characters always smoking by the door, which was also the area where you park to unload your luggage. Then it was closed on Sunday when we wanted most to swim (presuming the gangstas had left). The bar staff were friendly but the entire facility, hotel and bars was a shock and frankly gave a serious concern for safety.