Hampton Inn Nashville/vanderbilt
A practical Elliston Place hotel walking distance to Vanderbilt with free morning breakfast.
The verdict
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Hampton Inn Nashville/Vanderbilt provides a convenient base on Elliston Place near the Vanderbilt admissions office, Music Row, and Broadway. Guests appreciate the solid value, central location, and reliable morning breakfast served from 6:00 to 10. However, some guests report noticeable maintenance issues including peeling ceilings, stained or missing carpets, and broken shades. 110
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What travelers noticed
- The hotel sits in a walkable spot on Elliston Place steps from Vanderbilt University, Music Row, and downtown Broadway. 7
- Guests regularly praise the morning breakfast served from 6:00 to 10 as a convenient start to the day. drawn from the full read
- Rooms offer helpful in-room amenities, including a big spacious bathroom and a nice size refrigerator that stays cold. 6
The catch
- Some guests describe the accommodations as clean and decent with welcoming decor, while others report severe upkeep issues like peeling ceilings, missing carpet, and ripped lamp shades. 1
- Service impressions vary between guests who found the front desk helpful with luggage storage and those who felt staff were not fully paying attention at check-in. drawn from the full read
Who it's for
- — Vanderbilt campus and admissions visitors
- — Guests seeking a central base near Broadway and Music Row
- — Travelers wanting a daily breakfast included
Skip it if
- — Guests sensitive to visible room maintenance flaws
- — Travelers avoiding extra costs like valet fees
Seen on camera
3 moments · 1 video · Hampton Inn Nashville/vanderbilt
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“What do you think, Kaylee? Good or no? Good? Good. Yeah. Clean pool towels.”
youtube.com6:09“Oh, a nice size refrigerator, which is really cold. That was good.”
youtube.com8:01“And microwave, little K cups, TV worked fine.”
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Score breakdown
How the 82/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
87Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Location
91Room
83Service
87Bed & Sleep
84Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Where it is, how to reach it
Details checked 2026-09-04
Where it sits
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Stay value
How this property reads against the hotels we cover alongside it. Measured on review evidence, not on a nightly rate.
On par with what $ usually buys
Scores level with the modest median of 82, across 178 hotels in the same bracket. In Nashville it sits 6 points below the local median of 88.
- This hotel
- 82
- Bracket median
- 82
- Index median
- 88
Based on 178 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
What reviewers say about where to sleep inside this building — by room number where one is named, and otherwise by floor, wing, aspect and position. Every line opens onto the quotes behind it.
- 1 mention
No location within the hotel draws repeated complaints yet.
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
View the 19 things travelers said behind this verdict▾
Quotes run exactly as travelers wrote them — spelling and all. We trim for length, never for tidiness.
- “Perfect location steps from Vanderbilt, Music Row, and the Parthenon.” 7
- “The maxwell house hotel is always a great deal and only 3 miles from downtown. They have a shuttle that drops you one block from Bridgestone, it's an older hotel but clean and quiet” 8
- “post by werety on Jul 10, 2017 We stayed at the Holiday Inn adjacent to campus. We stayed at the Holiday Inn adjacent to campus. Easy to walk places, including the nice park across the street.” 10
- “Check out the Hilton Brentwood/ Nashville Hilton Brentwood. Not sure of your travel dates but I'm showing $135/ night fully refundable in early Oct. That a great location about 10 minutes to downtown and lots of dining/ shopping nearby.” 8
- “My favorite near campus hotel is the Marriott by the football stadium, but it can often be too pricey for my pockets.” 10
- “We go every other year or so and have stayed at the Hampton Inn on West End (most recenty) and the Hampton Inn on Elliston (slightly closer to VU). Both were just fine with decent rooms and friendly staffs.” 4
- “What do you think, Kaylee? Good or no? Good? Good. Yeah. Clean pool towels.” On camera66:09
- “Oh, a nice size refrigerator, which is really cold. That was good.” On camera68:01
- “I just stayed at the Fairfield out by the airport a few weeks ago. Hotel seemed clean, everyone was friendly, etc.” 8
- “I thought the hotels were pretty expensive in Nashville. We stayed at the Hampton Inn on Elliston Place, which was clean and decent.” 10
- “The maxwell house hotel is always a great deal and only 3 miles from downtown.” 8
- “Solid value for the price.” 7
- “Residence Inn West End is new and usually has good deals.” 10
- “I just stayed at the Fairfield out by the airport a few weeks ago. Hotel seemed clean, everyone was friendly, etc. It was decently cheap, I wanna say $150ish per night?” 8
- “"The rooms at this contemporary inn near Vanderbilt University are colorful and spacious. There's a hospitality suite for social or business use."” 7
- “If you don't mind a very small room, the Gallatin Hotel in East Nashville has 150 sq ft rooms with a twin or full that run as low as $139. Very colorful rooms, as well.” 8
- “The rooms at this contemporary inn near Vanderbilt University are colorful and spacious. There's a hospitality suite for social or business use.” 2
- “IMHO, I think the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza is worth the extra $$. The atmosphere is nicer and the bar and restaurants make a great reunion gathering place.” 4
- “I have stayed at the Courtyard and found it to be very noisy (on a super busy street).” 4
What we still don't know
What we can’t tell you yet, said plainly. These close as we read more coverage of this hotel.
- Nothing reliable said about room types.
- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about view.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
- 5 sources carry no publication date, so we cannot tell how current they are.
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How much we read
Deep coverage · 19/100We read 0 sources for this property, covering 0 traveler mentions, boiled down to 0 traveler insights worth knowing. Last checked 2026-09-04.
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Sources
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Everything quoted on this page.
- 3Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville Vanderbilt Elliston Placehotelplanner.comReview site2026-07-21CurrentRead originalhotelplanner.com
- 1Hampton inn Nashville Vanderbilt : r/Hiltonreddit.comForum thread2024-10-08Ageing1 quote used
“Ceiling is peeling everywhere, carpet missing, holes in the wall, shades broken, lamp shades ripped, lightbulbs all different colors, carpet is disgusting.”
Read originalreddit.com - 8The dreaded help recommend a hotel? : r/VisitingNashvillereddit.comForum thread2024-09-18Ageing9 quotes used
“The maxwell house hotel is always a great deal and only 3 miles from downtown. They have a shuttle that drops you one block from Bridgestone, it's an older hotel but clean and quiet”
Read originalreddit.com - 9
- 10Vanderbilt hotelstalk.collegeconfidential.comReview site2017-07-10Ageing5 quotes used
“I thought the hotels were pretty expensive in Nashville. We stayed at the Hampton Inn on Elliston Place, which was clean and decent.”
Read originaltalk.collegeconfidential.com - 2Hampton Inn Nashville/vanderbilt vs ?tripexpert.comReview siteDate not stated1 quote used
“The rooms at this contemporary inn near Vanderbilt University are colorful and spacious. There's a hospitality suite for social or business use.”
Read originaltripexpert.com
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