Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport

2.5 star property

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Reception
Suite, 1 King Bed
Exterior
Lobby
Free daily continental breakfast

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Pool
  • Pet-friendly
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry

Explore the area

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2949 Varsity Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807
  • Southern University and A&M College
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Baton Rouge Zoo
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Raising Cane's River Center
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Baton Rouge, LA (BTR-Baton Rouge Metropolitan)
    ‪11 min walk‬

Room options

Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport

Hotel in Baton Rouge with free breakfast and a fitness center
This smoke-free hotel features an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and coffee/tea in a common area. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a seasonal outdoor pool, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities. Housekeeping is available on request.
Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport offers 77 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Accommodations are furnished with double sofa beds. 43-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.

This Baton Rouge hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Our customers tell us they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport. During your stay, you'll be within walking distance of Anna T. Jordan Community Park. Enjoy features like free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self parking and RV/bus/truck parking
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool
  • Amenities include laundry facilities, a multilingual staff, and a lobby fireplace
  • Onsite recreation includes a gym
  • 13 minutes by car from Louisiana State University and 8 minutes from Mississippi River
  • Pets welcome for a fee
Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport offers its guests an outdoor pool and a fitness center. WiFi is free in public spaces. Free breakfast is available daily. A vending machine, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area are also featured at the business-friendly Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport. Free self parking is available.

This Baton Rouge hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served free continental breakfast on weekdays from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM and on weekends from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM.

Languages

English, Hindi, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Free RV/bus/lorry parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM on weekdays and 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM on weekends
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Gym
  • Outdoor pool
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • In-room sofa bed
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Multilingual staff

Outdoors

  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Double sofa bed
  • Free cot

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 43-inch flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

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

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: USD 25 per pet, per stay
  • Maximum 1 (weight limit: 45 lbs per pet)
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Free cribs (infant beds)!

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Pet fee: USD 25 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Choice)
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • The seasonal pool will open in May and close in October.
  • Pool access available from 9 AM to 9 PM.

Property is also known as

Days Inn Baton Rouge Airport
Days Inn Hotel Baton Rouge Airport
Days Inn Baton Rouge Airport Hotel
Days Baton Rouge Airport
Comfort Inn Hotel Baton Rouge
Comfort Inn Baton Rouge

Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 210 out of 604 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 110 out of 604 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 87 out of 604 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 73 out of 604 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 124 out of 604 reviews

6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value using hotels.com. Comfortable stay. Nice staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Latisha

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

La'Darrius

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Reasonable price for comfortable stay.
Stay was comfortable and hotel was reasonably clean. More attention to Floors recommended but staff friendly and helpful as well as efficient.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Demond

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Please stop! Stop! This is the most disgusting hotel in America. I see more gifts check and check out then actually check in unfortunately for me. I booked a six night day. It was refused to refund from hotel or Expedia. The carpet in the hallway had dead roach and trash for days. It was so bad I check out early because the bed was making me itch. While checking out, a family was leaving after going to their room and finding no toilet in the room.

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer and Mathew

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t stay here!!
Terrible stay. Besides floors were sticky… We were on the first floor and the lobby and halls were loud all night. Screaming and hollering. Sign at front seat (I have photo) saying they would be “right back” . In morning we left at 7am still sign out at front desk. Contacted comfort inn and they said nothing they could do because we didn’t put in a complaint at the front desk!! Terrible service and bad area! Don’t use this hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Joseph

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
This hotel was horrible!!!!

10/10 Excellent

Nickolas

Everyone is very nice, clean rooms, very prompt and accommodating. Precious is amazing!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Nicole

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very friendly and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Dealonda

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very unsafe! Not clean No towels or tissue room dirty
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rosalind

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Amis

Liked: Amenities
Close to airport.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Tia

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Latasha

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Latasha

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good

2/10 Terrible

Brandy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Carpets are nasty. Walls are nasty. It smells. Mattresses filthy.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Charity

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was run down and dirty looking
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Helen

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

William

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Celeste

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Celeste

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not stay
Hotel is terrible. Has lots of damages throughout the building. Lobby is very hot and smelled nothing but the weed. Room had missing blow dryer. The front desk person was NEVER there. Also the first night check in then went to an event and when return, someone else was inside the room they check me into! Was not happy to go back down to the front desk and no one was there. Even tried calling the hotel directly and NEVER answered. I will not be staying there again!!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Sara

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Kelsey

Travelled with partner
Walls, shower, sheets, were all dirty. Reeked of cigarettes and weed.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Brandon

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024