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Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel

2.5 star property
Lakefront hotel with 2 restaurants and free breakfast

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Lobby
Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking | Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk
Exterior
Serves lunch, dinner, and happy hour
Indoor pool, outdoor pool

Reviews

5.2 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Housekeeping
  • Gym
  • Breakfast included
  • Pet friendly

Room options

About the neighborhood

Map
North Universal Avenue,1601, KANSAS, MCI, 64120

What's nearby

  • Ameristar Casino Kansas City - 8 min drive
  • Harrah's Casino - 9 min drive
  • Worlds of Fun - 10 min drive
  • T-Mobile Center - 11 min drive
  • Kansas City Convention Center - 11 min drive

Getting around

  • River Market North Tram Stop - 13 min drive
  • Independence Station - 16 min drive
  • Kansas City International Airport (MCI) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Burger Joint - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Teri's Bigger Jigger - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Pizza Hut - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Hardee's - ‬7 min drive

About this property

Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel

Hotel near Harrah's Casino
Take advantage of free continental breakfast, laundry facilities, and a bar at Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel. At the two on-site restaurants, enjoy breakfast, lunch, dinner, and American cuisine. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities such as a health club and a 24-hour business center.
Other perks include:
  • An indoor pool and an outdoor pool
  • Free self parking
  • Wedding services, a billiards/pool table, and a banquet hall
  • Meeting rooms, an elevator, and a computer station
Room features
All 243 rooms have comforts such as premium bedding and air conditioning, as well as thoughtful touches like free WiFi and safes.
Extra conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Pillowtop mattresses and free cribs/infant beds
  • Bathrooms with shower/tub combinations and hair dryers
  • Flat-screen TVs with premium channels
  • Coffee/tea makers, daily housekeeping, and desks

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

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

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 6:30 AM–10 AM
  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Clubhouse Bar and Grill
  • Lakeside Restaurant

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Health club
  • Indoor pool
  • Motorized watercraft
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Free cribs/infant beds
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Ballroom
  • Banquet hall
  • Elevator

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 24-hour business center
  • Computer station
  • Conference space (10000 square feet)
  • Meeting rooms

Accessibility

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

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Free cribs/infant beds
  • Pillow-top mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/tub combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Cable channels
  • Flat-screen TV
  • Premium channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Free newspapers (weekdays)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 25 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

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

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
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Kansas City Ramada
Ramada Hotel Kansas City
Ramada Kansas City
Ramada Kansas City Hotel
Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel
Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City
Ramada Kansas City Hotel Conference Center
Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel Conference Center
Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel Hotel
Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel KANSAS
Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel Hotel KANSAS
Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel Conference Center

Frequently asked questions

Does Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel have a pool?

Yes, this property has an indoor pool and an outdoor pool.

Is Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property. There's a fee of USD 25 per pet, per stay. Service animals are exempt from fees.

How much is parking at Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel?

Check-in begins at 4 PM.

What time is check-out at Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel?

Check-out is at 11 AM.

Where is Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel located?

Situated on a lake, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Harrah's Casino, T-Mobile Center, and Missouri River. Isle of Capri Casino Kansas City and Oceans of Fun are also within 6 mi (10 km).

Howard Johnson Plaza Kansas City Hotel Reviews

Reviews

5.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 70 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 184 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 246 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 247 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 253 out of 1000 reviews" "

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.2/10

Staff & service

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
IT WAS CLOSED!! We had to find another hotel and pay almost twice as much!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unaware of the closure
I wish someone would have notified us that the hotel was permantly closed when the reservation was made 4 days before we arrived.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was closed and condemned. A 3 star hotel????
Arrived late only to find a desolate area. Closed and condemned hotel. What a joke spent evening looking for another hotel to stay. You should check out places before offering them to people. This placed was a total mess. Looked like no one had even been around for years. Biggest dump I have ever seen. 3 star rating??????How could you mislead people. Would have never stayed if it was new. Bad area. We had no idea where anything was because we were from out of state. Questioning Expedia??????chalk that up to experience. Never again. Wished I would have taken a pictute. Totally ruined the start of a vacation.

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
closed down without any notice!!
We prepaid online. It was our anniversary and were looking forward to a romantic night. We arrived to a hotel that was completely closed down. We had NO idea! There were no phone calls, no emails, texts...NOTHING to let us know to make other arrangements! And NO WAY to contact the hotel for a refund or other arrangements. Very disappointed!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is out of business
We arrived at 10:30pm to find our hotel was no longer in business..... it was a bad experience, however the note on the door explained the Mark Adam's hotel would honor our reservation and they did! Mark Adam's Hotel was excellent in every way!

2/10 Terrible

Claudia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was closed when we arrived

6/10 Okay

Jeff , Leavenworth KS

Liked: Staff & service
Not bad for the price and location.
Real close to all the casinos. Several diffrent restraints with in one mile of Hotel. The hotel is huge. It's kind of run down but the room wasn't bad. Nothing fancy but then again I spent a majority if my time at Harras and the Artists Casino. I would stay there again for the price.

4/10 Poor

Kyle

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A lot of bad little good.
The hotel looked very run down and almost abandoned on the outside. The breakfast was only toast and cold cereal. The walk area had holes in he ceiling that was leaking during our stay. On our floor the ice machine didn't work and the gym had an annoying beeping noise all weekend. In the room the TV is about 30 years old and made a loud high piercing ring if it was on for too long. The wifi was spotty or nonexistent could not connect the whole 3 nights I was there. At night there were a group of gentlemen outside the hotel trying to get in but the hotel manager would not let them in as if they didn't belong. One of the men outside smelled of weed. The carpet was dirty in our room and there was only one trash can in the whole room and it was not in the bathroom of all places. The AC worked perfectly to the point it was really cold. That was a plus and the bed was very soft and comfy. Other then that I probably would not return in the future. The McDonald's near by is 24hrs.

8/10 Good

monica, Emporia, KS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Read many bad reviews went anyways SO glad I did
The room was HUGE, The bed was massive and very comfortable, the view from the 8th floor was nothing less than impressive. The staff were very nice, breakfast was sparse but delicious, our room was clean, and I felt safe. Hotel suffering in some places cosmetically but still a very nice place to stay!

2/10 Terrible

Cynthi, Kansas City

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I will not stay at this hotel again....
I was impressed with the staff, they went above and beyond to try and help my stay be better,there was no bellman.Overall property is very poor,leaking water in the hallway leading to the elevator.The elevator was very rickety,only one elevator was in service, so we had to wait a long time. There was NOT ice/vending on my floor. My a/c didn't work. The repair man came immediately, and they found me another room, but it was on a different floor from where my friends were staying. The hotel claimed they were full, but the parking lot was very empty.When I got to the new room, the shower didn't drain properly, so I had above the ankle water by the time I was done. There was no fridge in the room. No drapes on the windows, only shades, so in the morning the sun woke me up. The TV was very small so it was hard to see from any angle in the room. When we returned to the room on Saturday night, we were locked out, and our keys didn't open any of the doors. We finally pounded on the front door of the lobby until someone came and let us in. I won't stay there again, even though it's in the perfect location for events that I attend once a month in that area. I would rather drive farther and pay more for a nicer place.

2/10 Terrible

elizabeth, missouri

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst stay ever
Totally crap place horrible.and when I say horrible I mean it. Tub was filthy didn't even drain. Hair dryer didn't work. Tv didn't work. Windows were filthy and the landscaping hadn't been touched all summer. There was a leak in the middle of a hall that was there the entire time and no one addressed it except with a caution sign. If i.could give it. O stars I would. Oh and the beds were old and horribe to sleep on the sheets were the roughest I've ever felt even sounded like paper when u moved. Awful. Don't do it.

4/10 Poor

chip, st. louis

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Hard to believe that Wyndham admits it's theirs
Hotel is out of the way in an industrial park. It is poorly maintained. Stains everywhere - rugs, bedsheets. Paint chipping everywhere. Looks like it may have been nice at one time but hojos or Wyndham have decided not to keep it up. It is very, very rundown. More of what you would expect from a very low budget roadside motel. Nowhere to eat in the hotel or even near it except Denny's, McDonalds, and Quicktrip. Hard to believe that Wyndham would attach its name to such a place. If it had been my 1st experience in a Wyndham hotel, I'd never stay in another one. I still may not based on that experience.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This the worst hotel..why are they still open..first room..yes I said first..the toilet was broken..2nd room floor had hugh stains,air didnt work..3rd room restroom floors and sink dirty,and no wash cloths. .air was broken..just walking thru the hall felt like hell..ceilings had holes and water damage..had oder thu hotel..no ice machines on all 9 floors. .the desk clerk came up to check the air the 3rd room..he goes to it and said that it worked..I replied. ..you are kidding right..you this room is hot..Needless to say..I went downstairs and got a full refund..this place is totally trash

6/10 Okay

Sadia

Liked: Staff & service
Stay was great except a funky smell in the room, there was a dog barking non stop for several hours

2/10 Terrible

scott

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
not again
no towels,nasty carpet,bfst stale and not much to speak of.

2/10 Terrible

never stay agai, Gh

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Please do not stay in this hotel.
Will never stay, my first and last time. Room was so dirty, tv was not working properly, only had one towel in bathroom and the shower was either hot or cold. Look at the pictures than decide to stay.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was not a good experience. The hotel is dirty.
The hotel staff were ok. The room was dirty, light bulbs out, phone didn't work, valence was hanging off shades, the shades didn't work well, wallpaper torn off, glued back on, and coming off again. There were no bed bugs (because we looked,) however we found a toy BB gun under the bed that initially looked real. When we turned it in, it didn't seem to alarm the staff. The complimentary breakfast was terrible; didn't even eat it. Calling it a "convention center" is a joke. You would think the location (near Worlds of Fun and Arrowhead) would be a good reason to keep the place neat and clean.

4/10 Poor

taylor , p

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was an ok hotel but
They claim to have a complementary breakfast & all they had was cereal , muffins & Oatmeal the hotel had spider Webbs everywhere & when I was leaving breakfast I flicked a huge spider off my leg I would never stay there again

6/10 Okay

Dude

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
wow really a 3 star?
Parking lot over grown grass weeds,/inside needs to be taken better care of it looks run down,price was low now I see why ☹️☹️☹️

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
completely run down
Looked nothing like the pictures. Our room was filthy. Hotel was run down, dirty, and not worth $100.

6/10 Okay

Richard, Lake of the Ozarks

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
It was Ok
The room was big, the beds were small. The bathroom had hair all over the floor which is disgusting to me and the bar area with the coffee pot had crumbs so it made me feel like the room wasnt cleaned. We were so tired since it was 1130 we just went to sleep woke up and left. For the price I'd expect more.

10/10 Excellent

Rick, Ottawa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night
Just stayed one night love the place

8/10 Good

Danica

4/10 Poor

Sandra, Illinois

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
In an Industrial Area
The hotel itself looked in need of a refresh although it was clean in places and they seem to be working hard to get rid of all the smells. Breakfast was OK but only cereal breads fruit and yogurt....nothing else. The dining area was just OK the chairs looked like they needed a good clean. The carpets were stained. The room itself was almost fine. When I arrived there was hairs on the carpet leading to the bathroom. The room was comfortable. There was a coffee maker although only one cup provided. The room had an Iron and Ironing board. The TV was small flat screen with a limited selection of channels working. The internet was fast. Unless it improves I would not stay at the hotel again.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was very dirty. Wifi and tv wouldn't work. Sheets had stains. There was food under the bed. The walls had water damage and had pieces chipping off.