Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport

2.5 star property

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Lobby
Room, 2 Queen Beds | Desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free cots/infant beds
Restaurant
Exterior
Meeting facility

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Breakfast included
  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning

Explore the area

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2949 Varsity Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70807
  • Place, Anna T. Jordan Community Park
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Plank Plaza Shopping Center
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Louisiana State University
    ‪18 min drive‬
  • Airport, Baton Rouge, LA (BTR-Baton Rouge Metropolitan)
    ‪10 min walk‬

Room options

Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

Suite, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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About this property

Sonesta Essential - Baton Rouge Airport

This smoke-free hotel features an outdoor pool, a fitness centre 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 a hairdryer. This accommodation is furnished with double sofa beds. 43-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Fridges and microwaves are provided. Bathrooms include baths or showers.

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

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness centre.
Our customers tell us that 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 Motorhome/coach/lorry parking
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool
  • Amenities include laundry facilities, multilingual staff and a fireplace at reception
  • On-site recreation includes a gym
  • Just a 4-minute drive from Southern University and A&M College 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 centre. WiFi is free in public spaces. Free breakfast is available daily. A vending machine, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in 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 a free continental breakfast on weekdays from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM and at the weekend from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM.

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
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • 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

  • In-room 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

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2001
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoke-free property

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 and check-out are available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

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

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Free cots (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 fire extinguisher and 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.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

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

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 55 out of 206 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 24 out of 206 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 206 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 206 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 80 out of 206 reviews

5.2/10

Cleanliness

6.2/10

Staff & service

4.2/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

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8/10 Good

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to lay your head.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Darell

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room wasn't cleaned, sheets, towels dirty.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026
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10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Excellent stay !
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Krysten

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Sheets had stains, room smelt like smoke, bugs here.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Jason

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Shut that place down
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025
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2/10 Terrible

ShaMyra

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
PLEASE DO NOT STAY HERE HALLWAYS ELEVATOR AND EVEN YOUR ROOM WILL SMELL LIKE A POUND OF WEED THERE IS NO "BREAKFAST " only molded muffins and old cereal and milk everything else is empty not even a trash can in the dining area that should let you know nobody checks that area TV don't work either AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COST
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026
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2/10 Terrible

Felton

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
All my food went bad because they didn't have the refrigerator working
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2026
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8/10 Good

G A

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

Review

The room was adequate, and the customer service was great.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Karisa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was filthy no mopping no clean linen dirt spots on linen pubic hair in towels mildew on bathroom curtain and Ceilings . No toiletries as promised I wouldn’t recommend this hotel to homeless. Too much drug activities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026
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10/10 Excellent

Connie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable and quiet. Would booking again real soon.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Braylon

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

Would stay again

Can tell the hotel is being renovated, but check in was painless, friendly staff, comfortable room.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025
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8/10 Good

Jesse

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

Good Stay

Try to stay here when passing through Baton Rouge. Cl we an, comfortable, good price.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
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10/10 Excellent

ReKeyda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property was clean the room was clean and spacious.....check-in took almost a hour but the nice lady help with everything and got me in my room ...the beds are so soft♥️♥️
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Rosalyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Terrible , terrible , terrible , second hand smoke all over the place !!!!!! A suite with second hand smoke !!!! Bed bugs and stains on the white towels !!!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Lisa

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

Good for overnight trip

It’s a decent hotel next to the airport. Very convenient, the manager on-site was very understanding, hotel:com doesn’t tell you theirs a deposit at all the locations
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
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2/10 Terrible

LUIS

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Hotel dirty 100% room and bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025
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6/10 Okay

Reginald

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tv picture was blue and there was no remote to fix the TV settings.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
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8/10 Good

elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Overall clean
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Nebriana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Vania

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The dirty bathroom towels stained, terrible smell in the room, serviceless elevator, lots of noise, very limited breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Roy

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Floor in the bathroom was black with dirt, sheets were dingy with spots on them and the pillow cases, mold in the shower, toilet had stains, remote had no battery cover and tv didn't work,
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025
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8/10 Good

david

Liked: Staff & service
Front desk staff Santana waa awesom very friendly and super easy check in. Properly going thru renovations and it shows.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025
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6/10 Okay

Brittany

Disliked: Cleanliness
The staff was great very nice but the room needs to be cleaned better, the bathroom still had old used towels still in the bathroom when I arrived, and of course the shower was not clean felt slimey had to purchase shower shoes, the bed sheets need to be washed better or purchase new sheets if the stains on the sheets can’t be removed. The floors were really dirty turn the bottom of my feet black and the curtains over the air conditioning needs to be change or taken down often because it looked like black mold growing on the ends of the curtains. If the room wasn’t so dirty I would have given 5 stars.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Dalton

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

Worst Hotel

Actually the nastiest place I have ever seen, we got there and immediately left after stepping in the room. Bed had black stains, stairway was so disgusting, hallway smelled terrible. Don’t stay here..
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Tanya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Should have more proteins options for breakfast
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025