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Graduate by Hilton Richmond

4.0 star property

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Reception
Terrace/patio
Lobby
Breakfast and dinner served
Breakfast and dinner served

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Gym
  • Breakfast available

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301 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA, 23220
  • Place, Virginia Commonwealth University
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Altria Theater
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Greater Richmond Convention Center
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Airport, Richmond, VA (RIC-Richmond Intl.)
    ‪13 min drive‬

Room options

Graduate Deluxe Corner King Room

  • Sleeps 4

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible Bathtub

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(6 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Room, 1 King Bed, Roll-in Shower

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Room, 1 King Bed, Roll-in Shower, Corner

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible Bathtub, Corner

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Junior Suite, 1 King Bed, Accessible Bathtub

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Suite, 2 Bedrooms, Roll-in Shower

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Suite, 1 King Bed (Graduate) | Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Family Suite, 1 King Bed (Graduate)

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 King Bed (Graduate)

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(23 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 King Bed, Corner (Graduate) | Living area | 42-inch TV with cable channels, iPod dock

Room, 1 King Bed, Corner (Graduate)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Studio Suite, 1 King Bed (Graduate) | Living area | 42-inch TV with cable channels, iPod dock

Studio Suite, 1 King Bed (Graduate)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 Queen Bed (Graduate)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Room, 2 Queen Beds (Graduate) | Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Room, 2 Queen Beds (Graduate)

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(10 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Graduate Family Suite

  • Sleeps 4

Graduate King

  • Sleeps 2

Graduate King Studio Suite

  • Sleeps 2

Graduate Queen

  • Sleeps 2

Graduate Queen Queen

  • Sleeps 4

Junior Suite With 1 King Bed And Bathtub-Mobility Accessible

  • Sleeps 2

Corner Room With 1 King Bed, Mobility Accessible With Bathtub

  • Sleeps 2

Corner King Room With Roll-in Shower-Mobility Accessible

  • Sleeps 2

King Room With Mobility Accessible Bathtub

  • Sleeps 2

King Room With Roll-in Shower-Mobility Accessible

  • Sleeps 2

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About this property

Graduate by Hilton Richmond

Hotel with a rooftop terrace, 4-minute walk to Virginia Commonwealth University
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a 24-hour fitness centre and a rooftop terrace. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include valet parking, dry cleaning and a 24-hour front desk. Housekeeping is available on request.
Graduate by Hilton Richmond offers 205 air-conditioned accommodations with iPod docking stations and laptop-compatible safes. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with premium cable channels. Fridges and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit, designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries and hairdryers.

This Richmond hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, desk chairs and telephones. Additionally, rooms include an iron/ironing board and blackout curtains. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness centre.
Our customers tell us they can't get enough of Graduate by Hilton Richmond's great location. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Virginia Commonwealth University. Free WiFi in public areas, a restaurant and a 24-hour gym are available. This property offers pet-friendly amenities, such as food and water bowls.
  • Free WiFi
  • Enjoy a bite to eat at the restaurant
  • Cooked-to-order breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Valet parking available for a fee
  • Amenities include meeting rooms, a lift and a rooftop terrace
  • On-site recreation includes a 24-hour gym
  • Guests have good things to say about the accommodation for the spaciousness and overall comfort
  • Just a 4-minute walk from Virginia Commonwealth University and 7 minutes on foot from VCU Institute for Contemporary Art
  • Cats and dogs welcome for a fee
  • Pet-friendly amenities are available, including food and water bowls
There's a restaurant on site. Public spaces have free WiFi. A 24-hour fitness centre, a rooftop terrace, and an arcade/games room are also featured at the business-friendly Graduate by Hilton Richmond. For a fee, parking is available.

This 4-star Richmond hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a cooked-to-order breakfast daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Brookfield – This restaurant serves breakfast, dinner and light fare.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Valet parking on site (USD 37 per day; includes in/out privileges)
  • Limited on-site valet parking

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: USD 3 to 20 per person
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Brookfield

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Arcade/game room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping on request

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Ceiling hoist
  • Lift (91 centimetre wide door)
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Thin carpet in room
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk (76 centimetre high)

More

  • 1 building
  • 16 floors
  • Ballroom
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1972
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 42-inch TV with premium cable channels
  • IPod dock

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability

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

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed seasonally each year. They will be closed from 31 October to 1 May:
  • One of the dining venues

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: USD 75 per pet, per stay
  • Only dogs and cats are allowed
  • Maximum 2 (weight limit: 75 lb per pet)
  • Pets cannot be left unattended
  • Food and water bowls are available
    • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

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.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately USD 3.00 to 20 per person
  • Valet parking fee: USD 37 per day (in/out privileges)
  • Pet fee: USD 75 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
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector
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.

Property is also known as

Graduate Richmond Hotel
Graduate Richmond
Graduate by Hilton Richmond Hotel
Graduate by Hilton Richmond Richmond
Graduate by Hilton Richmond Hotel Richmond

Graduate by Hilton Richmond Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 772 out of 1401 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 285 out of 1401 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 202 out of 1401 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 89 out of 1401 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 53 out of 1401 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

James

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laura Ingram

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Meghan

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Lawrence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort

OK

While the room was nice and the staff great, the mattress was soft and uncomfortable. Also, the pillows were hard, way oversized and largely useless. The air conditioner in our room was so loud it felt like we slept next to an aircraft. Modern air conditioning is quiet, but these are old and need replacing.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Samuel

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

Elevator issues

Free coffee/tea in the lobby would have been nice. Elevator issue - only 1 of 3 working. Used the stairs for our 5th floor rooom.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Rae E

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our second visit. Very nice
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kamae

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
The hotel was very clean. Housekeeping does an excellent job. The staff in general were very accommodating and informative. Chef Trent and Cherelle both clearly have a deep understanding of hospitality. Meals prepared by Chef Trent were delicious. Thank you both for being the highlight of my stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Myiesha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shaun

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Susan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Our reservation was listed under a completely different name. Took 40 min for us to check in.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Caitlin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Be aware that with construction in the parking deck, there is not enough valet parking for the hotel (which was an unpleasant surprise arriving back at the hotel late at night!) We mentioned that we would be parking when we checked in and there was no warning, just “you’ll deal with parking attendants to arrange that.”
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Shruti

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
I stay at The Graduate Richmond once or twice a month, and have stayed in several different rooms over the past 2 years. They're very clean, and most of the rooms are comfortable. But for the room price, hotel age, and location, I haven't seen much consistency in the condition of the room I have been put up in, specifically w.r.t. bathrooms (updated vs aging and cfackign at the edges, or lacking aome key supplies) and upkeep of room amenities. Since I mostly just care about the bed and the quiet, I keep coming back. Hence the 4/5 stars.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Donald

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, clean room and very clean hotel. Very impressed.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marilyn, Washington

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gertrude

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice gym, very hip property. Comfy beds, attentive staff
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The only negative was that there is no parking at hotel and valeting your car costs 37 dollars a night!! Besides this the room was very clean and comfortable, the rooftop bar was awesome as well as the lobby. Would definitely recommend!!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

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

Great Hotel

Great staff, vibe, location, and hotel overall. Would definitely stay here again and recommend to friends and family.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The overnight desk clerk was helpful with our medical issue. I did not get his name. October 4th. He helped with transportation issues. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

JAVIER

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Booking Problems Created a Mess – Graduate Was Fine, Hilton Was Not I booked the Graduate because my last stay at the nearby Hilton was disappointing and I wanted a better experience for our team. The Graduate itself was pleasant enough this time, but the trip was still frustrating because of booking issues. I had paid for breakfast as part of my reservation, but the hotel didn’t have it in their system. I had to pull out my laptop — twice — to prove it was included. That’s an unnecessary hassle for a prepaid business trip. The bigger issue was with my coworker who arrived the next night: • His reservation wasn’t honored; he was sent to the Hilton at 1 a.m., the very hotel we were trying to avoid. • His first room at the Hilton had a broken TV, then the AC stopped working. • He was eventually downgraded to another room in even worse shape, with a leaking faucet. For context, during my previous stay at the Hilton I also experienced problems — a broken toilet seat, a poorly maintained restroom, unpleasant hallway smells, and overall neglect. I even took photos and uploaded them to Google at the time. Knowing this, it was incredibly frustrating that my coworker had to endure the Hilton again after his Graduate booking wasn’t honored. As the travel manager for my company, I test hotels to find reliable options for our employees. The Graduate met the mark on comfort, but the Wi-Fi was weak, and the booking issue forced us to split our team and coordinate late-night room ch
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

cameron

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff is incompetent and valet is terrible. Do not stay here if you need to be places on time as it will take 30-45 minutes to get your car from Valet.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Every was perfect
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

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