Best Western Johnson's Inn Downtown Gatlinburg
Location: 242 Bishop Ln, Gatlinburg, us
Star Rating: 2 Stars
Property Type: Hotels
About this Property
Luxurious Garden Oasis with Heated Pool
Nestled in the heart of Gatlinburg, Howard Johnson by Wyndham Downtown offers a serene escape with a lush garden and a sparkling heated outdoor pool. Enjoy the comfort of air-conditioned rooms featuring a private balcony and modern amenities including free WiFi.
Convenient Amenities for a Relaxing Stay
Indulge in cable TV, tea/coffee making facilities, and a private bathroom in each room. The hotel also provides free public parking for your convenience.
Explore Top Attractions Nearby
Discover the wonders of Anakeesta Mountain Adventure Park and Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, just a stone's throw away. For thrill-seekers, Dollywood is a short 20-minute drive from the hotel.
Ready to experience a perfect blend of luxury and convenience? Book your stay at Howard Johnson by Wyndham Downtown Gatlinburg now!
Important Information
Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Policies
Check-in: 03:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Air conditioning
- Swimming pool
- Terrace
- Lift / Elevator
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Non-smoking throughout
- Shallow end
- Staff adhere to local safety protocols
- Guest rooms disinfected between stays
- Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
- Physical distancing rules followed
- Cashless payment available
- First aid kit available
- Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
- Guest room sealed after cleaning
- Physical distancing in dining areas
- Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Free wired internet
- Access to nearby outdoor pool
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Housekeeping on request
- Exercise/lap pool
- Secured parking
- Swimming nearby
- Water tubing nearby
Rooms Available
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Queen Room with Two Queen Beds and Balcony - Non-Smoking
The quadruple room offers air conditioning and a tea and coffee maker. The unit offers 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Microwave
- Interconnected room(s) available
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King Room with Balcony - Non-Smoking
The double room features air conditioning and a tea and coffee maker. The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Microwave
- Interconnected room(s) available
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King Room with Walk-In Shower and Balcony - Disability Access/Non-Smoking
The double room features air conditioning and a tea and coffee maker. The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Microwave
- Interconnected room(s) available
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Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
Offering free toiletries, this quadruple room includes a private bathroom with a bath, a shower and a hairdryer. This quadruple room is air-conditioned and has a TV with cable channels, a tea and coffee maker and heating. The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Alarm clock
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Key card access
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King Room - Mobility Access/Non-Smoking
The spacious double room provides air conditioning, a tea and coffee maker, as well as a private bathroom featuring a bath and a shower. The unit offers 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Alarm clock
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Key card access
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King Room
The spacious double room offers air conditioning, a tea and coffee maker, as well as a private bathroom boasting a bath and a shower. This double room features heating and a TV with cable channels. The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Toilet
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Alarm clock
- Toilet paper
- Trash cans
- Key card access
Guest Reviews
- Destanee (7/5): Convenient location with comfortable beds and affordable price. - Close to downtown, easy to access, and comfortable beds. Had to let the water run for some minutes just for it to get hot.
- Glenn (8/5): We’d go back. - Location Another sitting chair.
- Andrea (10/5): -
- Armstrong (10/5): -
- Amarilis Yamil (10/5): - La localización está en un lugar muy céntrico El desayuno deben de mejorar ya que no estaba caliente el huevo y no tienen variedad en el mismo
- Sharon (10/5): Enjoyed our stay!! - Very close to everything we enjoy. Everything was great!
- DeLaughter (9/5): - Just a short walk away from the strip. Very quiet. The pool is across the road.
- Mary R (10/5): -
- Andrea (10/5): - Great location..walking distance to downtown.
- Joel (8/5): - Close to downtown Gatlinburg
- Daniel (10/5): -
- Zully (10/5): Excelente - Decoración exterior, habitación amplías,buen acceso a la habitación La piscina estaba un poco sucia el agua
- Angela (9/5): - Great location.
- Sarah (10/5): - Always clean
- Alexander (10/5): -
- Bobbie (10/5): -
- Cindy (10/5): Very clean rooms, great variety of breakfast items, and nice for traveling with a group. - Great warm breakfast and a lot. We traveled and day and stayed at a Spark by Hilton, paid more and no hot breakfast. Bathroom had bright lights for us 3 women to get ready in morning. Very clean. A small table along wall side of bed would have been nice to place phone on.
- sammir (10/5): -
- Tina (9/5): -
- Nichol (8/5): Room is good - Full size pillows and the bed was really comfortable. Close enough to walk to the Main Street. Breakfast was a disappointment. Had to ask for bowls for cereal. Had to ask for butter for toast. The staff member hide in the next room in the dark watching her phone. I only knew she was there because I could hear her phone.
- Debby (10/5): A relaxing, fun filled week in the Smokey's - This was our 2nd time staying here,we love the location, the size of the rooms and they are very clean. Love the outdoor firepit area. The water was actually very hot, you could not get any cold water to come out of the sink, it went from warm to scalding hot
- Bill (10/5): Great place to stay always clean and friendly staff - Close waking to downtown Nothing
- Niles (10/5): - Great
- Heather (10/5): - Breakfast was not included. But said it was when I booked
- Agnieszka (10/5): -
- Brian (8/5): -
- Departure45290578303 (4/5): A bit disappointed - They are completing renovations and the workers set up right outside both of our rooms. As well the parking lot was parked with all of their vehicles (in front of our rooms). When I went to the front desk they stated they had no idea they were set up outside our rooms. Now why when you have guests wouldn't you at least say something to your workers. It isn't the workers fault, I blame the building management. Not only is it an inconvenience but would think safety would be an issue as well.
- Barbara (9/5): Staff was efficient and friendly. Room was very clean. -
- Amanda (10/5): Amazing - Close to everything No breakfast
- Marieliz (9/5): - Price and location nice rooms and nice cozy bear that walk around We pay for the very late check out time and it was approved to check out at 1 but then they came knocking on our door at 11 rushing us out.
- Jonas (10/5): - Everything, especially the close proximity walking distance to restaurants and shopping 🛍 There was nothing I didn't like
- Jillian (8/5): -
- Billy (9/5): Our go to stay for ease of walking distance attractions. - Location. Beds very comfortable. Clean
- Geoff (3/5): - The hotel is clean and the rooms comfortable. Beds were comfortable too
Location is good, can walk into the town
So it should have been a good experience but it wasn't. The staff were not exactly friendly and were unapologetic regarding the cancellation of breakfast for our entire stay. Had we known breakfast was no longer available we would have booked somewhere else. The hotel was undergoing renovations with our corridor resembling a building site on arrival. Building work continued for our entire stay. I understand these things happen, but there was no prior communication or appology for this either. Just poor from the staff.
No I'm not one to complain, but this attitude here just really wound me up.
- jonathanr740 (2/5): The old bait and switch - This has been my worst stay in Gatlinburg in 48 years. I used priceline all the amenities listed don't exist. No gym, no breakfast, internet is slower the 3g. The rooms are 100 sq. Feet but listed at 300 sq. Feet. The motel staff have continuously lied about everything. The room doesn't look like this picture. It is smaller and old carpets. Dont stay here.
- David (10/5): Great - Quite
- Sondra (10/5): -
- Lorie (10/5): -
- Gustavo (10/5): - The bathroom was super clean, the room was all like new. The pool is very small.
- Aigul (10/5): -
- Aigul (10/5): -
- Cody Robinson (10/5): -
- Ethan (9/5): -
- Tracie (10/5): -
- Jennie (7/5): Quick stay at great price. - Location Construction
- Jaqueline (8/5): -
- William (10/5): A+ - Location, clean. Very comfy Nothing
- Brant (8/5): Should be a nice place when renos are complete, breakfast needs to be improved - Exceptional location and staff Not a real breakfast, just a packaged muffin. Wifi was very hit and miss.
- Dudzinski (10/5): - Close to everything. Nice big clean room.
- Saraha (10/5): - Close to everything. Super clean and staff is always friendly. No complaints at all. They even made the current renovations they are undergoing easy to deal with and kept us posted through out our stay on the construction.
- DEANA (8/5): Would stay at this hotel again - Close to downtown! Parking- one night parking was hard, several spaces available but larger vehicles made it hard to fit in a spot.
- Mcgraw (10/5): - Clean and location Nothing
- cledison (6/5): - Ducha com pouca vazão de água
- Dorothea (8/5): - Location and prompt service. The on going construction was an inconvenience.
- William (10/5): -
- Perez (7/5): -
- Ricky (10/5): - Very convenient and close to everything downtown Location
- Matt (8/5): Perfect location and easy access. - Great location, clean rooms. A little noisy with cars revving early morning, petrol jet washes. Could have been unlucky though. Air con units was pretty old and noisy though.
- Ahmed Wasiful (4/5): - Nothing. - Our stay included "breakfast"; however, all they had (in the name of "breakfast") were a few muffins on a small coffee table. Extremely disrespectful!
- The elevator was out of service every night.
- The flow of water in the bathroom was very slow.
- The front desk staff was not very welcoming when we arrived after midnight.
Overall, very, very poor quality.
- Norma Jean (8/5): - The location was good. Quick walk to main street and most attractions. Yet far enough away that we weren't bothered by street noise. Loved the fire pits at night. Coffee in front office 24/7. Hotel is going through Renovations so there was some things that may not have been perfect but that's understandable with a renovation that size. Nothing that couldn't be overlooked.
- Davan (8/5): -
- Alexis (8/5): -
- Maggie (10/5): -
- Sherry (10/5): -
- Alison (5/5): Will give another chance if in the main buildng. - This is our go to motel in the area. I had asked for a room in the main building by the office. Upon arrival, we were put in a room across the street. Thankfully the construction work being done was not happening during our stay so it was quiet. We had a ground floor room that had recently been painted and we had to smell that all night long. The door to the little patio was unlocked up on our arrival. Hot water was a premium. It didn't last long enough to wash my face. My husband took a shower that he said was very cold. We heard a bear trying to get into a trash container outside our room. The lighting on the backside of this property is very bad. I will go back again, but I will not stay in this building again. Very disappointed with this stay. Been staying here for a long time.
- P840JVheathers (6/5): You get what you pay for - This was a nice location. They are renovating which our room was half way done or so I think . Breakfast is exactly what is stated a muffin or cereal bar,juice or coffee. The coffee is not the best but it does the job. The room was clean just minor flaws but as I said I don't think it was totally done being renovated. Overall it was not a terrible stay and would probably stay again for the price and location it can't be beat.
- Sherry (10/5): -
- Micheal (10/5): Easy check in and out. Room was clean and the staff was amazing. - Close to the proximity to all the shops
- Amy (10/5): - Breakfast was a muffin and fruit bar but did the trick until lunch
- Jennifer (9/5): Our room had just been remodeled. Brand we carpet! Bed and pillows were very comfortable. - Close to everything!
Remodeling everything. Very nice rooms. Nothing really.
- Ware (8/5): -
- Barbara (7/5): -
- Shelby (9/5): - It was a wonderful location! The room had a nice little balcony. It was clean and a large room where I didn’t feel squished.
- Smith (10/5): - The room was very clean and bigger than I expected Everything was good
- summer69girl (8/5): Great hotel! - Rooms are remodeled and clean. Loved the little balcony with rockers and there is a fire pit to relax after a long day of site seeing. Great location, walking distance to everything Gatlinburg has to offer.
- Linda (8/5): -
- Younan (1/5): -
- Linayra Medina (10/5): - Todo fue perfecto nada negativo solo una pequeña observacion en las almohadas eran un poco incomoda en el sentido de que eran muy plana para nuestro gusto
- Angelic (7/5): Mal servicio - La ubicación excelente Pagamos por desayuno y solo era café y ponqué en la recepción, tampoco pudimos usar la piscina y fuimos con niños, eso no me gustó para nada
- Travis (10/5): - The room was spacious for my toddler to run around. The bed was comfortable.
- Shane (8/5): - Location, views Very dated- but tgey were in the process of renovations
- Sparks (10/5): -
- Nancy (9/5): Great off season stay - Great location. Large clean room. Awesome rate. Some construction/remodeling going on.
- Deborah (5/5): -
- Charles (10/5): Just a simple anniversary trip for a couple nights and it's close to everything and very clean , nice big tv probabl - It was right beside stoplight 6 , right in town Bathtub is not made for bigger folks but it's really nice and clean
- Rachel (10/5): -
- Timothy (9/5): -
- Timothy (9/5): -
- Langston (10/5): -
- Coleen (9/5): Very pleasant, very clean and close to the strip. Would definitely stay here again! - Everything! Our room was right up front with a wonderful patio by the stream where we could sit outside and "people watch." The room was very private and so quiet, which was wonderful. Everything was clean and neat. The beds were comfortable and the bathroom was very clean. Have no complaints at all.
- Carlos (9/5): -
- Kayleigh (10/5): -
- Penn (10/5): -
- Braden (10/5): -
- DENNIS (8/5): Good time was had by all - Location and price were good and the accommodations were nice Would like to know how to get a room on the bottom floor as we are getting older (70’s) our friends (80’s)
- Tony (8/5): -
- Sarah (10/5): -
- Rodriguez (10/5): - Cerca de todo. Bien céntrico
- Shannon (10/5): -
- Keshia (10/5): I love this place!! - Friendly staff, clean rooms and perfect location. No improvement needed.
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