Nittany Lion Inn Reviews

If you go to Penn State University for a short trip this is the most genuine location to stay. Staff is helpful and friendly.

The stay was really comfortable with good service. The ambience was the first thing that I really appreciate about Niittany Lion Inn. The tint and the interiors were so cool. The room was clean with all amenities includng coffeemaker, TV, AC, telephone, alarm clock, and ironing table/box. The consumables were replaced/refilled on time and room was serviced as required. The 2 queen bed room was more than good enough for me.

One of our room card keys did not work properly and I got it replaced soon after I called the lobby. Even though the replacement also didn't work, I believe there is a good reason for that and could have been corrected if approached.

Overall experience was good. Note that you'lI get complementary apples, complementary coffee and water, Shuttle service across the university and transit to bus station in checkout, which adds to my suggestion on Nittany Lion to be one of the suitable places for a comfortable stay near Pennstate University.

Nicely catered lunch. Forced to drink Pepsi products and Starbucks coffee.

My family stayed at the Nittany Lion Inn over the weekend to visit the PSU Campus and attend a football game. They were very happy with the accommodations and I was impressed with the customer service and shuttle that allowed them to explore the campus and travel to and from the airport with ease. I recommend staying here, especially if you are unfamiliar with the area. They are so helpful and knowledgeable at the front desk.

Excellent accommodating professional staff with food to match

The front desk staff was inefficient and unhelpful. The Valet parking took over 30 minutes to get my car and nobody acted with any urgency. The room service food and staff was bad. I paid over $300 for a suite and was told in the morning when I requested an extra 30 minutes past the 11AM checkout that they would not accommodate my request. Student help was lackluster at best.
Overall quite a poor experience.

A lot of money for a modest amount of well-prepared food. We had to move our car because we were not informed that we would need to use vallet parking for dining customers. It would have been nice to have been told this upon phoning in our reservations. Otherwise, it was a very enjoyable experience.

Had Easter Brunch here, the food was fantastic with a good variety. Atmosphere is comfortable.

Enjoyable stay and accommodations! Free Ride to and from the Peguila Center to see the boys ruin Notre Dame 9 to 1!

Great service. Really enjoyed the crab cakes sandwich. Good soup.

I stayed here for a graduate school interview at Penn State. The food for dinner and breakfast were very good. The staff was very friendly and professional. I enjoyed my experience and would definitely stay here again!

Very professional and comfortable conference environment with wonderful restaurant options available on-site.

Whenever they house scholarship dinners it's always nice!

Had an excellent breakfast at the Inn. They have two buffet options, all of your breakfast standards, friendly staff, and a cozy-not-haughty environment. Try the goat cheese chorizo breakfast quesadilla!

My room was conveniently located right beside the area where our conference was held. At first I was concerned that noise from the conference would bother me in my room, but I never heard a sound. The room was very nice, conference accommodations were excellent, and the lobster bisque in the dining room was delicious.

I attended a conference at Penn State and stayed at the Nittany Lion Inn. The Inn is beautiful, with an Old World style and charm but with modern, comfortable rooms and attentive customer service. Meals in the restaurant were delicious, especially the breakfast buffet. The bar is nice with an extensive selection of beer and wine. I would definitely stay again if I was in the area.

I was only there for a career fair, but the place is beautiful on the inside

If you have plans to stay around the Penn State Univ, this is the best option. Historical Hotel with good rooms and very friendly staff. Also, they have a shuttle transfer!

Great venue for a career fair, but rooms can overheat easily

Always enjoy my times at the NLI! Very comfortable and homey

Was therefore a professional luncheon. Good food, nicely served.

Best on campus location ever! Feel like royalty staying here!

Stayed overnight in a single room. The room was really clean and had great amenities, staff was extremely friendly and those apples in the lobby were some of the best I had. As a college student I felt a little out of place in the hotel but the staff made my girlfriend and I feel very welcome. Would stay here again.

Service is always great. Wait staff is always friendly.

Appearance was nice, but I didn't really interact with hotel staff

The hotel was spectacular! Great services and atmosphere.

Have a great seafood buffet on Friday nights. Buy VERY expensive!

Here for a work conference for the day. Excellent business session facilities and food.

Very nice banquet halls, with kind and attentive staff. The food was quite good, but could be improved slightly. The Inn itself is beautiful and quite cozy.

Very nice and professional. A high class experience. Would visit again.

Very beautiful place and friendly staff. I would totally give it five stars. Unfortunately, however, I can't do that. The very first night I ever stayed here, 8 September 2018, with my parents visiting me at Penn State, I heard galvanizing noises coming from what sounded like directly above our room for about five minutes. You read that right; in and out action and loud, too directly above us. Appalling, disrespectful, and very inconsiderate. Is it really that hard to keep it down..like really? It can't be that good! I would stay here again, but if I have a similar experience, that's my last time staying there. Very nice place nonetheless.

This hotel was stunning and absolutely a blast to stay at. I look forward to many more trips to state College with the Nittany Inn being my number one place to stay!

I love the atmosphere and the staff are exceptional

The hotel was incredibly nice, but the staff was unfamiliar with the location of their own amenities and did not take care of their guests well being.

The food is good but in a hotel breakfast good as in something you wouldn't wanna eat all the time. Great experiences the numerous times I have been there for events

Super Friendly staff and great service! The room was very clean and the location was amazing!

This is an absolutely beautiful hotel. The conference rooms are beautiful and the guest rooms are equally as gorgeous.

Excellent service and very friendly staff. Just don't be loud or they get mad. Highly recommend

I love how big the rooms are. Well equipped rooms, complimentary water. The Exercise room has enough workout machines to get a good workout. There's a couple of really nice restaurants in the hotel that had really great food. Next time I'm in the area this is the hotel I'll be using.

The rooms are decent, with a good lobby and a gift shop as well.

Whiskers is a great low-key place for a packed football weekend. Good food good drinks great atmosphere.

This is an absolute gem in the heart of the PSU campus. I've stayed in dozens of hotels in State College and most of them are excellent and this is my number 1 choice.

A rated hotel well worth it. Front desk is super especially Christopher

The Inn was decorated beautifully for the holidays! And our room was very spacious and comfortable. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay there. Can't wait to stay there again!

Beautiful room great environment. Best place to stay when visiting state college.

The water in the sink did not drain well upon arrival. I alerted the front desk and a maintenance person came with in minutes. Fixed the problem. Computerized heating system had not been updated to reflect occupancy so the room temp was 72 all nite long. Uncomfortable for me. I couldn't even turn the heat off. They fixed it in the morning after I called.

I was there for a career fair, service was good and the location was perfect. Mind you, they only have parking for hotel guests and not for people attending an event.

Great location. Bar was well stocked. Food was good.

They anticipated my every need, and were wonderful. Oh,well, they didn't anticipate that I would forget my luggage and start driving home, but they were helpful and amazing when I came back, panicked, to get it. AMD they have ice cream! GET HERE

The Hotel was what you'd expect. Beware of the parking garage. Penn State University uses them to extort money with flagrant abandon. READ ALL POSTED SIGNS WHEN YOU IMMEDIATELY ENTER THE GARAGES. The parking police have posted a long list of interesting rules and intentionally neglect to post them anywhere else in the building. BEWARE - or you will be fined $40

I had a quick meeting, there was nothing wrong with the location.

I have been to the Nittany Lion Inn on multiple occasions for professional events for Penn State. I have always had a great experience.

I was in a ballroom for an etiquette dinner for class, the food was amazing!

Celebrated Thanksgiving dinner at the restaurant. Buffet was extensive and the food was very good. More types of pie and cake than I could count!

I had dinner at a formal event held in the ballroom space. The food and catering was excellent, the location what you'd expect. Big open space, chandelier, I don't know I was there for food and networking. It did it's job well.

Very lovely hotel that has a very classy style to it. It lives up to its reputation as being a higher end hotel. My only criticism would be that it does need some updating in the rooms.

Lunch buffet was fantastic and well worth the price of admission. Great ambiance and very good staff.

Great iconic place to stay. Staff is super courteous. The breakfast buffet is AMAZING

Great location, friendly staff, clean room with comfortable beds.

Place is overpriced for the quality of service you receive. Water pressure is terrible and the complimentary shampoo reaks of class oppression. But is the perfect place to see a Penn state administrator catching a quickie with a student.

A little too expensive for my taste, but it's no doubt a good hotel.

Who wouldn't want to have a wedding reception at the NLI?

I enjoyed my stay at the Inn. Service was quick and courteous, and the food was really great. Rooms were spacious and bright and I'll definitely stay there again when visiting Penn State!

I was greeted with a deadpan "I can help you over here" when I arrived. They did allow me to check in early. I asked if they could keep an eye on my laptop/hanging bag for a moment while I continued to unload items from my vehicle and I was told to "Leave it anywhere here or around the corner (out of eyesight of the front desk staff?) You are the only person in the lobby, I'm sure it will be fine." Not the helpful happy welcome I typically received upon arrival in a hotel.

There is not coffee/tea available in the lobby and there is no coffee/tea bar in the hotel. In all fairness, I was told that I could go to the sit down restaurant to purchase an overpriced cup of tea if I had the desire...but that was not the portable option I had in mind. I could use the Keurig in the room (complete with shrink wrapped powdered creamer/sweet & low/red stirrer) but there are no disposable cups available so again, not the portable option I was hoping for.

The room numbers are not always consecutive...it can be an adventure finding your room. Might want to ask for a map.

The rooms are consistent with any dated lodging facility. Brass fixtures, dark lampshades, faded landscape art, mini refrigerator randomly shoved against a wall (nothing around it...just a refrigerator shoved against the wall), a dark, scratched armoire angled across a corner...it reminded me of a Country Inn and Suites. The overall atmosphere is heavy, dark and dated.

There are vending machines available; there is a gift shop with PSU memorabilia and standard snack fair (pretzels, Nature Valley Granola bars, etc.) in the lobby.

The bathroom is clean (even the white grout between the tiles was clean) and there was a supersized bathtub...this was an unexpected treat. Towels are average hotel towels (consistent with Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn, etc); no robe, no disposable slippers, average toiletries.

The fact that it is used for so many Penn State-related functions makes the location convenient. I will stay here again if I have to attend another event in the facility...I can't imagine returning outside of that circumstance.

The rooms are larger than I expected for a non-suite. The front desk was also very accommodating when asking for an East room. I would stay here again next year, but it's 3 miles away from my conference in their sister hotel.

Great location for campus talks or if visiting campus.

Nice rooms, beautiful tub in the bathroom, and exceptionally friendly staff. The only complaint is how pricy the restaurant and bar are.