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Gulf American Inns, Greater Atlanta
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2-star Guest score 3.4 · 339 reviews

Gulf American Inns

A two star inn on Flat Shoals Road in Decatur, with free parking and a front desk that never closes. It works if you need a bed and a car space south of the city, and it does not work if you want the centre of Atlanta within walking distance.

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2-star Supplier star class 3.4 Guest score, out of 5 339 Verified guest reviews Greater Atlanta Outside the 24 bases 8.7 km To Decatur, the nearest base

What you get

Gulf American Inns lists the basics and little more. Every room has air conditioning, a private bathroom with a bath or shower and a WC, a desk, a TV and free wifi. Parking is free and on site. The front desk runs 24 hours, there is housekeeping, room service and a wheelchair accessible route into the property. Non smoking rooms are available, and the whole place has internet access. What you will not find listed is a restaurant, a pool, a gym or a laundry, so plan around those gaps rather than expecting them.

For a two star inn, that list is honest about what it is. Gulf American Inns suits a driver who wants a free parking space, a working desk and a shower, and who is passing through Greater Atlanta rather than settling into it. The 24 hour front desk helps if you arrive late. It suits a solo traveller or a couple on a short stay. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk to Decatur's restaurants or who expects the facilities of a full service hotel.

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Facilities, as listed

24 Hour Front Desk Air conditioning Bath Bathroom Desk Free Wifi Free car parking Housekeeping Internet access Non smoking rooms Parking Room Service Shower TV WC Wheelchair accessible Wifi

Where it puts you

These hotels are not in Decatur. They sit in the wider metro, outside the 24 neighbourhoods this site covers, and Decatur is only the nearest of them. Treat that as the shape of the stay: you are based in greater Atlanta, not on the loop, and you should expect to travel for the things the loop is famous for. Decatur itself is its own small city six miles out, with a square, a rail station and the best restaurants-per-capita in Georgia, and the Blue/Green lines stop there, so it is reachable rather than next door.

For the BeltLine, look to the trail: these addresses sit off the loop, at the far end of the mile markings this site uses, and getting onto it means a deliberate trip rather than a stroll out of the lobby. Choose these hotels if you want the metro and its edges, not if you want to wake up inside the city the site is about.

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Booking it

Book Gulf American Inns if you want free parking and a straightforward room rather than a full service hotel. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.

How we know this

Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. We have not stayed here; the neighbourhood copy is our own.

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Gulf American Inns, specifically.

Where is Gulf American Inns? +

The property is at 3700 Flat Shoals Road, Decatur, in Greater Atlanta. That is 8.7 km from Decatur, which is the nearest of the 24 neighbourhoods this site covers. You are on the south side of the metro, so a car is the practical way to reach the address.

What does Gulf American Inns have in the rooms? +

Rooms list air conditioning, a private bathroom with a bath or shower and a WC, a desk, a TV and free wifi. Non smoking rooms are available, and the front desk is staffed 24 hours. There is no restaurant or pool on the list, so treat this as a room and a parking space.

How do I get around from Gulf American Inns? +

The rail label for this area is Decatur, Blue/Green, so the Blue and Green lines are the rail option, and the trail label is Off the loop. Free car parking on site makes driving the easier choice for most trips across Greater Atlanta. Without a car, check the rail connection before you book.

What does the guest score mean at Gulf American Inns? +

The score is 3.4 out of 5 from 339 reviews. That is a middling result for a two star property, not a strong one. Read the reviews for what recent guests flagged, and weigh them against the free parking and 24 hour desk before you decide.

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