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Reviews of The Park Motel

2.5 out of 5
The Park Motel
803 Hwy 30, Denison, IA

Reviews

6.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 11 out of 56 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 56 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 56 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 56 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 56 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very cute property! Love staying here, clean amd friendly staff. Breakfast pizza across the street!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Debbie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The history of Donna Reed and other historical sights.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

MARYLOU

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No one was available to discuss given wrong room. No breakfast available even though it was included in their add. No security lock on inside of door only touch number pass on exterior of room. Continuous loud noise from upper floor room most of the night, I was awake until after 2 am because of it. No one available in morning before check out to talk to about problems either. Would not recommend this place.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

Valerie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Doug

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Photos on website definitely deceiving
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant stay....Clerk was friendly and pleasant...Clean and comfortable...bed was firm...liked the ol time relics that were in the room...made it lil fun...
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Ray

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

4/10 Poor

Alexander

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Comforter was dirty and had obvious hair follicles from previous guests. Beds are very stiff, but bedding was fairly comfy. Need true black out shades for room. Light from parking lot shines bright into rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Rich

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Historic property, friendly,
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Run down. Expensive for what you get. Not worth the “savings”
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

randi

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The property is nice. Beds are cement and room smelled musty. You only get 2 bath towels. My niece got some washable hair dye in one and I got charged 10 dollars they should’ve gave me the damn towel. I called and asked why didn’t you just call me? If you check out before 9 you have to call a number to fine the hidden key box. I will never get a room here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Shawn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2021 family fun
This is a nice little motel and I enjoyed my stay I grew up in the area and am back for a wedding and reunion and would stay again when we come back around
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Historic motel. Has that welcoming feel. Will return.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

2/10 Terrible

roy

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

6/10 Okay

Jeff

Liked: Staff & service
Basic no frills motel. A coffee maker in the room (even just a hot plate and instant coffee), or coffee available in the office, would have been nice. But the room was clean, bed was comfortable, and the folks working there were very friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Cathy, Colorado

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old hasn’t been updated for some time. Carpet stained. Just old.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Think twice.
No phones in rooms.No attendant on duty at all times.charges $3.00 per room key not returned.I have never have this happen ever.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Sheri, ND

Disliked: Room comfort
If you need to sleep.... Bed was good. Sign on my room door said "Complimentary Continental Breakfast-6:30 to 10" When I went down, there were no lights on and the door was locked this was 8:30 am. I phoned as the instructions on the door said, only to be told "We quit that" So when I asked about coffee, maybe when they come in at 10! Price was $89.99! Thinking back, too high priced, for what you get. The gal checking me in was nice, but only saw her then. I guess this is a 2 on the scale of 1-5, because the bed was good!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overbooked no room no apology
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Donald, New Jersey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It is a Historic location and the management have managed to keep it up to date without disturbing the antiquity. Comfortable and clean!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not great...
Called the hotel the day of our stay to make sure everything was lined up. They had no record of my reservation from Expedia even though I had a receipt and confirmation number. They said their system wasn’t working to sync with Expedia but didn’t apologize or offer an alternative. She just kept saying it didn’t go through. I asked if they had rooms available. Luckily they did but it wasn’t the suite we had reserved. The rooms weren’t the cleanest. It was ok, the facility is just really old so hard to keep something like that clean. There was hair in the bathroom and a used mini shampoo and conditioner was what they left us. The breakfast the next day was terrible. Felt gross even eating in their breakfast room. We went to Casey’s and got breakfast after that. Got us through the night but wouldn’t recommend to family or friends.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Mgr on 2018/7/19
The issue with the motel not getting your booking was not at fault of the motel. We do apologize if you felt that our rooms and breakfast were not up to your standards. We are currently working on some upgrades in some of the rooms and staffing issues. We hope that you would consider staying with us in the future.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Angie on 2018/7/2
Thank you for your review

4/10 Poor

Dwane

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Sad
I’ve been staying at the Park since 1978. Unfortunately, the management has decided to give up and stop cleaning this once very great place to stay in Denison. Sad
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018
Response from Angie on 2018/7/2
I am sorry that you did not have a nice stay with us. I was unaware of the issues with housekeeping as you did not bring it to my attention. I assure you that had I known of your complaint at the time it would have been dealt with. Our policy is that each room rented is cleaned daily. I will look into this. Thank you for your feedback.

8/10 Good

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Nice Historic Motel. Friendly proprietor! Hi John!!
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from Angie on 2018/7/2
We are happy your stay was a pleasant one. Look forward to seeing you again.

8/10 Good

Josh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Response from Angie on 2018/7/2
Thank you for your review.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Angie on 2018/7/2
Thank you for your review.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff provided excellent service - good breakfast.
Staff made us a good breakfast and fulfilled our requests
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Incredibly dirty, mold on the walls, with the smell of urine and mouse feces
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
clean, no frills hotel
Very good service from the staff. The beds were comfortable. The rooms were very clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Brie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, clean, friendly
Unique, clean motel with friendly staff. Rooms were nice and price was reasonable. I would recommend this motel to fellow travelers.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Waterflier, Montana

Liked: Staff & service
Historic
It was fun to find a hotel that was part of old route 66. It was extra nice that they allow pets. We didn't like that there was a $100 pet deposit but evidently they'd had bad customers and didn't want to deal with the damage.

10/10 Excellent

R, Fairfield Iowa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel for overnight.
Passing through on vacation. The hotel was easy to find and get to. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Room had all the amenities needed. Toilet was loud when flushing. Bed was not too soft or too hard. Room was really clean. Would stay again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

2/10 Terrible

Marina

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room smelled musky was suppose to get a queen size bed but got a full size bed. Pros were it had a small fridge n microwave. Shower pressure was good but ac unit was old and couldn't change room temperature.

10/10 Excellent

Genevieve, Huntsville, AL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unplanned Stop
A fierce rain storm forced me and my motorcycle to call it quits in Denison, IA. The Park Motel happened to be at the exit and turned out to be an unexpected delight. It's on the National Historic Registry and is in GREAT condition! Staff are friendly and very helpful. I had a relaxed, comfortable evening and headed out in the morning almost dried out.

2/10 Terrible

totally disappo

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We got stuck in the back of the motel, the bathroom you were really lucky I'd you could even turn around it. The steps to get into our room were really loose, thought we were going to fall through. The staff tried to be accommodating. They did find a hairdryer for me to use . There were no accessories in the room. The ad for the hotel was not at all what the room was actually like.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old and tired
Old and not well maintained. Air conditioner not adjustable, light by bed didn't work, small room. Price we paid was too high for condition, amenities. Spent all our time elsewhere as room was small and depressing.

6/10 Okay

Jean, Overland Park, KS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not a good value
The check-in was pleasant. The Stairs smelled, but room didn't. I had asked for a tub and didn't get it. There were empty soap wrapper and opened shampoo tube on shelf in the bathroom, but other than that it was clean. It was a good thing that there was a table in the room, because there was hardly any space to put anything in the bathroom. Oh, I had to ask for more towels, there was only one set. I still don't believe that the bed was a queen, looked and felt more like a full. It is a good thing we only needed the room for a night. It did have a refrigerator and microwave and nice TV. No TV guide. I think we paid too much for the room. The breakfast was not great.

6/10 Okay

Deb, Waterloo

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Power's wedding stay.
Old Hotel but comfortable. Could use some updating of whole room. Staff had trouble with reservation. Had us in a smoking room when we requested Non-smoking. And as of this AM I haven't received credit for the stay in the room. 2 nights

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

6/10 Okay

Richard, Arizona

Disliked: Room comfort
Texas
While the hotel was clean and the location easy to access from the freeway, th beds were uncomfortable. It felt like a cheap mattress that still had the plastic cover on it. It appeared this may be an extended stay location as some of the guest in the lobby area were in dirty work clothes and packing lunches from the breakfast bar. We would not likely stay here again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Class Reunion trip
Returned to Denison after a 30 year absence for a class reunion. Found the hotel to be clean & comfortable. Was pleasantly surprised at how quiet it was given the railway & highway so close.

8/10 Good

Daniel, Sterling heights

Liked: Staff & service
Red roof inn
The hotel was in fair condition

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
hopefully the new management will make improvement
Staff was very friendly and I know they recently purchased the property. The furniture was old, but what concerned me is that there was mold in the shower/tub.