Sleep Inn & Suites

This place was clean, comfortable, nice, and the workers were friendly. So why didn’t I give it five stars? Well, parking is so bad here that it’s actually bad enough to knock off two stars. There are hardly any spaces and the ones that are here are so close together that there’s a 50% chance that my car is going to have a huge scrape down the side in the morning. They need to expand the parking lot if they want people to be able to sleep here without worrying about their mirrors being knocked off.

Room actually wasn’t horrible. Looked updated bedding wise… Bed was somewhat comfortable. Only stayed one night while we were passing through from Las Vegas to IL. Check in was easy and quick. Parking is awful– it’s shared between two other places and very small.

On the bubble between 3 and 4 stars on this place. Hotel and rooms were very clean. Still a fairly new hotel so furniture and décor was modern. Beds and pillows were a little hard for my taste.
Some other reviews complained about the shower, but ours on the 4^th floor was a conventional shower. Also the standard number of electrical outlets.
Walls did seem unusually thin. Woke up to the room next door listening to ACDC Back in Black.
For $ 100 a night it was mostly as expected. If we get a hotel in Hays again, might look somewhere else, but wouldn’t have a problem staying here again.

This Sleep Inn exceeded my expectations. We typically stay at bigger name chains, but my daughter’s team was staying here and we wanted to be near her. Though dated, it was clean, quiet, and the beds were surprisingly comfy. I slept great. The front desk staff was nice and helpful. I did miss the queen beds we are accustomed to, but we took an inflatable mattress for one teenager and it fit on the floor just fine. We saved a good chunk of money and we would stay here again.

Nice clean hotel. Desk clerk was awesome and very helpful. Room is nice, nothing fancy tho.
Always try to stay at choice hotels and this is a nice place for a Sleep Inn.

Average for price. Hotel shower not working when we got to room. Service was ok. I would not stay again for price compared to hotel. Breakfast was ok. Room was small and light didn’t work when we got there. No TV remote had to call Front Desk. Helpful staff and we appreciated their attention to helping.

It’s not the Hilton, but for under $ 100 w tax it’s pretty nice, clean and has a free breakfast.

I’m cross-​posting this review from TripAdvisor because this hotel still gets my blood boiling to this day. We drove by it just last week and noticed nothing had changed, so I’m considering my review relevant.
Our stay started out just fine, checking in quickly after a long day of driving through rough weather. Our two rooms were small but clean, but entirely devoid of amenities such as electrical outlets. That’s fine; we just unplugged the TV and a few lamps and left our computers to charge with wires running all over the room. Which was great until around 5 AM the following morning when the skies opened up and managed to cut power to the hotel.
Fierce storms are rather common in Kansas, as we experience them every single time we’ve stayed in Hays. We expect that local hotels would be used to this. We were wrong, at least with the Sleep Inn. When the power went out, the advanced fire suppression system installed in the building apparently believed the building was on fire, causing the fire alarms throughout the building to sound. Waking up to the loudest sound you’ve ever heard is one thing. We waited for it to stop for a minute or so, but then, due to the abhorrently thin walls of the hotel we were easily able to hear the screams of fellow patrons in the hallways informing us of a tornado warning. This ended up being false, but we didn’t know this at the time, and attempted to wake up enough just to run to the lobby with the rest of the guests. Typically, a fire alarm would mean you should exit the building; however doing so in a tornado may not be ideal.
Downstairs, the poor clerk was trying desperately to determine if there was actually a fire or tornado. Turns out there were neither, after enduring nearly 40 minutes of the screeching fire suppression system and clueless maintenance staff, who were unable to disable it.
By 6 AM we were back in our rooms, exhausted, and now sweltering due to the poor insulation of the building. With no power (and thus no air conditioning), and continued commotion in the hall, sleeping at this Sleep Inn wasn’t to be had.
The power eventually returned, we napped for an hour or two, then went to check out. We mentioned the night’s events to the manager, who stared blankly at us. «Well, the storm isn’t OUR fault!» she blared. No, it wasn’t, but the ineptitude at running their building, not knowing the operation of their advanced Fire System, and not treating customers with respect was. Like the power hasn’t gone out before?
We asked for compensation. «I don’t think so,» she snapped. I informed her that was ridiculous, that they needed to understand their building’s systems. «Well what do you want then?» I asked for one of our rooms free, since we only got about half a night’s sleep. She laughed. Eventually, she offered $ 5 off each.
So if the sun is shining without a cloud in sight, no other guests are on your floor, and the price is free, stay at the Sleep Inn. If you have the ability to sleep through a world war, maybe this hotel is for you. Otherwise, stay far, far away. We know we’ll never go back!

Meh. Clean. Newer carpets and furniture. That’s cool. The internet connection was HORRIBLE so don’t expect to catch up on your HBOGO programs. Be happy if your email downloads before it disconnects.
I am so tired, I really don’t care. I’m going to sleep.

This is a nice, newer motel, and our one night stay was comfortable. The price of $ 85 for two might have been a little high for a non-​busy week night, but past stays in Hays have found motel prices a little higher than some nearby cities. Guess it’s location, location. The two bed room had doubles, instead of queens, which makes the bed a little small for more than one person. The beds were comfortable, of a bit firm. The walk-​in shower was huge. We were given a choice of tub or walk-​in shower at check-​in. Breakfast was adequate, food was tasty, and hot choices were hot. The attendant was personable and friendly. Our TV picture was very snowy and when we reported it to the front desk, they told us to hit it? That actually fixed it! This was our first ever stay at a Sleep Inn, and we will try this chain again.

We stayed here on the way from MO to CO and also on the way back. On the way out everything was fine and have no complaints about the hotel. On the way back, we got in around midnite after a long drive from CO. About 5 AM the smoke detector starts beeping a low battery warning. It forced us to get up. After alerting the manager he said he could give us $ 10 off. Hardly compensation for having only half a night’s sleep. I understand that these things happen, but I would think that they hotel would would have some sort of maintenance program for fire detector batteries!

It’s a decent place, I guess. I’m still a little conflicted about my stay at the Sleep Inn. Nothing horrible happened when I was here, I just don’t feel like it was worth the money I spent for a night.
But let’s backtrack shall we?
I stayed here on Monday night on the way to Colorado. I didn’t want to do a 13 hour drive in one day so when I saw Hays in bold on the map, I was confident it would be a normal place to stay. Well, it was normal however I wasn’t aware that this past wknd kicked off pheasant hunting season in Kansas so every hotel was packed. I found it odd that the Sleep Inn in Hays, KS for $ 94 a night was the cheapest place I could find. But then I phound out about the pheasants and here we are. The Sleep Inn is nice but it’s like the Comfort Suites uglier little sister. Even the comforters were uglier than the Comfort Suites and the breakfast buffet paled in comparison as well. The beds were creaky with a funky shower that could have probably fit five or six adults in it if you tried. Everything was clean… but just weird. I got some sleep so that was nice and soon awoke the next morning to a gorgeous sunset (seriously, who knew that Kansas has kick ass sunsets??) and a terrific view of the Home Depot.
Like I said, decent, I guess.
Free wifi!

When I knew I’d be staying at the Sleep Inn in Hays, KS, I imagined I would probably be getting some sleep, right? That’s where I would be wrong. The place was nice enough, the price was ok for being directly off the highway in a pretty decent town in the middle of nowhere, and the room was clean. The first thing we noticed was the weird shower; there was no bathtub, but instead of being a rectangular shape in the vertical sense, you had to enter the shower and go around a little corner to get to the shower head and faucet.
The most disappointing thing about it though, was the sleep part. The beds were somewhere in between way-​too-​small-​for-​a-​double, and rock hard. There were three of us, and I had to share the bed with a girl friend. I felt like I was frozen in one position because there was nowhere else to move. I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t figure out at first if I had been sleeping at all.
Overall I give it two stars instead of one because 1) It had a fridge and a coffee maker, which is hard to find these days in such a place 2) They provided a blue washcloth to wash off your makeup. I don’t like wiping my mascara-​soaked face all over a crisp white towel for some reason. 3) The continental breakfast was way better than a lot of places I have been to. They had fresh fruit (a definite plus), two kinds of juice, and liquid coffee creamer instead of the powdered who knows what. They also had full-​sized danishes in three different flavors! I’m used to stale muffins and a cup of muddy coffee.
So if you find yourself in Kansas and need to crash, you should probably check to see if another hotel has a vacancy. If not, you can feel safe and somewhat comfortable here, but you might want to take a sleeping pill, or drink some wine before bed.