Hampton Inn and Suites Hotels

Sad when super 8s and motel 6s have microwave and fridges in the room. These guys sure don’t. The wifi is $ 6.95/day before taxes. Sad when the local laundromat has free internet (my unlimited monthly plan is $ 10). Don’t forget your room key if your co-​worker books the room, they won’t let you get back in.
Not sure what you’re paying for when you book a hampton room — but convenience isn’t part of it. Sigh.
Update the following morning — woke up 3 times last night in pain. Not sure what brand the double size bed (not a queen — as advertised.) is in room 413 — but not impressed. I stayed at a Colorado Springs Travelodge last week that had memory gel beds, micro and fridge, and free wifi for $ 47/​night. Hampton you’re falling short!!!

Pros
Clean/​newer
Nice work out room new equipment space
Location is right off the freeway (see below for help locating it)
Best in marhalltown
Lot of power outlets in rooms
Friendly staff
Cons
The room we were in was a king. It was large, but there was basically nothing in it. It was awkard. It’s a huge room with the bed and a small desk and lot of leftover floorspace that doesn’t include a fridge/​microwave. Big bummer on that. There’s a small flatscreen, but I’m not kidding it’s on the opposite side of the room and from the bed you can barely make out anything from so far away haha. it sounds odd I know, but seriously you could have a breakdancing party with all the space.
The breakfast was worse than other Hampton Inns (I live in Hampton Inns as I travel 100% for work). There were no bananas/​oranges, just bitter small apples. The only cereal option was rice crisps. Of course there was your normal powdered eggs, but overall options were limited.
Have you ever been to a hotel where the doors to the rooms are super heavy and all you hear is them slamming closed all the time? Why can’t they just adjust them to close lightly? The hardware is there. use it.
**Can be hard to get to. When you get off freeway head straight until you see the Baymont Suites sign and then turn left. You’ll want to turn towards it much sooner, and google maps has a hard time figuring out how to get to it.

Wow. What a great experience. I love Hampton Inns, but last night’s stay was amazing. I rolled in around 1am. The desk clerk (Deb) was courteous, friendly and efficient at getting me checked in quickly.
The bed was AMAZING. It was the best night’s sleep I’ve had anywhere in a long time.
The room was clean and smelled fresh.
I skipped breakfast so I can’t comment, but the eating area looked well stocked and the variety was typical of Hampton Inns (which is a good thing).
If you are ever traveling the corn fields of Iowa and need to spend the night in Marshalltown be sure you check into the Hampton Inn.

Very nice Hampton Inn with very hard working and kind staff. We were bummed that there was no refrigerator in the room. Great breakfast (though out of bananas both mornings) with my favorites being the oatmeal with yummy toppings, and I like that they have peanut butter. The robust coffee is delicious. Plenty of comfortable seating in the breakfast area, even when the hotel was crowded. Clean hotel with a big pool and hot tub and nice newer workout room (not that we used it). The doors are heavy and loud when they shut but there still was a lot of noise from the hallways and other rooms. We appreciated the free wifi. Read the earlier review about how to turn into the hotel– very helpful. Great hotel overall!