Valley West Inn

Dump. Dirty, smelly. Just bad. TV broken in room, not enough towels. I would never stay here again. I would sleep in the car.

It’s was okay place, the room was nice. It was our first time at this place. There was one table and one or two desk, tv, in the room. The water slow power, the shower was okay. It did get warm to cold went I take a shower. Over the weekend.

If there was a rating lower than 1 star I would go there. We had to switch rooms 3 times. Room one already had some one in it, room two had no TV and had water running out the ceiling, and room three was the «best» room they had to offer. It was sketchy at best. We found out later that they found a dead body at the hotel just weeks before our stay.
The one bright side was the front desk help. They were very apologetic, but couldn’t compensate for the horrible building maintenance and housekeeping issues

DO NOT STAY HERE — WORST HOTEL EXPERIENCE EVER !!! Hotel is unsafe and unsanitary. Smells dirty and like urine. Smoke detectors are missing or in non-​working condition, broken glass in some rooms due to fixtures that had shattered and not been cleaned up, bed bugs, bloody sheets in one member of our group’s room, garbages that were not emptied between old guest leaving a room and a new guests arrival, peep holes in guest rooms blocked, window seals secured with duct tape and prevented windows from being opened at all, at least one cat and several dogs staying/​living at the hotel despite postings stating no animals allowed — staff stated they were all service animals, observed one guest allowing their dog to play in the pool water with toys, smoking within hotel rooms despite postings that stated smoking not allowed, one group member couldn’t open the hotel room door to get out of room and room door couldn’t be opened from the outside without extreme force, a registered sex offender living within the hotel and placed in a room along a main hallway and with a window view of the pool area, and several men lurking within hallways and entry doors to the hotel as guests come and go. In addition, the ice machines are empty, towels are not readily available at the pool or for the rooms, carpet is extremely dirty and ripped up in many of the rooms, lamps are broken, bed skirts and curtains are ripped, pillows are smelly, old, and lumpy, and air conditioners are adequate at best. Staff reported that some guests have «lived in the hotel for years.» Hallways are confusing, elevators do not take guests to each level which would make a stay for anyone with limitations nearly impossible. On a positive note, the front desk staff are friendly and given the fact that they seemed to be working alone most of the time they did the very best that they could. Management should be ashamed of themselves for putting staff in this position. This hotel has great potential with the right managment and a complete destruction of current conditions and remodel. Current photos on Unilocal and website are misleading and out-​of-​date by many years. Save yourself from feeling dirty, a sleepless night, and go stay in your vehicle or somewhere else for the same amount of money. There is no price or deal that would make this hotel/​motel worth staying at.

Do. Not. Book. Here. The pictures on their website and other travel websites are seriously misleading. I even called to ask if it looked like the pictures online. Upon arriving we walked into the room, took one look around and decided we were staying elsewhere. I didn’t even care if they charged me for the first night, I was not staying here. Stains on the mattresses, half roll of toilet paper in the bathroom, a piece of tissue stuck in the peephole in the door. I felt dirty just being in the room. We weren’t there ten minutes before canceling and leaving. We booked at prairie meadows through hotels tonight app and that hotel was perfect. If you’re looking for a nice place to stay I don’t recommend the valley west inn!!!

Horrible place!!! Pictures looked so nice and when we checked in here it was a different story. Room smelled. Not recommended!

Weirdest hotel ever! I hear they are going to be renovating. There are a few buildings that are attached with halls and stairs, etc.
It was like a maze, and we all agreed it felt very trippy. I’ll have to load my shining-​esque photo. In that sense, it was really cool.
The pool was locked, even though there was a sign on the door saying it was open, but cold and feel free to jump in for an invigorating swim. Uh. Thanks– How ’bout just fix your pool? kthanx.
We had a hallway to ourselves, so we were lucky enough to be pretty loud (there was a big group of us). Nobody cared.
There is a HyVee and a Target right next door (within walking distance) — This is convenient!

This is not the best hotel I’ve ever been in, but for the price, I would say it was pretty good.
Con: not a very pleasant smell in the lobby. I couldn’t quite determine if it was a cleaning agent or cooking smells from the kitchen. However, the hallway to our room smelled great.
Con: The room smelled slightly musty and the carpet felt musty under my feet.
Pro: the price — $ 88.00 for the night. All other hotels seemed to be $ 99 on the low end.
Pro: the staff — very nice and efficient
Pro: the beds — the most comfortable hotels beds in a room under $ 100.00
I only stayed for one night on a cross country trip so a longer stay might not be as pleasant, but for what I needed it for it was great.