Name: Best Western Starlite Village
Address: 1518 3rd Avenue Northwest,Fort Dodge,Iowa 50501,US, Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States of America, Fort Dodge, Iowa, US
Price range: US$62–US$92 per night
Rating: 6.7

What guests think

At Best Western Starlite Village, travelers frequently praise the friendly staff, quiet edge-of-town setting, and satisfying hot breakfast, while noting an older property with varying upkeep and occasional maintenance or odor issues.

Rooms are often comfortable, though some feel dated, with reports of weak Wi-Fi, noisy or smelly A/C, and occasional noise near the lobby. Guests appreciate the indoor pool and large gathering spaces, but closures, limited hours, or a dark, aging pool area have disappointed some; the attached Mexican restaurant is a welcomed convenience. Overall, it suits practical stays where comfort matters more than polish.

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Facilities

Indoor pool and ample gathering/meeting space are appreciated, but the pool area feels worn or dark and has occasional closures or limited hours; kids enjoy the shallow pool. Some guests noted a confusing layout and poor parking-lot drainage after heavy rain.

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John

10 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Rooms around a central pool, all under roof. What a wonderful plan. Breakfast was hot, not continental.

6

Katie

13 Aug 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Staff at front desk was very friendly however waking up at 7 am to water leaking in to our room wasn't fun. After pulling back the curtain, discovered mold and water coming from outside due to the rain. Pool was closed, probably due to the rain pouring in the windows above it. Just outdated hotel but the free breakfast was nice.

4

Amanda

5 Jun 2023

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Stayed 4 nights

When we checked in on Thursday, June 1st, we were provided wriat bands for the children. Nothing waa said about the pool being closed. My husband and 6 year old went to swim and all the gates were locked on Friday. It was then told to us the pool was closed THE ENTIRE weekend. We got a POOLSIDE room. We should have been informed about this when we checked in. We changes hotels and were only charged 1 night

10

Dana

8 Aug 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

My ONLY problem AT ALL with the property is that the parking-lot appears to have been improperly tiled so that the heavy rain throughout the night and in the morning of my departure pooled between the exit doors and the cars in the parking-lot. It was difficult to my car without being almost ankle-deep in puddles!

8

Rosa

11 Sept 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Hotel with pool. But it opens until 10 am, and check out is at 11. No breakfast after 10 am either.

8

Karla

29 Jan 2024

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Stayed 1 night

I like the staff, they were great. Breakfast was excellent. I have been familiar with this hotel for 30 years. It was amazing in its heyday. They have updated the entry part of the property, but the rest needs it too. I come here every year because my son's team wants to stay here. It has a nice open space where 30 of us can gather near the pool area. It's cold, but the kids must like the pool ok because they spend a lot of time there. It's nice and shallow for the littles. If they had a large hot tub, that would bring it to my good graces. It's in a decent area on the edge of town.

6

Deborah

24 Sept 2023

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Stayed 1 night

whole place needs an updated . pool area so dark and dingy. need to update outlets in rooms. bathroom outlets didnt work. had limited options to charge phones. layout of hotel is odd and confusing. great breakfast but lets replace those toasters already. and no dogs should be allowed in the breakfast room. the attached mexican restaurant is a plus and good food. rates on our room a bit high. overall it was just ok for one night.

10

Vickie

10 May 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Our room was poolside. Very nice, quiet, relaxing.

10

Karla

28 Jan 2023

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Stayed 1 night

I come here every year. Staff are good. Showing its wear in the pool area. Kids like it even though it's a shallow pool. Huge meeting area where parents can congregate and order in food. I wish there was a hot tub though. Nice breakfast and no real reason why I won't return.

10

Nathan

31 Jan 2024

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Stayed 1 night

A perfectly friendly and clean little hotel with an indoor pool and meeting rooms. Located slightly out of town, but quiet and tranquil because of this.

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Cleanliness

Feedback on cleanliness is mixed: many guests found rooms and common areas clean, but others reported wet carpets, odors, mold or water damage, and isolated unclean fixtures.

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Sheryl

11 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff was friendly and efficient. The Mexican Restaurant on site was very good and reasonable. The room was clean and comfortable.

10

Margaret

22 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

It was clean, the staff was helpful and friendly, the bed was very comfortable and I felt safe.

10

John

14 Aug 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was a bit out of the way but other than that it was great. Very clean and the price was right. We got a good night's rest there and the Mexican restaurant attached to the place was a nice convenience.

10

Cindy

14 Mar 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Quiet, clean place. With very friendly staff

8

Richard

6 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We were a group of 4 rooms. One had not been cleaned. A different room had mold

10

Timothy

2 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Very comfortable stay, quiet, clean and roomy.

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LeAnn

24 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The room was very dirty, dust all over in the vents and on the headboards, there was a hole in the wall. The TV had vertical lines going through it and needed replaced. The bed was very noisy just sitting on it. There was water damage on the ceiling in the shower. There was a hole in the wall wall, and the room smelled horrible.

8

Joshua

24 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Fan on the AC unit in the room didn’t work. The rest of the hotel/lobby didn’t have AC running so it smelled like moldy feet

2

Katrina

29 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

My carpeted floor was wet the entire stay. I had to walk with shoes on the whole time. My toilet seat was loose, it barely flushed. There were water stains in the ceiling in the bathroom. And my mini fridge was DIRTY. There was a brown spillage that was stuck all over the botto of the fridge.

8

Janet

2 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Driving across Iowa, we stopped at this property for the night. Affordable, clean, pleasant staff, and delicious, warm breakfast. Wonderful experience.

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Rooms

Many guests describe the rooms as comfortable and sometimes updated, but others note dated decor and issues like weak Wi-Fi, noisy or smelly A/C, faulty TVs, and occasional noise near the lobby.

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Linda

28 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Our room had been updated and was very nice. The bed was very comfortable! And breakfast was great! Lots of extra touches we haven’t seen since Covid, like bowls of raisins for your oatmeal. Omelette and sausage, pancakes, and cheesy hash browns. Blueberries and strawberries for your pancakes!! Would definitely stay here again!

8

Jacob

25 Jul 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

When I was checking in the staff was very friendly and helpful. It's a very nice set up they have & rooms were clean and look nice. My only complaint would be my wifi was not very strong and on a work trip that was a bit problematic but there were a lot of other guests so that might've contributed to it. Overall though an enjoyable stay!

6

Jack

15 Feb 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

My room was very noise due to being close to front office area. Making a change to the room was difficult due to being reserved through Expedia.

10

Timothy

2 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Very comfortable stay, quiet, clean and roomy.

10

Deborea

9 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

My room we excellent and exceeded our expectations Thank you for the lazy boy recliner Thank you for the table & chairs Thank you for the friendly staff in the breakfast diner & providing breakfast

8

ANN

9 Feb 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Best bathroom lighting!!! I can see to put in my makeup…so many motels have lousy lighting. Great staff…a better lit frontage road coming in would help. I’d stay here again.

8

Kevin

4 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Air conditioning worked great but was noisy when the compressor came on and woke up several times overnight

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LeAnn

24 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The room was very dirty, dust all over in the vents and on the headboards, there was a hole in the wall. The TV had vertical lines going through it and needed replaced. The bed was very noisy just sitting on it. There was water damage on the ceiling in the shower. There was a hole in the wall wall, and the room smelled horrible.

8

Joshua

24 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Fan on the AC unit in the room didn’t work. The rest of the hotel/lobby didn’t have AC running so it smelled like moldy feet

8

Mary

2 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Needs updated

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Service

Service is consistently praised as friendly, helpful, and efficient at check-in and during breakfast. One review reports an inappropriate late-night room entry by a clerk.

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10

Sheryl

11 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff was friendly and efficient. The Mexican Restaurant on site was very good and reasonable. The room was clean and comfortable.

10

Margaret

22 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

It was clean, the staff was helpful and friendly, the bed was very comfortable and I felt safe.

8

Lori

31 Jul 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The desk clerk, Precious , was very friendly and helpful getting me checked in promptly!

10

June

22 May 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Te check in lady went out of her way to accommodate my needs

8

Jacob

25 Jul 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

When I was checking in the staff was very friendly and helpful. It's a very nice set up they have & rooms were clean and look nice. My only complaint would be my wifi was not very strong and on a work trip that was a bit problematic but there were a lot of other guests so that might've contributed to it. Overall though an enjoyable stay!

10

kil

24 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff are very friendly and breakfast is good very quiet

10

Deborea

9 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

My room we excellent and exceeded our expectations Thank you for the lazy boy recliner Thank you for the table & chairs Thank you for the friendly staff in the breakfast diner & providing breakfast

8

ANN

9 Feb 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Best bathroom lighting!!! I can see to put in my makeup…so many motels have lousy lighting. Great staff…a better lit frontage road coming in would help. I’d stay here again.

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Benjamin

7 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

AC smelled like urine when running in cabin suite. The desk clerk tried to enter our room at 10:30 pm for no reason without knocking and no idea why and scared us to death. The breakfast was quite good but didn’t make up for the smell and the weird wake up call barging into our room at almost 11:00 pm without knocking.

10

kil

20 Mar 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

Friendly staffs breakfast is good very safety location

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Location

Set on the edge of town, the location is quiet but a bit out of the way for some; approach road lighting could be better.

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Jacob

10 Feb 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was nice for the area and the staff I meet with was helpful and nice. The restaurant attached was pretty good food, stopped back by there to eat again a few days later after my stay there during my trip to the area. Was in Fort Dodge for work a night and then a few hours a day later that week. Would book here again if in the area.

10

John

14 Aug 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel was a bit out of the way but other than that it was great. Very clean and the price was right. We got a good night's rest there and the Mexican restaurant attached to the place was a nice convenience.

8

ANN

9 Feb 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Best bathroom lighting!!! I can see to put in my makeup…so many motels have lousy lighting. Great staff…a better lit frontage road coming in would help. I’d stay here again.

8

Karla

29 Jan 2024

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Stayed 1 night

I like the staff, they were great. Breakfast was excellent. I have been familiar with this hotel for 30 years. It was amazing in its heyday. They have updated the entry part of the property, but the rest needs it too. I come here every year because my son's team wants to stay here. It has a nice open space where 30 of us can gather near the pool area. It's cold, but the kids must like the pool ok because they spend a lot of time there. It's nice and shallow for the littles. If they had a large hot tub, that would bring it to my good graces. It's in a decent area on the edge of town.

8

Janet

2 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Driving across Iowa, we stopped at this property for the night. Affordable, clean, pleasant staff, and delicious, warm breakfast. Wonderful experience.

10

Nathan

31 Jan 2024

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Stayed 1 night

A perfectly friendly and clean little hotel with an indoor pool and meeting rooms. Located slightly out of town, but quiet and tranquil because of this.

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Dining

Breakfast earns frequent praise for being hot with good variety. The attached Mexican restaurant is repeatedly noted as tasty and convenient.

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10

Sheryl

11 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff was friendly and efficient. The Mexican Restaurant on site was very good and reasonable. The room was clean and comfortable.

10

Linda

28 Oct 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Our room had been updated and was very nice. The bed was very comfortable! And breakfast was great! Lots of extra touches we haven’t seen since Covid, like bowls of raisins for your oatmeal. Omelette and sausage, pancakes, and cheesy hash browns. Blueberries and strawberries for your pancakes!! Would definitely stay here again!

10

Robert

8 Mar 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Nice place. Great breakfast!! Well run!!!

10

kil

24 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff are very friendly and breakfast is good very quiet

8

Cynthia

6 Mar 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We enjoy staying here. The Mexican restaurant and morning breakfast are very good options. The rooms and overall hotel need some upgrading, but it is always clean.

8

Randall

29 Jan 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The breakfast had good selection

10

Deborea

9 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

My room we excellent and exceeded our expectations Thank you for the lazy boy recliner Thank you for the table & chairs Thank you for the friendly staff in the breakfast diner & providing breakfast

8

Rosa

11 Sept 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Hotel with pool. But it opens until 10 am, and check out is at 11. No breakfast after 10 am either.

8

Karla

29 Jan 2024

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Stayed 1 night

I like the staff, they were great. Breakfast was excellent. I have been familiar with this hotel for 30 years. It was amazing in its heyday. They have updated the entry part of the property, but the rest needs it too. I come here every year because my son's team wants to stay here. It has a nice open space where 30 of us can gather near the pool area. It's cold, but the kids must like the pool ok because they spend a lot of time there. It's nice and shallow for the littles. If they had a large hot tub, that would bring it to my good graces. It's in a decent area on the edge of town.

10

kil

20 Mar 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

Friendly staffs breakfast is good very safety location

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Month	Average price
July	US$154
August	US$61

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 $68	17 $65	18 $79	19 $73
20 $62	21 $62	22 $64	23 $64	24	25 $69	26 $70
27	28 $62	29	30 $62

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $62	2 $73	3 $74
4 $67	5 $67	6 $67	7 $66	8	9	10 $74
11 $67	12 $67	13 $67	14	15 $66	16 $76	17 $74
18 $67	19 $68	20 $66	21	22 $66	23 $74	24 $73
25 $68	26 $66	27 $66	28	29 $68	30 $92	31 $74

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