Americas Best Value Inn Clear Lake

Older and dirty/dingy feeling, needs an updating, needs more/better lighting in the rooms. Enjoyed the playground outside. And the location was convenient- right off the highway with stores and restaurants nearby. Felt safe.

Best Value for your Money, American best Value Inn in Clear Lake IA is a great place. Updated Rooms. Breakfast and a playground for the family

Safe and clean hotel with a good area for truck parking

The room was clean and comfortable. There was plenty of parking. The staff was great.

The Handicap Parking was close to the door. Was expecting a Accessible room but could not get one. Thought the room could be cleaner.

The listing said that there was a pool and so did their books in the rooms, but when asked, I was told there was no pool

Security locks on out entrances not working, so anyone had access. Out room had not even been vacuumed, floor filthy dirty. Breakfast very limited. Room had strange odor. Wouldn't stay again.

Check in was fine. The vending machines were practically empty and only took cash. The bedspread and curtain had cigarette burns in them. I found fingernail clippings on the night stand and in the bed, and the shower was disgusting. Also the mattress was hard as a rock.

The location inside was clean but somewhat dated. Bathroom and room was very clean and everything worked well. The parking lot needs some attention but is not indicative of the inside.

No elevator and no coffee in rooms

There was no way that this room was cleaned! Poop on the toilet seat. Stains on bedspreads. Basic trash and dirt on the floor. The shower was great.

Check-in, went fine when we entered the room. It was so dark and we could see why, when we turned the lights on, it was filthy. The vacuum has not been run in this room. Probably, in a couple of weeks taking the pillows off the bed, there was dirt under all of the pillows on the bed. Shower had mold in it, and we had to walk in our shoes in the room. Because our feet got, it's dirty from walking on the carpet. There's mold in the top tile of the sink area that has not been taken out. And cleaned blessed, it looks like forever. Breakfast ended at 9, and it was poor at best.

There was mold on the wall, door & bath tub The carpet had not been vacuumed There is no receptical outside for smokers to throw the butts into, the front desk told me to throw them on the ground. While I was outside smoking she came out and pretended to be looking at the flowers while watching me closely then went inside and watched me through the door. VERY uncomfortable!!

Mold in bathroom, floor was damp from what I assume was recent carpet cleaning, but who knows.

Toilet was not clean and there was mildew on the shower curtain. There was a stain on the blanket, and the pillows were dirty and flat.

The room was not cleaned well. It was dusty and the carpet was not vacuumed.

Bathroom was dirty. Hair all over tub toilet and floor. There was a post-it note with the wifi password on the floor when we arrived from the last person making me think they didn’t vacuum… went for breakfast at 8 (supposed to end at 9) and had everything put away and taken apart. Couldn’t even get a glass of juice because they were already cleaning the machine. Went to talk to the front desk and no one was there. There was a note that said they’d be back in 10-15 min with a number to call for assistance. Wasn’t able to call the number from hotel phone… waited almost an hour and noone showed up so we just left.

The rooms were not clean. Somebody had taken a crap in the room and left it before we even got in there. There were roaches in our room. It stunk most of the staff was rude. We asked to switch rooms because of the roaches and the lady at the front desk couldn’t have been any Router, but on a positive note the lady serving the breakfast in the morning was very nice.

The rooms were dirty on arrival and the beds had stains on the sheets and pillow cases

Convenient location. Basically only cereal, toast, with only butter as topping & waffles. for breakfast. Very dirty & smelled terrible. I have stayed here before & it was not like this. Sadly will not return.

No deadbolt on door, bit of a sketchy feeling place. Toilet barely flushed, water came right to top of bowl with every flush. Toilet looked to have urine in it when we first got there. Bathroom sink very slow to drain. Bed was comfy. Free breakfast was BAD! Cold cereal (cereal dispensers were filthy), a few bagels and slices of bread available, but had to hold button down on toaster the whole time. Only butter, no jelly. Did have a waffle maker but we did not try that. Hard boiled eggs, juice and coffee were only other items available.

The room door keys have been upgraded but it’s tricky to get the door open. The toilet ran all night but the shower has great water pressure.

the room smelled of cigarette smoke

All good, affordable, great location, comfortable beds, The only downside is that it was probably not no-smoking before and has not been renovated since - so for a non-smoker - the smell is there.

DOOR WAS HARD TO OPEN AND PROPERTY DID NOT FEEL SAFE.

No tv and didn't let us know

The bedspread was gross and disgusting. The place needs a major upgrade, the decor looks extremely dated. Whether or not the property owners are willing to invest the $$ and time to do that I seriously question. Also there's no more continental breakfast, which sucked because I was there a month ago and they offered it. Apparently they're cutting costs/looking to increase their profit margins. The adage "you get what you pay for" definitely applies here! You don't pay much and by the same token, you don't get much. Keep your expectations at zero and you'll be ok, otherwise do yourself a favor and stay at the microtel or Best Western down the street.

Bed was a little “lumpy”. The recliner needs to be replaced.

No tv

The location inside was clean but somewhat dated. Bathroom and room was very clean and everything worked well. The parking lot needs some attention but is not indicative of the inside.

The beds were comfortable. The staff is never up front. You need to use the phone to call them over. My friend wanted to rent her room for one more day and was told that there were already booked. She went online and came to find out that there were rooms available. She booked it and went to the office to show the lady who did not seem pleased.

Room was spacious and nice. Staff very helpful. Grestc stsy!

Friendly staff, easy check in

This property - though listed as 'budget', ought to orovide basic services in the hospitality industry. Namely: cleanliness, front desk assistance (its not self-check in). I waited 10 minutes for someone ro attend the front desk after having to use my phone & call a random # that was on a scrap piece of paper at the front desk. It took a regular amount of time to check in (appreciate that). Room was DIRTY. Floor NOT vacuumed, sink had water & hairs on the tray with soaps, cushions of sofa had crumbs & stains. After driving 14 hrs, wanted to use the bathroom & go to sleep. No toilet paper. Call the front desk from room - nothing. Call using the # from before - the lady huffs and says someone will bring me some. I waited 5 minutes in my room - nobody. A guy walks into the lobby, i ask him - he says he'll be with me in a minute but proceeds to deal with a guests dispute of some issue and i stand there for another 8 minutes. He hands me the toilet paper saying he was going to get to it. There were random guys outside the room fixing a vehicle - banging tools etc. I called asking, via voicemail, that they move the guys or move me - never heard back. There were guys walking up & down the hallway with phones on speaker, in tank tops & underwear. Would NEVER recommend.

My husband checked out 3 days early and the “manager” was extremely rude, called me names, and refused to refund the three days he was NOT there. So we paid for someone else to use his room. They essentially made double the money on one room. I’ve never been treated so poorly by anyone working in the hotel business. I travel all year long, I sometimes need to check out early. It’s never a problem. This entire experience was a nightmare. Do not recommend. You’re better off staying in your vehicle than giving these criminals your hard earned money.

Lack of staff to check in. no one at desk. she arrived by car and came inside to complete check in

No tv asked to change room they said no. Called about the tv and waited over 30 min for someone to come had to go down to the office to get someone still couldn’t fix it. They were rude and stubborn. Get what you pay for.

The staff was very friendly and made the check in and out very quick and simple. The price was extremely reasonable as well.

I'm bad with remembering names but the gentlemen that checked me in was super nice and extremely helpful with everything I needed. The room was great, very comfortable. No complaints whatsoever

Staff is always super friendly

Everything it needed to be—we were just passing through and it’s convenient and easy.

I enjoyed the convenience and price of this location.

Handy to Highway. Quiet, clean.

Good location. Decent price.

Convenient, decent price, helpful check in.

Reasonably priced, decent facilities, great location and they had our reservations

It's a good place to stay and it close to the surf ball room

Older inn with polite customer service. Reasonable rates to get a good nights rest before traveling on. Several tasty dining options some within walking distance or a short drive.

I the fact that it was very easy to find, walking distance to food and convenient to shopping and dinning.

This is an older facility so the bathrooms are rather small and the rooms are, well, older but adequate. The room was clean, TV worked fine, breakfast was typical continental style. Right off I35 with several fast food chains close by.

No deadbolt on door, bit of a sketchy feeling place. Toilet barely flushed, water came right to top of bowl with every flush. Toilet looked to have urine in it when we first got there. Bathroom sink very slow to drain. Bed was comfy. Free breakfast was BAD! Cold cereal (cereal dispensers were filthy), a few bagels and slices of bread available, but had to hold button down on toaster the whole time. Only butter, no jelly. Did have a waffle maker but we did not try that. Hard boiled eggs, juice and coffee were only other items available.

Breakfast was listed 6 till 9. Shortly after 8, food was picked up and no waffle mix available.

Checked out the breakfast one day. Only coffee, and cereal available. Poor continental breakfast. Smoke detector missing. Light plug was right behind top mattress, that should be a fire hazard. I was keeping my aluminum cans, and they took them the one day I asked them to clean the room, and they did even clean the bathroom.

Was disappointed in the breakfast. Hard boiled eggs were cracked, not much selection in food. We didn’t eat there. Room was clean.

the place is inexpensive and fine. There is some breakfast but not much.

It was clean and simple. Good for the value. Shower was amazing! Great water pressure and clean bathroom. The color choices of the rooms throw you off, if they did a simple taupe color for the walls rather than bright blue, i think it would make a better first impression. However thats not a deal breaker. Also wish their was more options for breakfast too!

Yes the price was great but they advertise breakfast and there wasn’t any when we were in there and it was during the times that they were supposed to be. There was also no front to our refrigerator. Our room was dirty and never saw anyone that worked there. I think we were alone.

Room was clean. Quiet nights. Breakfast very limited. Exhaust fan in bathroom very loud.

The bathroom had mold on ceiling. Ice machine broke . Torn up blankets on bed. Could not find a garbage can in common areas. Smelled musty. Nasty breakfast. Will not go back.

One of the reasons I chose this hotel was for the free breakfast, but in the morning most of the breakfast items were either gone or the machines were being cleaned.