Clean hotel and staff is ok. Problem is that the walls in the rooms are paper thin. You can hear people in next room talking. not a party or louding just talking with them selfs. that is why the TV remote volume only goes to 15. Can not turm it higher because the management knows about the walls.

We travelled to Allendale for two nights for a wedding and needed to be close to the reception (which was at the restaurant across the parking lot). So the location was convenient, but the hotel had some flaws.

Pros: Clean Rooms and Common Areas, Excellent Staff
Cons: Small Rooms, Thin Walls, Cold Pool, Poor Breakfast, Overpriced, No Bath Tubs

The price of the room was outrageous for the quality of the hotel, but when you are the only choice in town, you can get away with that. The walls are paper thin; apparently the hotel caters to college sports teams that are travelling to the area to play against GVSU. After a long day, we put the kids and ourselves to bed early, only to be woken up at midnight by voices in the next room. We were travelling with two young children that take baths, not showers. The Sleep Inn only has showers, unless you pay almost double to get a suite with a jacuzzi tub. We would have stayed somewhere else, but this is the only decent hotel within miles so we drained our wallet to get the suite. The standard king room our friends stayed in was tiny, so the extra room provided by our suite was convenient.

The pool is small, and very, VERY cold. Our kid’s lips turned blue as they shivered after only ten minutes, it actually felt warmer when you stepped out of the pool vs. being in the water.

The first morning, we ate breakfast at the hotel, bread, bread, bread, bread and oatmeal. The options were starch or coffee. We were very disappointed with the breakfast selection. I had to drive across the street to get decent coffee. The next morning, we chose brunch at the restaurant across the parking lot.

On a positive note, the staff was excellent; they were very friendly and accommodating. They went out of their way to say hello and meet our needs. I wish all hotels’ employed staff as good as this hotel!

Stayed here three nights while visiting my niece who is a student at Grand Valley State University. The room was clean and fairly standard. There is no tub, but a new and deluxe shower stall. I liked the shower very much; my sister disliked it. The mattress could have been more comfortable. We never ate breakfast at the hotel; I understand it was a fairly sparse continental breakfast. There is a good place for breakfast just down the road, however, at Murphy's Family Restaurant.

Our stay at the Sleep Inn in Allendale was fantastic. The staff was very friendly and helpful and the pool was a perfect place to take the kids - it was a big treat to be in warm water splashing about when the temperature outside is so low!
We will stay here again without a doubt.