I travel for a living and stay at least 15 nights a month in hotels. This hotel in Peoria, Illinois was a unpleasant experience for me and my family on our trip to visit relatives. The hotel was badly run down. The lobby was damp and musty smelling and the furnishings were decidedly early 1990's and didnt look like they had been cleaned since new. Overwhelming smell of cigarette smoke pervasive in the hallway and our non smoking room. Cigarette burns on the furniture throughout. Changed rooms and smell was better but stained bedspreads, thread bare carpets and juvinile wall painting attempts with a abundance of spilled paint on the carpets. Thr room furnishing mirrored the lobby with late 1980's or early 1990's particle board stuff that I wouldnt even drop off at Goodwill in good concience. The room came with 1 bar of soap and 2 small towels that look more like healthclub sized towels than bath towels. I talked with other guests and confirmed that was the norm for this hotel. Workout room has ancient equipment. I tried the eliptical machine but it was so stiff and dirty and would barely move.

Overall, this hotel was was terribly run down and a huge disappointment. You can tell that management did not care about basic hotel upkeep and Im quite surprised that the choice hotel chain allows its name to be associated with this type of product.

Our "non-smoking" room reaked of smoke. Duct tape held the carpet together between the bathroom and bedroom. The desk chair and carpet were so soiled it was sickening. We tried to confirm our room but couldn't reach anyone. Upon arriving the desk attendant was sitting outside on the sidewalk. Guess she couldn't stand the filth either. We have already told others to NEVER stay here.

Our experience here was horrible. There was a bit of an ant problem in the hotel. Our window screen (ground floor) had obviously been broken and "fixed" at some point (but still looked fairly insecure). The back "security" door was not working, allowing people to enter without a key. We requested a crib and they only had a metal crib frame - no mattress. Every time we would ask the front desk person for help, he would smile and nod his head, but not really offer any solutions for our problems (like where our toddler could sleep without a crib mattress). We were also short a couple of towels and when I asked at the desk, they said they were completely out of towels. We got no sleep....just a horrible experience!

The first thing I noticed when I came in was the total lack of customer service. I was greeted with a "What do you want?" Now mind you, I am not some mean looking person, I am friendly and I look like I am friendly, not that that should matter when someone is volunteering to give up their money for a service. I should have turned around and went somewhere else, needless to say I just figured she was having a bad night.

The room I was assigned was open, the door was not closed and the metal slider mechanism does not work... The bed looked like someone had been sitting or laying on it. The door to the restroom does not work at all, it's a sliding door that has been slid all of the way into it's nook in the wall and won't come out. The room stinks, a stale smell; can't quite identify.

Luckily, since I work a midnight shift I am not here to sleep, and if I do decide to catch some z's I'll probably do so in my car. I only needed a place to work for the night.

Please, please don't stay here, it is NOT worth it.
Also, if you have a "Student Advantage" card - this is evidently one of the Choice hotels that has no clue that if you present the card participating hotels give the students a discount (now it is possible they don't participate, but they have NO idea if they do or do not participate).

I'd recommend the Holiday Inn in downtown Peoria (I have stayed there before) or the hotels across the street from this one (Courtyard by Marriott was one of the few I saw as I was driving by).

If there were comment cards available, I would fill one out, but evidently, they don't care what their customers think.
So, please think again if you're considering this slum.
This place sucks.