The good: Price was decent at $79/night, and the pool and hot tub area is really good. Breakfast was also decent.

The bad: According to Wikipedia, the first elevator was installed in a hotel on March 23, 1857. As of November 2006, this technology has not yet reached the Lees Inn of Richmond, Indiana. This means if you're staying on the upper floor, you get to carry everything upstairs- yourself, as there's no help from the staff. The room was musty, the switchplate of the electrical outlet had fallen off and was dangling off the lamp cord. Judging by the dustbunnies growing on the switchplate this was not a new problem. The mattress was pretty bad as well.

Overall, I would prefer/stay at the Hampton across the street- which I did on a prior business trip- unless I had a strong desire for a good indoor pool.

Easy to find location and moderately priced. We stayed there for my neice's wedding in June and the staff was very good handing out the goody bags. Brunch/breakfast was good - especially the meat and gravy over biscuits. I would stay there again.

The upside of this hotel is the size of the rooms - larger than most. But there are a number of downsides to be aware of. The rooms are fairly shoddy in appearance - exposed framing on the bottom of the beds, threadbare bed linens - some that don't completely cover the mattress, and in our room we had a noticeable swath of unknown substance across the headboard - in a word: unpleasant. We found a complete split in the professionalism of the hotel staff. The woman at the desk that checked us in was pleasant and customer service oriented. But a staff member monitoring the "free breakfast buffet" was most unprofessional, yelling at us for attempting to transport a bagel and container of yogurt from the buffet dining area to our room - acting more like a warden at a prison than someone who understands the tenants of customer service and how to treat guests. The cleaning staff also neglected to clean out our room coffee maker or provide new coffee from one day to the next. Next time, we're planning on trying the Holiday Inn or the new Hampton Inn. Lees Inn has some work to do.

Okay place, but don't leave your personal belongings laying around if anyone might mistake them for trash. My shopping bag was thrown away and was retrieved from the dumpster only after an unpleasant encounter with a less-than-customer-friendly manager.