Spend the extra money get a better room somewhere else. It's creepy everywhere the rooms look like they dug old things out of a dumpster. No joke!!! I thought I was on the tv show boiling points because we were told this was their "best' room they had! The door was open and shut right as we walked into the room. That is how fast we left. We walked up to the hoilday inn and for $28 more got a whirl pool suite!!! Dirty dirty!

This is a cool place to stay. If you want to sleep early get a room up high or live with the karoke. Each room is unique with different decorations put together adhock. The decor is 6oish. I know the owner and manager from the frequent stays we have experienced over the 10 years or more we have been staying here. No pool no pets but they do have phones and in room coffee.

We've stayed at the Canfield about once every other year for sixteen years. Since the Julien Inn has been renovated into more of a luxury hotel, the Canfield is the best hotel value in downtown Dubuque. Parking is in an unprotected lot across the street, but it's free and we've never had a problem. This hotel is for tourists who just want a clean spacious room in an historic building where they can walk to all the downtown attractions. The Karaoke bar on the ground floor is a comfortable place with a lot of local color, but not audible in any room we've stayed in. This place is not for the business traveler on an expense account or for a honeymoon couple that wants chocolates on their pillow, but for those who appreciate vintage Dubuque this place is a gem. Should you visit the Old Jail museum in Dubuque, check out the circular Life Net on the wall. It was used by firemen in 1946 to rescue guests jumping from a fire in the Canfield.

Scary Place. Good location. My wife and I were here for our anniversary and the "Americas River" music festival. We were immediately taken back by the outside, old, like something out of "Taxi Driver". The inside was the same way, not dirty, just Scary ? Like walking into 1972. Strange odor in the lobby like one of the older Vegas hotels...Baby Powder smell ? ?
and these two native american manequins on the couch ? ? ? and a couple of "transient" residents hanging out in the small lobby area. Just very wierd. We checked in, and took the rickety elevator to our room. It was like walking into my grandmas house when I was a kid. The decor and furniture was very old, a carpeted bar ? The couch was like something I would have had as a hand me down in my 1st apartment (in 1981) it was really that old ! I really felt like I was in a scary movie Everything gave us an uneasy feeling. We never even disrupted the bed, we went downstairs to tell them we weren't staying. The owner was in the lobby (also kinda strange) he told the clerk to refund the charge on our Visa. That never happened and we disputed the charge with the credit card co. The hotel is claiming a 48 hour cancellation policy. Don't stay here unless you have no choice.