Fairfield Inn and Suites

Very nice and clean hotel. Always stay here for conventions held at the Holiday Inn, down the road. Good breakfast and Johnny’s does the room service for them. Overall a solid choice.

Very nice hotel particularly for the price point and location.
Awesome food next door @ Johnnies Steak House.
Airport and Bucky’s nearby.

Friendly staff, good selection in their store and the room I stayed in was very nice. They gave me an upgrade and it was more like a studio apartment than a hotel room. Love the layout and workspace here. They have a fridge and microwave in the rooms here too. That’s a must have for me.

A very clean, quiet, modern hotel. It feels like a newly constructed hotel but I didn’t see a date anywhere to confirm this. I was pleasantly surprised to receive a free drink voucher for the bar across the street as a gift for my status as a Marriott Rewards Elite Member. That’s a nice, welcoming touch. Since they bar was closed when we arrived (late at night after a full day at the State Fair) they let me get something out of The Market instead. Hello little bag of Goldfish crackers! :) For me the most important characteristic of a hotel is the quality of the cleaning staff. Everything in this hotel was immaculate! I was also pleased at the amazingly luxurious feel of the mattress (the perfect combination of support and soft). I haven’t slept this well in months! Extra points for the abundance of pillows (maybe 6 feather pillows) on my king bed. Nice. The free continental breakfast offered plenty of options (cereal, fresh fruit, waffles, muffins and bagels, hard boiled eggs, even biscuits and gravy). The staff did a nice job of keeping the breakfast area clean and well stocked. I didn’t get a chance to use the pool or exercise room so no review for those. Overall, a very clean, comfortable, well-​appointed Fairfield Inn. Marriott continues their consistent excellence in lodging.

This is a good hotel to stay at. I use it when an arriving flight gets in very late, or when I fly out very early in the morning. Free WiFi and a breakfast.

Stayed at this location a couple of times. Overall, it has been a solid experience. nothing stands out as really great, or really bad. Agree on parking. for whatever reason, they just didn’t build enough. I have struggled to find one in a snow storm (fun!) and ended up in the far reaches of the lot.
Food is typical of the buffet. its ok.
The folks running things were very nice… always got a friendly greeting when coming or going.
couple of things:
1. make sure your room is away from the elevator and the stairs. something in the middle of the wing.
2. You are on the edge of town, so there is not a lot of options for food/​amenities. there is a convenience store about a mile and half south, and a some stores a bit closer to the airport… area gets a bit sketchy after dark. Mostly fast food type restaurants.
3. Place seems overpriced. But Des Moines is a bit of a weird place in terms of pricing. I travel a lot and stay in a lot of hotels. some of these around the airport seem over inflated. and there is a big breakpoint in quality/​price. Unless you go downtown, everything west seems overpriced.

I picked this place because it was just down the road from the airport and my girlfriend had a 6:00am flight, so in the end I think I made a good choice. The hotel was pretty new and was decorated nicely, but I did notice a gaseous odor in the hallways that was present in the room as well. Not exactly the best first impression of a hotel. Parking was not an issue for us even though we checked in very late at night. Breakfast was good for us since we were on-​the-​run, we just grabbed a couple of yogurts and some fruit and left for the airport.
If you can get a good deal on this place, I’d definitely recommend it especially if you’re going to or coming from DSM airport. The last couple of times I stayed in Des Moines this hotel was $ 100+ per night so I found a different place that was much cheaper, but I would consider staying here again if the price was right.

This Fairfield Inn is new-​ish and nice. Love the little 24 hour snack shack stocked with cold Mountain Dew. …near the airport and connected to a Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse that delivers room service (limited hours). …The place could use a bigger parking lot.

This place looks to be new. I had a double queen bed which was nice, the staff was courteous and helpful. I didn’t know how long I would stay for home hunting. I just stayed 2 nights and reservation was easily modified. Breakfast was both hot and cold. Swimming pool was big and fitness room had everything from weight lifting, treadmill, elliptical, and exercise ball. All cardio equipment had personal TV with headphones. Discounted rate was around $ 100 which was better than I expected. Also, courtesy van for airport pickup and drop off.

An absolute dream of a hotel! All new, beautifully furnished, extremely helpful staff, a solid breakfast, and a nice gym! We had booked on priceline and weren’t sure what to expect as we drove further and further from central Des Moines. At the desk, Michael was very friendly and offered us drink tickets to the restaurant next door. My fiancée and I worked out in the gym and had a good breakfast of coffee, yogurt, and breakfast sandwiches afterwards. I needed to use the business center computers and send a fax and the front desk staff helped me happily. I highly recommend staying here!

Who woulda thunk a 2.5 star inn on the outskirts of nowhere Des Moines Iowa would be the coolest ever? It is all brand new and near the airport. As my fiancée and I are moving across country and taking it slow, we have been to a few hotels already. Being kind of snooty, we have stuck to 3 star and 4 stars with excellent ratings on 2 different websites. We have been disappointed, until we could NOT book a 3 star in all of the Des Moines area and had to lower our standards for the Fairfield. I am SO glad we did.
Wow, I’m now seeing a 1 star report and I can’t figure it out. Great bathroom tiling, Extremely comfortable room, affordable, has a great breakfast bar, excellent lounge, a small store to buy necessary items, very friendly people, wonderful bar connected to a GREAT steakhouse right next door.
The gym is adequate for a travel INN. It is not a fancy hotel, so you can not compare it to such. Yes… minimal weights, but 2 great treadmills and 2 great ellypticals with their own tv’s and a pool and jacuzzi right out the dooor. Do you have smelly laundry… there is a laundry room. I am right now completing this review on the hotel’s FREE wireless.
It is very out of the way, but it is placed right near to the International Airport (holy crap, Des Moines has an international airport???), and next to a business park. I assume that is the target market, business travelers flying in and working there. Can’t fault the company for that. And the employees are trying. Everybody gets a complimentary drink at the steakhouse when you check in. So we got 20 bucks free with our room purchase!
All in all, this is a very good inn. Both my fiancée and I said something equivalent to «holy moly, this feels like a REAL business hotel in a REAL city!» but I don’t think it is the equivalent. I think they have done one step better in order to make us feel comfortable. I can not do anything but give the Fairfield 5 stars.

WORST marriott I have ever stayed in! I’m an elite marriott member, so trust me I’ve stayed in dozens all over the country.
Tiny room, no refrigerator, cheap toiletries, cheap furniture, not enough parking spaces in the parking lot. Overpriced for what you get.
On night 1 of a recent stay, I got back from dinner and drove around the parking lot for 10 minutes trying to find a space. The hotel is so far out in the boonies, that there is no other parking besides what few spaces are in the lot. When I couldn’t find a single space, I had to park in a no-​parking area, and hope for the best. I called the front desk to let them know I parked in no-man’s-land, and this guy «Dave» was a complete a-​hole on the phone.
Then on night 2, I was woken up at 3am by a snowplow slamming around in the parking lot for nearly an hour, pushing around less than 2 INCHES of snow, back and forth. Completely unnecessary to be doing this at 3am. The windows are so thin that I could hear the snowplow so loud it was like I had the window open. Up for almost two hours in the middle of the night because of this, with an extremely long day upcoming the next day.
Called the desk about the snow plow, but again had to deal with this miserable «Dave» character. He was apparently quite put-​off that I would call him about such a thing. Unbelievably rude and indifferent, and didn’t do a damn thing about it. First thing the next morning, I checked out a day early and went to stay at another hotel down the street.
Don’t waste your time at this marriott. It seems to be a franchisee, as «Dave» mentioned on Night 1 «we also own the Radisson next door.» Not sure if the franchise owner just doesn’t care about Marriott standards or what, but this place is no where near on the level of other Marriott’s you’d find in bigger cities.
Very disappointing!
I recommend the Towne Place Suites on the north side of town, or the Marriott in downtown Des Moines. Both of those hotels are much more in-​line with what a Marriott should be. Don’t waste your time with this Fairfield.

I work for Marriott, and I’ve encountered staff that are not terribly friendly to people traveling on the associate rate, but the staff at the Des Moines Fairfield were great! They gave us a nice room with two queen beds and an air mattress so we could fit everybody in our room comfortable. The hotel seemed to be freshly renovated and had great beds. The room was spotless, as was the breakfast area. The breakfast was standard Fairfield Inn fare, but was well maintained.

Really great. The beds were sooo comfy, the décor was hip (for a hotel chain), and the service was top-​notch and perennially cheerful. We slept late and missed breakfast, but they brought out what we wanted anyway. We had a room with one king-​size bed for $ 160.

solid price and great restaurant right next door.
pool is open at 6am.
no weights in the gym, which kinda sucks.