Quality Inn & Suites

We spent the night at this hotel while driving west on I 80, and were impressed by the quality of its amenities at a very reasonable price. Furnishings and décor are updated, the room was quiet and clean, and the bed was very comfortable.

One recommendation, if they are all out of non-​smoking rooms don’t go into the smoking rooms, the smell is horrible. This might be obvious but it’s really bad smelling lol. Other than that we’ve had great service from the house keepers and staff! Pillows are comfy ;)

Really nice place for the money. Recently updated so it seemed clean and fresh. The heated pool and Jacuzzi were a nice touch. Friendly service behind the desk. Nothing negative to say about the place and they even allowed pets. WOOF!

from Nebraska to Iowa to Chicago and back… damn, another spot just for a couple of hours of sleep… urgh! Very nice for having the same price as Super 8. would choose this spot anyday of the week compared to Super 8 across the street! btw, that Super 8 had a lady sleeping behind the counter like she doesn’t want any customers…

The Comfort Inn in Grinnell is perfectly fine for what you pay. For $ 120/​night after taxes, I got a clean and quiet room with a comfortable King size bed (though the pillows leave something to be desired). The alarm clock worked well, the TV was a large flatscreen with HBO and limited other channels, the desk chair was cheap but fine, and I appreciated the comfortable couch-​like chair and ottoman. The bathroom was spotless and huge with plenty of towels and fine-​enough water pressure. I enjoyed my window (that could open!) view from the 3^rd floor, although if you’re a light sleeper you might want to request a room in the back of the hotel because you can definitely hear car traffic through the night (I sleep like a brick so it was no problem). They have coffee round the clock in the lobby and there were often cookies as well when I went by. The wi-​fi works well.
I didn’t check out the pool, but used the «fitness center» a few times. I put it in quotation marks because really it’s a small carpeted room on the first floor with one treadmill, one bike, one elliptical, one weight machine, and a TV. It served it’s purpose. Everything worked, they had a little water container and towels, and I enjoyed that I could control the A/​C unit.
I suppose my only annoyance was that when I checked in I asked for a slightly later checkout, and was told i would have to ask the morning of. I asked the night before and again, the kid working the counter kind-​of stared at me blankly and told me he didn’t know what to say. It was awkward to the extreme. The purpose of having a later checkout is so you can get some more sleep, so asking me to ask the morning I wanted to check out kind of defeated the purpose. But, ultimately, I called down to the desk at 9am to ask and the woman I spoke with was pleasant and immediately accommodating, so I went back to sleep until 10, got my exercise in, and checked out at noon. Oh, also, there was what looked like a cigarette burn in my comforter on the bed, but whatever, right?
If you’re traveling for business or visiting someone in Grinnell, this place is A-​Ok.

Favorite Grinnell hotel. Parents of graduating student at Grinnell College. Have stayed here a few times over the past four years. Also have experience with other nearby hotels. This Comfort Inn is a good, clean hotel. Nice breakfast. Desk staff very friendly and helpful. Best of the choices in Grinnell.

My experience with this place was mixed. Overall, it was good, but it was pricey enough that I am going to be critical. For $ 80+ a night for the cheapest rooms, I expect more than this. This place may be nice, but it gets only 3 stars because of value.
The first complaint is that the walls were extremely thin, more so than in other cheaper motels I’ve stayed in. The room looks deceptively nice but the sound comes right through. The neighboring room had a baby that kept crying, and I could hear it like it was almost in my room.
My second complaint is the water. I’ve had the water elsewhere in Grinnell, IA, so I know it is peculiar to this hotel and not just the town. The water leaves your hands feeling slimy no matter how long you run them under water, and I felt like it also dried out my skin. Also, the shampoo had a nasty chemical smell to it.
The décor was also very sterile and plain. The room felt sleek and corporate, not homey and comfortable. I did not like the aesthetics.
In my opinion, I’d rather stay in a cheap motel. I prefer the extra $ 20 – 30 in my pocket at the end of the day, and I can deal with outdated fixtures in the bathroom and a smaller room with ugly décor, because those things don’t make or break the stay. And in my opinion, this place fails on a couple of points that do matter. Honestly I think this motel had the worst décor of any place I’ve stayed in yet.