Rodeway Inn

Ok. I wasn’t expecting much so I guess I shouldn’t be dissatisfied right? WRONG!!!
So let’s start with the list
1) Towels I would not even wash my car with
2) A bed I wouldn’t want my dog to sleep on
3) A tv from 1980 something
4) The overall creepy looking Maid dude
5) No A/​C. None!!!
They are renovating lol. Are you joking?
I joke not about something so simple, and these are just small samples of the fine amazing & incredible amenities you’ll find at this 1 star hotel conveniently located in the middle of downtown Hell. Please enjoy your stay and don’t forget to put a chair in front of the door while your ‘Sleeping’. Not no but hell no!

Literally the worst motel I’ve ever stayed at, and I like a good cheap roadside motel here and there. I checked in at 8AM since I was exhausted, to get some shuteye before driving back to Milwaukee. I should’ve checked the reviews.
When I entered the office the employee seemed entirely surprised that I came in «off the street» without a reservation. He said they had 2 rooms available, one is hourly and the other is for the day/​night. How was he surprised at someone coming in without a reservation when they offer hourly rates? Hourly rates should’ve been the first red flag.
The room was small but ok for the price and last minute booking. Cigarette burns on the comforter, no air conditioning available, with the heater on blast which I turned off immediately. Only 1 small and 1 regular towel, one bar of soap at the sink. Shampoo but no conditioner. The toilet filled itself with water every 5 minutes for no apparent reason, seems they have plumbing problems. But who cares, I’m there to get some sleep.
Within 30 minutes of getting to the room (around 9AM) there’s a couple in the room above me having insanely loud sex. I’m talking screaming and headboard banging, for upwards of 30 minutes. They then proceeded to bang around the room and talk loudly for another few hours. Then, about 3 different times, an SUV parked directly in front of my room decided it was time to demonstrate its insane sound system. My room vibrated and creaked from the noise level. Are you kidding me?
Finally, the maids, who have insanely loud carts because they’re plastic wheels on concrete, burst into my room because they had not been informed that the room was booked.
Between all of this, I only managed about 3 hours of sleep. Avoid this place at all costs unless you’re either shooting a seedy porno or want to hang out around the shady dregs of society.

The room wasn’t *terrible*. It seemed clean, just a bit run down. The parking lot is teeny tiny compared to the amount of rooms.
We had some interesting people watching for the hourly rooms at least lol
Our room didn’t have air conditioning which was fine the first night we stayed (in the 50’s) but it was super stuffy the second night (in the 70’s)
The pool is indoors but it’s not heated so we only managed about 10 minutes before our teeth chattered out lol
All in all we were really only here to sleep and shower so it was sufficient for us. Wouldn’t stay here again though sadly. Sorry!

If you have no other possible choice you probably won’t get murdered here. But you and your belongings will smell like a dumpster if you stay. GROSS! Me and my boyfriend just checked in, and were sitting in the car trying to reserve a different hotel. Even though we didn’t see a bug, looking around the room grossed us out too bad to stay. Like another user said «it is tolerable if you MUST» but we’re going to spend the extra money and get out of here! Ps: the staff was nice. (Not sure if the pregnant lady works here, but she smiled at me while she had her cigarette…)

Where do I start? I didn’t want to walk on the cigarette burned and some sort of liquid stained carpet in my bare feet. Then there was the cigarette burn in the blanket on the bed. It was so incredibly hot in the room I had to turn off the heat just to make it bearable because of the lack of temperature control on the unit. And it was about 12 degrees outside. Then, upon attempting to wash up before bed, I noticed there was no soap at all in the room. I just used some I had with me because it was late at night. We were paying for three rooms and none of them had soap and one had no hot water. When we informed the front desk, one bar of soap was produced and then the clerk told us it was our fault we didn’t ask for soap and to have the hot water repaired. I travel a lot — probably been in over 150 hotel rooms this year — and this is the worst one I have stayed at in a long time. And I’m not that picky. If I could leave no stars, I would.

My husband had stayed in this motel twice previously. He said he hadn’t had any problems. That was over three years ago. It was gross, rundown, broken doors, broken toilet, bed bugs, stained bedding, completely ridiculous. The area itself seemed nice, right outside Chicago off 55.

Pros: fast check in, pretty clean rooms /​bathroom tolerable.
Cons: wifi was «broken» during my stay, the towels were literally as thin and worn as a bed sheet. The hot water was temperamental and the shower knob was broken. Limited parking.
If you have no other choice then it’s «tolerable» for a night. If you have options then do yourself a fav and just spend money to stay some place nicer.

This was our first time in Chicago, visiting for a three night stay, so we could go to a concert and enjoy what Chicago has to offer. We didn’t plan on staying in the inn much so we went cheaper for price, and just needed a bed to sleep in. When we got there we had a bad greeting. No smiles, and the personal phone was going off from the employee who still answered and said, «just a minute» to the caller after walking away without warning. Didn’t even say a thing about it. Automatically wondering what we got into. All in all, the wifi on the far side of the building sucks. Never was able to connect. Bed was uncomfortable and only had two pillows on it; of which were two completely different shapes and sizes. Was missing just about everything. Out of soap, and water cups. Out dated, but you get what you pay for. And we will pay for better next time. Wouldn’t recommend. Spend the extra $ 20. It’s worth giving up a pizza for a meal.

My daughter and I stayed at this hotel for about 2 ½ months while we were looking for an apartment. For the most part, we enjoyed our stay here. I’ll break things down by pros and cons.
PROS:
Free wifi (however the wifi is spotty, and tends to work better if you are in a room on the second floor).
Free continental breakfast (includes cold cereal, instant oatmeal, bagels, pastries, coffee, and waffles you make yourself)
TV in the breakfast room
Newspapers in the breakfast room
Mini fridge & microwave in your room at your request
Close to everything you need (Walgreens, fast food restaurants, I-​55, etc.)
Indoor pool
Friendly desk staff & housekeeping staff
Free cable
Iron & ironing board
Easy to make reservations online; they honor your Choice Rewards points
CONS:
Small parking lot (the hotel has lots of rooms but not enough parking spaces. Also there are truck drivers who take up 2 – 3 spaces in the lot as well).
Hourly rooms (the people who get the hourly rooms are VERY loud, both inside and outside of the rooms, if you catch my drift).
Occasionally out of basic supplies, like soap (they were out of soap for over a week).
Guests tend to invite friends over, who proceed to «hang out» near your room, smoking and talking loudly.
Located on a very busy street (Ogden Avenue); it is very hard to make a left turn onto Ogden Avenue (to go to the city), especially in the morning and afternoon during rush hour traffic.
Occasionally there is a woman who watches you like a hawk while you are getting/​eating breakfast.
The hotel wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad either. I do think the rooms were a little pricey for what the hotel offered, but I’ve seen worse. The staff was the selling point for me, and the breakfast was the selling point for my kid.

Not terrible — stayed here for a night when visiting Chicago. Not that far from the city center and not bad traffic either way. My experience was not bad; exactly what I expected for the price. Moderate room with moderate cleanliness and moderate modernness. Continental breakfast was slightly below average for motels.
Judging by previous reviews, seems to be hit-​or-​miss — or they fixed the problems.

Avoid this hotel. I stay in old cheap hotels often, but this was a new level of bad. Really, I rarely complain in reviews. The room smelled of pee and mildew. The carpet felt sticky and damp. There were bugs crawling on the floor. The wi-​fi connected, but the internet didn’t work. Something is obviously wrong with the water pipes and the shower was impossible to operate. After a quick, cold shower, my hair was left with a slimy feel. The owner and his wife/​housekeeper were hovering over everyone. There are a few parking spaces inside the hotel perimeter, but otherwise you have to park in a lot outside the hotel, highly susceptible to theft. There are many more issues I could add. I’m usually fine with an issue or two at a hotel, but essentially everything about this place was gross.

I chose to stay here because hotels downtown were very expensive. In late July/​early August, this place cost a third of what hotels in the Loop were charging.
Transportation: It’s ~15min walk from the Brookfield train station (take note — the commuter rail, not the city metro, so once you get off at Union Station, you’ll have to walk a couple blocks to get to a cta/​metro station).
Internet connectivity: Very, very poor. I was «upgraded» to the «master suite» (which the receptionist said was «the biggest room in the hotel»). Unfortunately, the master suite doesn’t get Internet access. Okay it does, but I only had 1 – 2 bars during my entire stay there. When I called the receptionist to inquire about it, she told me flatly that «it’s working just fine for everyone else.» At least the Wi-​Fi is free.
Quality of room: It smelled so bad, I thought there was a dead body hidden somewhere, except I was too afraid to look. Ok, I didn’t actually think there was a dead body anywhere, but there was such a strong stench in the room that lingered on my clothes even after I left. In fact, when I got home, everything in my suitcase smelled of it as well. The carpets had lots of stains in them, and the curtains were broken so I had to pin them together with bobby pins. I also spotted giant ants in the bathroom, as well as a variety of other insects. There was no hairdryer or steam iron, either. The place was so seedy I felt so scared I slept with the lights on. I ended up having to take a cab into the city everyday because I didn’t want my suit or makeup to be ruined by the long commute in summer heat.
On the bright side, Lyons township is relatively safe (it has low crime rates), and all of my cab drivers said that it was a decently safe place to spend the night in. There’s a Starbucks, Jimmy Johns, Burger King, and Walgreens close by, so you don’t have to worry about finding something to eat.

this place has gone down hill AGAIN i was in a roon where ac barely trickled out, the pool is too cold, and in the morning the ceiling in bathroom sprung a leak and everything got completly soaked. o ya and there wifi is useless IF u can connect its slow as hell and keeps bootin u off… so not worth the money

Not a bad place to stay. I didnt really have a problem other than people just hanging out and talking really loud late at night. I kind of wish there was a fridge in the room but you can’t get everything you want right. I was from out of town on a trip and most things I wanted to do ended up being pretty far away. You can’t really beat the price here though. That was a plus. I missed out on the free continental breakfast because I usually sleep in, so i have no idea if that was good or not. Overall it was a descent place to stay. The staff were pretty cool about all my random questions.