Days Inn Manistee

The staff is nice and helpful the rooms are clean and the amenities are great. I will stay here again.

Room was clean. The cold water in the shower smelled musty but other than that it was fine. About a 7 minute drive to the beach.

Okay let me start with this, 189.99 for a hotel room! I was okay with it at first because I was under the assumption that it was a nicer hotel. Boy, was I wrong! Let me start I’ve traveled across 5 states in the last four days and stayed in great hotels! For the same price for one night here I stayed at 3 beautiful hotels. This place reminds me of a hotel that someone would bring a lady of the night to. I feel like they should pay me 200 a night to stay in this dump. Everything is outdated, there were bugs in our room, a/​c was broken, bedding had white spots, and room had odd stench I couldn’t put a finger on. Don’t stay here as soon as I wake up I’m going to demand a refund for the second night I purchased.

Let me start with the positive, the beds we comfortable. The first room we had smelled bad when we opened the door. The smell of smoke and something bad we couldn’t figure out. I took a shower and realized the water smelled horrible and the drain wasn’t draining. The electrical didn’t work so couldn’t dry my hair. We called and changed rooms. The second room didn’t have the smoke smell but still had a bad smell. My sister took a shower, it took over an hour and a half for the tub to drain of that horrible smelly water. We used bottled water to brush our teeth. There was an old flosser on the carpet. We got out of there ASAP. Would never stay there again.

My wife & I stayed two nights in this beautiful town on the day before, and opening day of deer season in Michigan. We weren’t hunting. Just on a vacation in my love’s home state. However, because of the aforementioned season opener, we expected big crowds. Not the case in Manistee. Lots of hunters east of there in Wellston for sure!
What we got was a very clean, fine smelling room with all the necessary accommodations. I will say that the water does stink. I never asked why, so I won’t speculate. But we only used the room for sleeping, and gettin ready to go! We weren’t there all day. That would be stupid in such a cool town. Perfect for a «home base» to use as we toured the north of the state along Hwy 55.
We paid $ 120 to stay two nights there. Can’t beat that! I asked about a AAA discount, and was told it would change my price bracket, so don’t. We didn’t. Wise choice, and a hot tip from the gal checkin us in. Thanks, Gal!
Light around the door. Who the f**k cares? I was sleeping in a comfortable bed with my eyes closed next to my beautiful wife. Couldn’t have cared less about that. There’s bigger Walleye to fry to me! If that’s big to you, stay at a Double Tree someplace else. The fireplace in our room was blazin all night, too. Cozy on a cool fall night.
Breakfast is a carb-​fest. The only protein in the building were hard boiled eggs. So, we hit the House Of Flavors up the street. Simple preference there. Same deal though; if you don’t like their offerings, go somewhere else! We did.
So, four stars for us. Would’ve been five if the water didn’t stink, and there was some bacon!
Cool folks, too… :)

Do not stay here. There are other places in the area (Manistee National Golf, Casino) where you can get a much nicer room and experience for the same price. The smell of sneakers and sulpher from our room hit us in the face once we opened the door. Thankfully turning on the a/​c cleared it out soon but the bathroom and the water had the same smell. Apparently the water has a really high mineral content, it stained the toilet bowl yellow.ugh. It got to the point that we bought a couple of cases of water to drink and brush our teeth with. The morning breakfast was lacking in variety… lots of white bread carbs. I’ve stayed at nicer places in bigger cities for less money. Gouged.

I wish I could give this place no stars. The place was renovated last year, apparently. The room smelled awful, and three rooms later, it was apparent that the awful smell was just part of the ambiance and not the room. There is no fitness center and no nice area to run outside. I attempted to cancel the reservation as plans had changed with work, and they refused to cancel. I had to contact my corporate office to cancel, and even then was charged an extra night. Honestly though, the $ 90 loss was worth the hotel switch. The manager, Todd Newenhouse, was unwilling to negotiate or even reason with me. Days Inn has now lost my support and my experience will make it back to the company business travel coordinator. With so many options in this small town, I would suggest looking elsewhere. The poor service and outdated rooms are not worth the $ 90 you can spend at the golf resort down the road.

Clean, functional and quiet on a chilly fall weekend. Breakfast buffet was a bit sparse, maybe because few people were staying there. But if you want cereal, toast and even make-​them-​yourself waffles, it’s OK. Staff was friendly, although they try to tack on a small charge for the in-​room safe — pay attention to your bill when you check out.