Rodeway Inn & Suites Myerstown – Lebanon

Ew. Just gross. Do yourself a favor and keep driving.
Looks nice from the outside (if you ignore the pile of rain soaked couches in the parking lot) but these rooms are filthy. Look at the state of the duvet on my bed! Hair chunks and pubes all over the bathroom where you’ll be standing in several inches of water when you shower, spider webs throughout the room, filthy carpets, and to top it all off their «hot breakfast» consists of cold watery coffee and stale white bread and cereal.
Seriously, keep driving. It’s not worth staying here.

I have been staying at this hotel for many years now, same weekend ever year for a conference in Lebanon. I have watched this place get worse and worse every year. So bad this year that I told conference organizers that I would not come back again if they used this place as the host hotel for the event. The overpowering smell of mold, mildew and dust just about knocked me over when I entered. The rooms don’t smell any better. The bed sheets were stained, the carpets were stained, the hall way carpers were pieced together with even older pieces. The furniture in the hallways looked like they found them on the side of the road. The toilet seat was not secured to the ground and shook badly when you sit on it. Breakfast, gross, gross gross. I have no clue what those rubber disk were that they are trying to pass off as eggs? Sausage floating in grease and stale cereal and bread.
Front desk attendants nowhere to be found.
A real shame to see how nice this place was 7 years ago to the trash hole it is now.

My room was not nearly as filthy as the other reviewers described. It was acceptable for an affordable motel. Myerstown felt like a safe and peaceful little town but the access to the hallway to my ground level room on the far end of the building was never locked. This would be a major security concern in a larger town, but then again, the hotel seemed to be in a safe area. If you are a woman traveling alone, you might want to request a room closer to the lobby/​check-​in area.
Hotel staff were polite and efficient. I was not impressed by the breakfast but there were coffee, spongy round egg omelet-​like patties (does anyone know what they actually are?), sausages and waffles.
I think I took either Rt. 501 or Rt. 645 to get to this hotel. It was very rural and I saw a couple of Amish buggies and people dressed in Amish style clothing in both buggies and cars. My overall experience in this area, including the hotel, was a pleasant one.

Don’t do it. I recently stayed here because the event I was attending in Lebanon booked and paid for my hotel room.
The hallways reminded me a bit of «The Shining.» I really expected to turn a corner and see two twins in tricycles pedaling down the hall. I heard a lot of noise from other rooms but never saw a single person during my entire stay despite the fact that many people were staying there. Creepy.
Entering the room only ups the creepy factor. The furniture belongs in a grandmother’s house. I had driven an entire day to get there and was tired and hungry, so I looked around for one of the hospitality books that you find in you know, each and every hotel room, ever. There wasn’t one. I did some googling and could not find a pizza place that delivered. There is a restaurant in the same parking lot, but the only «quick» food nearby is Hardee’s and McDonalds.
In addition to no hospitality book, there was no signage, pen, paper, etc. that indicated that this was a Quality Inn hotel. I assumed it was a locally owned hotel. I’m honestly still not sure as the road signage says «Rodeway,» but the website indicates it is affiliated with Quality Inn.
The room was large, but the bathroom was tiny. They could have done a much better job of utilizing the space. There was black mold in the shower on the walls. It was not easy to miss. The lighting was horrendous. There was an empty room of toilet paper and an almost entirely gone roll of toilet paper. There were only three lamps in the huge room and they provided just enough light to be able to see adequately. The headboard banged into the wall each time I moved an inch. The bedding has gross blue and brown stains on it. I will give credit when credit is due: there was a microwave & refrigerator. I didn’t use either, but I think both need to become industry standard amenities in hotel rooms. Also, the WIFI didn’t have a password and it worked well. Thank heavens.
Here is the horrendous thing: I am pretty sure they forgot they had a guest. Sunday the place cleared out as the weekend event ended and everyone went back home. I had my hotel through Monday morning as my drive was really long. When I came back to my room Sunday night it has not been cleaned. I was leaving bright and early, so I wasn’t too concerned about it. When I left early the next morning the hallway outside my room was freezing. You guys, THEY HAD TURNED THE HEAT OFF! That’s the only explanation. It wasn’t even remotely cold throughout my stay and it wasn’t like it was a particularly cold night or anything.
No one was at the front desk and there was literally not a single car in the parking lot, so I left my key in my room and left. It was bizarre.

Our room was remarkable for its filth. Dead bugs, stains, dirt, debris, an old razor and some bandage packaging graced the floor. My driveway is much cleaner. There were cobwebs in most corners and on the lighting fixtures. Clouds of dust billowed from the lampshades when I blew on them. The furniture was stained, so were the sheets and the bedspreads. There is a lot more, but you get the picture. It was so bad, it was creepy.
This place is a serious dump and they do not care. When we checked out 15 minutes after checking in, the manager merely said, «I will tell the executive housekeeper about it.» and «It was marked as having been cleaned.» No apology. No excuses. No cares. At least he did not quibble about refunding our money. Apparently he was used to doing that.
Warning: This place used to be the pride of the Lebanon Valley when it was owned by Kai Skov. That is no longer true. The new owner must be a hotel slum-​lord and apparently non-​responsive to the many very poor reviews on various sources like Tripadvisor.

Recommendations don’t always work out! Price was fair. But the quality of the hotel was well below fair. It’s musty and moldy smelling. The carpets are a patch work of old and even older. It’s never a good sign when you walk to your room and there is an air fresher that you would find in a gas station restroom in the corner of the hallway. You know your room wasn’t properly cleaned when there is twigs in between the desk and fridge. I sat down on the toilet and screamed because it was loose at the base and moved. The shower curtain needed a good washing with lots of bleach. I’m not really sure what the white spots were on our bedspread. The «down» comforter had a tint of yellowing and thin has paper. I haven’t seen a tube tv since, I can’t even remember. It’s a no smoking room we requested but smelled like a mix of Aunt Gertrude’s Marlboro and Charlie perfume. I tried to look for a room in the next town but who knew it would be so busy between Myerstown and Lebanon? Suck it up and pay more elsewhere and take that extra 15 minute drive to stay elsewhere.

Was hoping it would be better than the reviews I had read. It was not. The positives. We had a mix up in our reservation, and the staff worked to work it out. The room we were given was the last in the hotel as there was a large group we were with, which had filled al 80 rooms in the hotel. The bed was terrific, and the room was clean. However, and here are the negatives. 1^st floor room — the window did not close nor lock. The room very small. We had a queen size bed, but because of the odd shape of the room, and the dresser location, you had to turn sideways to get past the bed on either side. The chair in the room was so old I was afraid to sit on it as it was dirty and threadbare. The bathroom was old but functional, but we had to ask for a bath mat, washclothes, and facecloths, though they were delivered promptly. The food was so so. Had a banquet for 160 people and they ran out of food. At the Kentucky Derby party, which started at 4:30, the bar was not prepared to serve until almost 5. Then, when asked for a fairly common mixed drink, the bartender had to ask someone else how to make it. In it’s earlier life, this hotel must have been magnificent. The problem is, it still think’s it’s 1960. The staff, however, were outstanding to a man and woman — it’s one claim to high standards. With a major influx of money, this hotel could be beautiful — the landscaping shows signs of past work, with tulips, hyacinths and roses growing wild. New carpeting, windows, linens, draperies, furniture, etc. are all required.