Country Inn & Suites

I booked this hotel, for the POOL SLIDE! yep, it was about 25 bucks more than anything else around, i figured it was because of the SLIDE? There was a lot of construction workers loitering about, no biggy, since I am as well, but, I’m here with my kids on vacation. There hanging around tailgating till 11 pm, keeping RJ Reynolds and Budweiser in good. There were about 3 or 4 guys sniffing around the front desk, poor girl was easily young enough to be there daughter or maybe granddaughter, she handled it very well though! Actually the Staff was the highlight of the stay, they couldn’t have been nicer or more helpful. Except for the slide!!!
So, you can use the pool till 11 or 12pm, it’s chilly too, just an FYI. But, the SLIDE! it’s only open Friday and Saturday from 5pm till 10pm??? WHAT!!! so, you get to look at it, while in the chilly water, nowhere on the web site, or the trip advisor does it say, Don’t bother with the slide! Every single person in the pool was upset! understandable! Spa was awesome, and large, great view of the slide you can’t use.
Room was great! had everything you’d want, little cramped, still had room to blow up our air mattress for the kid, and the front desk girl was so helpful in getting bedding for that bed!
Breakfast was your usual, make your own waffles, sausages, scrambled eggs, etc. coffee was 24 hours and very good!
If your staying for the SLIDE, keep looking, if not, book it, not too bad, I was jealous I couldn’t have a beer with the guys outside.
Great WI-​FI too!

Came here on the way home from a long road trip. Visiting family so chose this location since it was close. Pool was great, workout room was average, room was nice, but some small details bugged me. like I found a few headbands on the floor which tells me the cleaning is lazy, also the 2^nd day we stayed they did not leave any toiletries. When I asked at the front desk they apologized and gave me some, but found that kind of odd, and I always leave a tip for the cleaner so was disappointed. The place was under construction in the lobby so a little challenging for breakfast and getting in and out, but I would visit again if in the area.

The facility is very decent. This is a newer hotel so everything is modern and appears to be well maintained. The room met my expectations, size/​furnishings were appropriate. Includes microwave, fridge, coffee pot, and roughly 40″ TV.
Unfortunately the reason we chose this hotel was so the kids could use the pool which looked amazing from the pics. What you don’t see in the pics is the eye burning chlorine and 60 or so out of control unsupervised kids.
Throughout the night we could hear drunks going up and down the hall, guessing the breeders of all those kids were finding their way back??? The following morning we did breakfast. All I can say is it was complimentary, the pool and hot tub were again slammed but it appeared to be a much better supervised group of kids.
This experience seems to be on par with several other reviews. I won’t be staying here again but have learned a few lessons. In the future when making the reservation I’ll ask if there are any birthday parties or other disruptive events taking place and I’ll take the reviews more seriously.

Stayed here for a night while I was up in St. Paul for work. The place was clean, rooms were big and the front desk staff was extra friendly. It’s obviously no luxury hotel but for the amount of time we spent there, the place fit our needs perfectly. There’s also complimentary breakfast.

You better make sure there are no kids hockey teams staying at this motel at the same time you are planning to stay here. There is no security, the night manager Travis is less than friendly and very condescending. There are unsupervised children running up and down the hallways and stair ways, riding up and down the elevators, pushing all the floor buttons and generally making it very difficult to relax and get to sleep. Kids are using the motel as a playground. If you want peace and quiet enjoyment this is not the motel to stay at. The room we stayed in was supposed to be non-​smoking but when we arrived in the room it reeked of cigarette smoke. Guests are apparently ignoring the fact that it is a non-​smoking motel and they are smoking in the rooms, they are smoking right outside the motel and when I walk through the front doors I am greeted by the smell of cigarettes as people are being allowed to smoke within 10 – 15 feet of the front door. This is not a non-​smoking motel. Holiday Inn Express is across the street.

Hotel is ok.
Staff is ok.
Breakfast? Why even offer it if the quality is so substandard.
The «eggs» were these round disk looking things. I’m not even sure what they were made of. The little sausage patties? Honestly I’ve had better when I was in the military and had to eat C-​Rats.
Finally I spotted the hard boiled eggs. Should be safe right? I swear they must have been boiled for at least an hour. You could use these things for car tires.
Hotel should just save the money and have a coffee bar.

Irritating does not even begin to explain this place.
The facility isn’t bad, but on the evening we were here the place was bursting at the seams with unsupervised minors and felt about as chaotic as a school cafeteria food fight.
I feel like the proverbial old guy who stands on his porch shouting at neighborhood children to get the hell off my property, but I don’t think I’m being unreasonable to find the following situations unacceptable:
–the front lobby reeked of cigarette smoke from people barely standing outside to smoke
–I only saw two employees the whole time we were there; both wore expressions of utter defeat (I don’t blame them)
–there was a herd of pre-​pubescent boys armed with Nerf guns roaming the hallways
–there were 39 children in the pool (I counted) and only 5 adults
–2 of those 39 children were mine and 3 of the 5 adults were in my group, which meant that most of the others weren’t being watched by anyone, and with no lifeguard on duty, my anxiety meter was through the friggin’ roof
–there were unclaimed children running by the pool
–there were unclaimed children pushing each other into the pool
Some things to consider before booking a night here:
–the Vadnais Heights Sports Arena is right down the street, so this appears to be a popular crash pad for tournament weekends
–Jimmy’s is within walking distance, and $ 20 says the parents and chaperones were belly up to the bar while their unruly offspring were scorching earth at the hotel
Conclusion: If you’re not with the team, book elsewhere.

Like all hotels in this chain, thin walls. Nice inside, comfortable, but too close to the highway. Breakfast is continental plus a few other items. Staff is mostly friendly. Nice entry, good parking. Located right next to highway. Nothing close by, restaurants a few blocks away.

Front desk staff was horrible! We were at the hotel for a wedding. When I made a reservation over the phone I requested two rooms close to each other, which I was told was no problem. When I checked in, the front desk staff said that the person who told me this over the phone was new and that this could not be done. They then went further to ask, «what would you like us to do?” — very sarcastically. When I told them I would like two rooms close to each other, I was told, «We can’t physically move the room closer to the room you want.» — that is a direct quote. Not once was their an apology for anything. However they had no problem rolling their eyes at each request I had.
You know the hotel is bad when people go up to the bride at the wedding reception to complain about the staff at the hotel.
The swimming pool has a slide, which is cool, but the staff is a disaster.