Geneva Motel Inn

We stayed here in October 2015 while we were in town for a wedding and very much enjoyed our experience. The gentleman who owns the hotel was very friendly and helped to accommodating with our request for a non-​smoking room.
The room itself was well put together and had a lot of space. We had a King room and were able to get ready for the wedding without being in each other’s hair. The decorations were a bit dated but the bed was comfortable and the room was clean so what more do you need?
We were not up early enough for the free breakfast but if you are worried about the quality of a free breakfast vs the value of the entire stay, maybe you should just buy breakfast at a place down the street.
The Take away, we enjoyed our stay and the owners and would definitely book again! It was also rewarding to our budget when we heard other wedding guests who paid twice what we did and had the same experience a their hotel that we had here.

Here’s the thing about reviews that few people seem to understand: what was the experience in exchange for the price? By that measure, this place was awesome! My friend and I stayed here with low expectations, for an last minute event in town with sold out hotels. The place was super clean, the on-​site owners were friendly and interesting to talk to, I enjoyed a swim in the indoor pool, used the lobby computer, and loved having a room refrigerator. If I paid double, I would probably have higher expectations, and probably bigger disappointments. It’s a budget place — if they served grand breakfasts, you would be paying a heck of a lot more. It was an unexpected fun place to stay in our St. Charles adventure, and I wish the lovely owner family well. They are really doing their best to be cheerful in the face of some rude guests that come there way expecting high end amenities. Thank you!

I booked through Hotwire and was really leery about this place once I read some of the reviews. All told, it wasn’t that bad. The lobby does have a strong curry smell and the entire place needs updating, but my room was clean and the bed was comfortable.

I would give this place no stars if I could. The owners were extremely rude and inhospitable… the place is a dump, the third floor is supposed to be non smoking and reeked of cigarettes. Do yourself a favor and spring the extra few bucks to stay somewhere better.

This place is awful, the owners are extremely rude they called our room at 2am and told us to be quiet but everyone was sleeping (there were four of us) then the woman called like an hour later and was yelling and swearing, dropping the f bomb, to keep it down when once again everyone was sleeping. The room was also filthy

The room was visibly dirty, cigarette burns on the bed sheets, framed picture above the bed had several dead spiders and other little dead bugs/​cockroaches. Absolutely the worst hotel/​room I have ever seen!

Stayed 15 minutes then left
Had to wake up the clerks to check in they were not pleased
She argued about what room I suppose to have
Ended up in a handicap room ! When I made the reservation I explained I had a dog apparently it was ok then but once I arrived it was an issue!
The hallways were cluttered with all sorts of extras including hangers!
The hallways smelled like a zoo !
Get to the room THE SMELL WAS TERRIBLE MOLD AND BODY ODOR. THE CARPET FELT WET AND THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS VERY LOUD. THE LINEN WAS OLD DATED AND SMELLED LIKE IT WAS NEVER CLEANED. We left after 15 minutes and slept in the car!

Lets see. What to say about this place. It’s an old Days Inn. It has long term residents. The owner and his wife are on site all the time.
Pros
It’s inexpensive
Free breakfast
Free wifi
Free parking
It was extremely close to work
Cons
The late night check in process (had to ring to get owners to come to front desk).
The long term guests (makes a hotel a little less safe for a single woman traveler)
The free breakfast is limited (coffee, OJ, breads, two cereals). They have more but wont offer it unless the long term guests are out of site.
The rooms are dated. It was clean but old looking, dim lighting.
So if you want a cheap place to stay without a whole lot of amenities, this is your place. Otherwise, there are several other hotels in the area.
As for me? I probably would not stay here again but I will make do for this week!