HoteLumiere

We were here with three other couples. They gave us all rooms next to each other. The rooms were huge, with each having a separate living area. There is an enclosed walkway to the casino and free parking.

You can get a nicer room with better customer service for the same price at other hotels in the area. This place is old and run down. The pictures already posted are accurate.

Not a business hotel so don’t expect it to be.
Nice public areas but the hallway and room carpet is filthy and covered with nasty stains.
Not in a safe area. I walked once to my office downtown and took cabs after that.
Service was actually friendly despite previous reviews

I should have checked here first. That was my first mistake!
As I drove to St. Louis, I called to extend my stay an additional night. The person who answered the phone was rude as (bleep) in letting me know that the hotel was booked for the third night that I needed. Thank God for that. When I arrived, I learned that there is no valet — ok, I’ll take that one as my own fault. But who ever heard of a casino hotel with no valet? Huh?
The person who checked me in was dry as toast. I arrive in my room after driving 8 hours to find a musty, damp smell waiting for me. It was late so I just went to sleep because I was dead tired. I woke up the next morning to find the nastiness posted in the photos. Some things aren’t immediately obvious so I’ll list those here. The rest you can see for yourself. I immediately booked a room at a new hotel and checked the (bleep) out of this one.
— only 2 can lights in the TINY bathroom. Could barely see when applying my makeup.
— the closet only had one door. O_​o
— the furniture (sofa and chair) was worn and dirty
— the vents in the room were bent, dirty, and rattled
— the wallpaper had bubbles in it
— the carpeting in the roo was worn
— the carpeting in the halls is FILTHY. I mean, YUCK.
Consider yourself forewarned.

As a road warrior I can tell you this hotel is not as bad as some people have said. Yes it needs updating and yes the carpet is dirty. But — I have seen MUCH worse. The staff was fine and I had no issues. The casino reminded me of any I have been in outside of Vegas — yes some are nicer but this was typical. Go visit any Tribal owned casino and it is right there as far as options and atmosphere. I will likely be back when business keeps me downtown — otherwise I stay in the burbs.

Booked this hotel for a business trip as rates were the lowest in the city. It was a great location, there are many bars and restaurants in walking distance. Being from Chicago I am used to walking everywhere and has no complaints walking anywhere when we stayed here. Hotel Lumiere is by no means a luxury hotel, but for the price it gets the job done.

Last minute decision to go here on the last leg of our trip instead of Louisville, KY. Great choice for sure. Hotel was very reasonable at only $ 109 (with taxes $ 148). We asked for an arch view room and ended up in 713. Great view of the arch, downtown and river. Rooms were not just rooms but suites. There was a living room/​kitchen area when you first walked in. It had a fold out couch, sink, mini bar, dining table with chairs, another couple of chairs and a flat screen TV. You open the door and the bathroom is to your left. If you keep walking, the bedroom is at the end of the hall. Everything was clean. Staff members were very friendly. Beds were comfortable. Didn’t hear a thing from the room next door and it was full of little kids. I was impressed. Short walk across the street to the casino. Highly recommend!

I expected much more from a place that looks so nice when you enter. It used to be an Embassy Suites and the entry still had that appearance.
The desk staff was pleasant bit pushy. Told us to park in their $ 10 lot. I wish it wasn’t so late when we arrived, the free parking is easier access.
Second floor seems to be the party floor. Our room was dirty, and had no working heat. We spent the night in a 60 degree room because we didn’t want to call maintenance for the second time at midnight.
The bathroom was dirty, long hairs left in the shower, and the outside of the tub has dirt marks streaming down it. Upon further inspection it appears that the floor of the bathroom had not been well cleaned in quite sometime. The same goes for the door and the walls, really disgusting.
The lighting in the bath is terrible.
We asked for a non-​smoking room and we were told it would be a $ 150 charge if we smoked in the room. In the meantime, their burn marks on the carpet as well as other stains, and the toilet and countertops in the bathrooms all have cigarette burns. Certainly this was a smoking room at one time which they have not updated.
Add to all of this housekeeping knocking on the door at 8 AM.
This is very much a sad finish to a great trip.
The rooms themselves, if they had been well cared for would be very nice we had a two queen suite and could’ve easily had somebody sleep in the living room.

Since my last review this hotel has improved significantly. New carpet has been installed on most floors and they are continuing to upgrade themselves. The rooms I’ve stayed in since then are much better and cleaner. They also have improved the lobby area. Hotel lumiere is on its way up.

I booked this hotel for a 1 night family get away; myself, boyfriend and daughter. We enjoyed the day at the zoo and science museum in St. Louis and due to weather finished with our tourism early and had no problem checking in early.
Really, I’m not one to book a lavish lap of luxury on a mini-​fam. Trip, but this hotel was better than expected; as I usually try to stick to a lower budget for these sorts of things considering, all my daughter cares about is a pool and all my BF and I care about is a clean soft bed and a shower. This hotel met all expectations and went well above.
They have a efficient pool (great for making friends), a nice sauna, jacuzzi and exercise room. Also the hotel is within walking distance to bars and restaurants (huge advantage, don’t pay for parking) also close to the arch and other attractions. The room was clean and well kept, only negative the mattress on the pull out bed was a bit of a bummer, which the kiddo wasn’t too crazy about; but you know what I remember going on road trips with my folks they got the big cozy bed and my sister and I got the springy pullout! So really it’s more of a right of passage lol
We will definitely book this hotel in the future… Grate value for the price! Very impressed!

Perfectly fine, but from all the hype I expected something a bit nicer. Very nice lobby area. Comfortable bed and suite. No overhead lighting in the bathroom which made for a dim showering experience. Overall we were not terribly impressed.

This is where you stay when your husband and one of his best friends wants to gamble at the casino, but for any other reason, I would not stay here unless I had to.
When we got there, I didn’t expect the hotel to look as nice as it did when you saw the exterior of the building. It reminded me of an Embassy Suites with all the rooms facing the main floor. Each room is a suite with bedroom with a separate living area. The best part of the room was the bed. Very comfy.
Maybe on any other weekend and any other room i would have had a better time, but it was not meant to be. First off, the carpet had some random red stains by the TV. My husband and I could only guess what it was. The layout of the hotel also made it difficult to sleep because you could hear all the obnoxious drunk people by the bar. There were limited outlets in the room. None around the beds. What hotel does that? It didn’t make sense.
When we came back late for checkout due to car troubles, our keys didn’t work. Understandable since we were late. We went to the front desk and they gave us access to the room. It wasn’t until we got to the elevator on the far side of the hotel that we realized that the key still didn’t work. I don’t think it is that difficult to program a key card.
The final straw was when I was taking an afternoon nap. We had left the «do not disturb» sign on the door. The maid decided to come in still. She woke me up. I was sleepy and she had a thick accent so I couldn’t understand what she was saying from the living room. Apparently, she wanted me to get up and sign a piece of paper that showed that I declined a room cleaning. I have never had happen at any other hotel before. So rude.
Stay away from this hotel if you can. I know that the Four Seasons is pretty expensive and this is probably your only other option, but I would stay away if I could.

This isn’t a terrible hotel as long as your expectations are low. I went into my stay expecting a nice casino hotel, similar to the Ameristar a few miles away. This is more like what you would find at Chief Snatching Buck’s Hotel and Casino.
I was told the hotel used to be an Embassy Suites, which explained a lot. Nice fountain, glass elevators, large lobby. All apparently built and last updated in 1972. I was amazed at how dated this property was (see others photos — I didn’t look beforehand).
I parked in the garage for the casino not knowing any better, and saved myself $ 20 in the process. This didn’t make any sense — covered casino parking is free, but lot parking for the hotel is $ 20? When waiting to be checked in, the woman at the counter was very abrupt and rude to the customer ahead of me, which was a little shocking because you’d never see that in a Hilton or Hyatt property. In all fairness, this customer did look like she was on meth, but still, the overall attitude displayed screamed «I used to work at the DMV.»
The room was very very dated and kind of beat up. Nothing functional was broken, but don’t expect to impress a date by taking her back here. Bed was comfortable and clean, sitting room was a nice feature, and I only paid $ 100 for a king suite. Hence the extra star bumping this to a 2.
Crowd at the hotel and casino were both pretty ghetto. Again, don’t expect to impress a date by bringing her back here, unless she’s impressed by Nelly impersonators. The entire floor reeked of weed when I was coming back for the evening. Thats a first for me at a «nicer» hotel. The next morning room service tried to come in at about 9:30am, which wasn’t a huge deal but c’mon, checkout is at 11 and I had not checked out yet. No folio under the door as I’d come to expect from other hotels.
I’ve heard the Four Seasons next door is nicer, and it would about have to be. I won’t stay at Hotel Lumiere again, but if all you want is a big room near the Landing for $ 100, this could be your diamond in the rough.

Room was nice enough for 3 people to stay. two to share a queen bed and a fold out couch. bathroom was small.
Plugs are behind the bed mattress and it was heavy to move, however we asked for an extension cord and maintenance quickly brought one and moved bed to plug it in.
Don’t touch the mini bar – a 12 oz. can of coke is $ 3. nothing has prices on it – it’s a surprise when you check out.

The size of the room was nice but it was very run down. The carpets were very dirty both in the halls and in the actual rooms. The sinks were stained. The furniture was so dirty that it made me question whether they were safe to sit on.
It was nice that the hotel was attached to the casino but it was quite the trek to get there.

I would give this place only one star, but if you are looking for a conveniently located place for a Rams game or a night at the casino, this works OK. This is really it’s only redeeming quality. Other than that there are a lot of problems with this place.
Stains. Stains everywhere. The carpet everywhere is horrible. The furniture has stains. Sheets had stains. Rooms are big, but the bathrooms are tiny. Good luck finding a place to plug in your laptop or cell phone. Every receptacle is behind furniture. Closet door was completely broken. Service is not friendly or helpful. Wifi is free, but pretty weak.
Overall, I would avoid this place in the future, unless you really wanted to stay close to the Edward Jones dome, or if you hate walking outside to get to the casino. So much potential to be a cool place, but they really miss the mark.

We stayed at the Lumiere because we decided to see a Rams game at the nearby stadium.
First: Book early directly through the hotel and get a significantly better rate on a better room. Don’t trust the travel sites that claim it’s already booked for your date. I have to wonder if Lumiere just isn’t paying the price to be a preferred hotel, given how hard it was to get a room until I just called them directly. We paid $ 120 ($ 105 plus taxes) for a queen suite after all taxes, and that included parking.
Beyond that: For the price, this was a good room. But let me take you through the process, and you can decide just how good it really was…
I checked in at the front desk. She asked me if I needed a parking permit (YES, I did. You can’t park in the hotel guest lot without a permit. they will make you go check in and get your permit). I asked her, «This is included in my rate, right?» She looked at me, somewhat condescendingly (I swear she almost rolled her eyes back into the back of her brain) and said, «Ummm if you SAY so…» Ok. I sure hoped so. I took the permit and went back to my car to park it.
We went to our rooms after parking. The lobby is very nice. It looked pretty luxurious with the water fall and all the nice tables. The room was very nice, especially for our advance rate. The carpets (yes, I saw them mentioned in the reviews) were indeed stained. That wasnt such a big deal. I told my kids not to lie directly on the carpet and to not rub their faces on the carpet. Really though, I tell them that at ALL hotels… and if you don’t, no matter how luxurious and pristine the hotel may seem, you might want to rethink that. No hotel is truly pristine. But I digress…
We were ready to crawl into bed. The beds were. a little disturbing. Both beds had (all white) sheets with visible stains. I guess the idea of having all-​white so that it can be bleached into complete whiteness wasn’t working for them. Trying to untuck the sheets and the comforter meant accidentally untucking the sheets all the way down to the mattress. Ooops. And ummm. eww? First thing I saw was a longish, curly, dark hair on the mattress protector. Let’s just say the length and curliness led me to think maybe this was not a hair from someone’s head… You make the conclusions from there… I was kinda grossed out at the question of how thoroughly my bed had been cleaned off between changes. The setup of sheets above the mattress protector was a flat sheet, a comforter, and another flat sheet. One can only hope their comforters (which were somewhat duvet-​like) are washed between uses… there was no way to sleep in that bed without direct contact with the comforter, which is usually yet another thing I avoid direct skin contact with (I’ve had friends who did housekeeping in hotels. They advised me that the comforters are not cleaned between uses and are usually thrown onto the carpets, which are also never really truly cleaned).
There was mold on the ceiling in the bathroom. Not a deal breaker, but…
It was also pretty cramped, but I’d not have docked even a single star if that had been all that I’d noted.
Now, as far as the rest… If you’re going to the Edward Jones Dome for a game, this is a great place to consider. There’s a skywalk over to the casino, and then there’s a tunnel from there to directly across the street to the dome. You can bring your children on this route, as you never need to actually access the gambling areas when cutting through the casino. There are restaurants that you can also access while cutting through. The tunnel is a series of moving sidewalks (flat escalators) up to a regular escalator (or elevator) up to street level.
Summary:
I’d honestly probably have given this hotel a 4 star rating if the sheets hadnt made me a bit apprehensive and made sleeping more difficult the night we stayed. Nice views, and a very nice setup for much cheaper than any other hotels in walking distance from the dome.

For the price I’d never stay here again. The bed was fairly comfy and there was good water pressure but that’s about all the nice I can say.
Granted the water pressure was good but the water felt slimy, and none of us ever felt clean after the shower. The towels are crap-​tastic and don’t dry well at all. So you have a slimy water glaze on you and the towel just smears it around, which means you don’t feel clean at all. That my friends is called a shower fail. And while we’re in the bathroom lets discuss that… why is it so damn tiny? It felt like an airplane toilet with a shower attached to it.
Self parking is $ 10, and prepare to walk your ass off to the hotel lobby. Staff was slow and had that «I don’t care» attitude seeping from their pores. And the elevators sometimes go to your floor, sometimes they don’t. That sure is a shitty game to play when you’re holding all your luggage.
The hotel attached to this place is a joke. A complete joke. But that’s a review in itself.
Anyways, the moral of this review is to look elsewhere. There are other options within a stones throw and we messed up by coming here. Don’t make the same mistake.

Do not stay here. Done — that simple. This place is absolutely disgusting. This doesn’t have to do with just my experience, this would be your experience too. You may be fooled by looking at the common areas where it looks somewhat ok but this place is well overpriced and the accommodations are just poor. It is exactly like a motel 6. This is a $ 59 per night hotel but charges $ 200 because it is tied to the casino.
Everything is smokey and outdated. Service is ghetto. The food is as poor as can be.
Trust me on this. Stay anywhere else.

I stayed at Lumiere for a bachelorette party last weekend. We all had a fantastic time.
The beds were comfortable, the place was clean, and I had a good view of downtown from the 6^th floor. Wins three stars for these attributes.
Wins a star for «wow effect.» That fountain and the glass elevator up… I’m not saying it’s the most aesthetically pleasing I’ve stayed in my life, but it sure is something to admire.
The only reason Lumiere Hotel doesn’t get five stars is because there was only one tiny trashcan in the room. With all the drinking happening at Laclede’s Landing (in addition to regular trash use), there should be one trashcan in the bathroom, one in the bedroom, and one in the living room area.
We were going to walk over to the casino but ran out of time/​energy. I wouldn’t mind staying at Lumiere again and rectifying that.