Iowa Inn Bettendorf Quad Cities

Previously reviewed this location. Contacted sonesta and booking several times. Never received a refund. Never stayed. Was cancelled. Talked in person to manager, told me to contact booking. Booking said to contact sonesta, so I contacted both and they never responded. Never got a refund or any answers from either sight.

I have stayed at this hotel for years. We visit family in Iowa almost 2 times a year. We almost exclusively stay at Sonesta because of the past positive experiences. In the past- we really enjoyed this hotel! This was a very sad experience. I called 2 times in advance to request a 1st floor room. They told me they would sort it out when I arrived. When I arrived- there was a line of people waiting to get their room cards. After about 20 minutes, I received my room cards - the room was on the second floor. I noticed there were numerous first floor rooms that were Unoccupied. I requested a first floor room because I knew I would be coming abs going often and in the past I really enjoyed the patio connected to the room. I requested towels 4 times. It took about 24 hours to get towels. Eventually , a nice man brought up a full set of clean towels. Throughout my visit, I noticed that trash was left all around the facility. There were many stains all over the carpet. The landscaping looks like it has not been tended to in a year. I didn’t expect it to be perfect, however- when you work hard all year and go on a summer vacation - you hope to stay in at least a somewhat attractive hotel. Sone things that really disappointed me were that almost EVERYTHING was out of order… the pool, ice machines, washer and dryer. I stayed at this hotel for 8 nights. I noticed throughout the time I was there - the cleaning staff was very friendly and worked late into the evening. I spoke to the staff several times, not once did they apologize. They just said - management is working on fixing things. If they would have simply apologized for the many things that were not going well or not working, I probably would have been less upset.

This place is an absolute dump. Hot tub doesn't work (and it's clear it hasn't been working for months and months), cigarettes in the entry way that have been there for weeks. Not 1 ice machine works. Breakfast is not available and they say that the "ovens went down just yesterday"; Yea right. Gross, dirty bathrooms. We arrived in the evening and the light for the hotel sign was off so we though the hotel was out of business. The parking lot and drive up were not plowed. When I asked the front desk person (who's car was parked right in front of the entry way) if it had just snowed she said no, it snowed the week before. The sidewalks were not shoveled and if someone fell could be an easy lawsuit. Door #3 was not locked at all. I even went out to my car at 2am and just walked in and out of the door. 0 security. The bathroom was gross. Reminded me of my old frat house. Hair everywhere. Gross ***** from the guest before in the bathtub. In all reality, the Health Inspector should come to this facility and do something. Absolutely no pride in ownership. My guess is it's going out of business and the owner just doesn't give a sh*t an longer.

We have stayed here numerous times when we come to town to visit my Dad. Each visit we notice a bit more of a decline in the property unfortunately. It’s not bad, but it definitely needs some TLC. The courtyard hadn’t been mowed in weeks! It was full of weeds and looked completely unkept. We had a 1st floor balcony room, but given the no landscaping, patio furniture that was in disrepair or very old on most patios and patio doors/windows that hadn’t been cleaned in what appeared to be forever we kept the curtains closed let alone never sat outside. It was a struggle to try and even slide the door open to the patio. The carpet had a large coffee cup size patch job in the living room. Nothing major but it stuck out and was very obvious. The wall by our interior door looked as if someone had spilled coffee and it splattered. Otherwise the room itself was clean and bed was very comfortable. We arrived from New Mexico at 2 pm. Check in was 3 pm. Asked for an early check in and was told 1 extra hr would be $35. Thought that was a bit much literally and figuratively. Especially considering it was a Sun afternoon so peak wknd crowd was gone and I literally saw 3 other cars in the pkg lot. She did let me check in at 2:45 for no addtl $. Did I mention we were staying with our rewards/loyalty points and they still would not allow a 1 hr early check in when the hotel was empty? Not very rewarding for rewards members. When I went to retrieve a luggage cart from the front desk at 5:15 am there was no one at the front desk, but an adult sound asleep on the couch in the lobby in front of the desk. I believe it was the front desk clerk based on the person that checked me out approx 30 min later. ?? Breakfast didn’t officially start until 6 am. However they had everything out at 5:45. This was helpful since we had an early start. Very limited but typical hotel bkst. Yogurt, 2 cereals, bagels, toast, eggs, sausage and bacon. Sign at check in says one bkst coupon per room for one person only which seemed odd, but we were given 2 vouchers at check in. Didn’t question it and said thank you. The gym was clean and all equipment appeared to be working. Very typical hotel gym set up. Asked for a receipt at check out. Was told they couldn’t generate one bc I paid with loyalty points. They said something would be emailed to me. I haven’t received anything…..yet. I always request a receipt showing zero balance when paying with loyalty points bc you have to give them a credit card for incidentals, etc. This property in the past has made a mistake of then charging the room to my card AND deducting our reward points. I always double check this. Sounds like a lot of negative items but we would stay there again. The location works for us, quick access to the freeway and trail system by the river, couple of restaurants near by, etc I’d give them a 3 star rating but they could easily be better with some TLC and just a

Although the hotel is old, it was clean and nice. Bed was comfortable and hotel was quiet. Pool was closed. Breakfast was honestly the worst I've seen. There was very little food at 8:30. We did sleep well, and the price for our room was good, so not a huge deal for us, but it was a disappointing breakfast.

We arrived at this hotel with a group booking for softball. Upon driving up, you can tell the hotel is a number of years old, but don’t let that deter you. The beds are some of the most comfortable that I’ve ever experienced (and I stay at about 20-30 hotels per year.). They have an amazing courtyard w a grill. Additionally, Destiny, the GM is outstanding. We had a number of snafus with our group reservation, and she made sure they did not affect our trip. She was amazing. I would not hesitate to come back here again. It was a great place to stay with our team!