Essex House Motel

The room was utterly deplorable. Snot on the wall, sticky floor, filthy towels with hair & water only dribbled out of the shower head. Returned the key immediately & left. Asked for a full refund…. Not confident they will do the right thing and give a refund. Found 1000% better lodging for not much more $

Moraine Evening reception staff wonderful. Morning reception staff, horrendously rude! Room great. Will come again, although noisy

Do Not Recommend This is a low quality motel with minimal amenities. During a heat wave, daily temps over 95, the air conditioning was not working and had not been working for more than a week. Inside the rooms the temp was about 85. There is no ice machine, the fridge in the room might work. The TV did not work. Overall I would have been better off sleeping outside

Good Customer Service Good customer service

DO NOT STAY HERE. The room was nothing short of grim. It looked like a bomb shelter, minus the charm. The mattress was thin, noisy, and slanted up in the middle by a giant spring. Next to the bed was a lamp with no bulb. The door was very flimsy and only had one small lock. I didn't know towels that bad even existed. There were no amenities other than the world's smallest bar of soap, and very dried up packets of shampoo/lotion. The "tv" was a small computer monitor in the middle of a huge wall. The owner tried to collect a $5 cash deposit "for the key," which seemed like a sick joke, given the state of things. This was not worth anything close to the $80 we paid.

Make it a parking lot! Motel was great in 1968, hasn’t been maintained. Curtains were pieces of shower curtains. No tissues provided, mold in the shower, only chair was a restaurant style, dresser drawer was broken, stains on tile floor, closet shelf was stained and dirty. For the price, I was robbed.