Motel 6 Altoona, IA - Des Moines East

Not an acceptable place to stay!

Nothing Everything

Very dirty everything.

The best thing they can do to this hotel is to get a bulldozer and tear it down!! I have stayed in hundreds of hotels- this is the king of terrible!!

Very shifty motel for proce charged

location,& close to other services access to outlining stores

Now for the Cons: The building itself has definitely seen better days, and it has a strange layout that is marked with hand written signs. Our room had the following: the bed had stains, the wall had stains, the bed was very uncomfortable, the fitted sheet did not fit and any movement caused it to pop off, one of pur pillows was basically non-existent it's stuffing was so disintegrated, one of the wall attached nightstands was movable and tilting, the lights were a harsh white that was not comfortable at all, and there was no seating in the room beyond a molded plastic chair, the trim was falling off the front of the shower, there was no shampoo for showering and the none towels were any bigger than hand towels. The only reason I am bothering with this review is because the price was far too high for the quality of the room. I have paid far less for far nicer rooms. If the price was more in line with the quality of the room and the building, I would be more forgiving. I imagine the proximity to the theme park is why they charge what they do.

Before I even walked in to check in, I was a little nervous because I saw a couple of homeless people pushing carts in the parking lot. Got up to the room and my wife quickly noticed the bed sheets had not been changed because they had human hair all over them. While bringing up our luggage, I got approached by a prostitute in the hallway 10 ft from our room. Then I noticed one of the homeless people pushing their cart down the hallway. We loaded our luggage back into the car and left. I've never been so happy to lose $154 in my life. So there you go

The staff person who checked me in was nice.

Light not working over sink,hole in wall,safety latch broke.

Room was clean, outside around the building needs a lot of maintenance and cleaning

Horrible. When we got into the room, our sheets and pillows were on the ground. There was dead bugs in the room. Front counter staff was helpful when I needed a some paper.

Definitely a cheap place to stay. Bed was somewhat comfortable but the pillows were horrid. Outside was slightly unkempt.

If you only need a place for a night this will do the job but it is a bare bones establishment. No carpet. Metal bed frames. Mattresses were alright but not the most supportive. The ceiling had something on it in the main room. The bathroom had no cover for the vent in the ceiling. The walls down the main corridor show signs of work but it's not covered up well. Other work was needed too. Like I said bare bones. It will do the job for a cheap night but isn't a great place to stay or the most warm in atmosphere.

Area and hallways dirty. Doors were broken as anyone could walk in after hours. Never cleaned my room during my 3 day stay. Mirror light didn't work. Hard to shave in the dark. Sink was plugged up and had to get a plunger and do it myself. I will never stay here again!

I guess we like how close it was to adventure land Well....the room was dirty, no shower curtain, the remote was under the bed..the floors were sticky as shit. The hallway is super dirty. The pictures say it has a pool well guess what it doesn't was filthy and closed. Was one of the reasons I booked this place. Was very disappointed it definitely isn't a 4 star hotel dont let them foul you. The price was pretty high for how crappie this place was

Nothing Dirty, floors dirty, patches and holes everywhere, toilet seat not attached, cigarette holes in comforter, hallways gross, not enough lighting in room or bathroom. Mold issues, rooms musty smelling.

Nothing Pool was closed, hallways had trash on the floors, blankets were soiled in room when requested new they brought me a bag of linens that were still wet from not being dried all the way, floors were dirty where my children and I had to wear shoes in the room, toliet seat was broken and kept falling off, I do not recommend anyone to ever stay here!!!!!

The place is very run down.. Only a couple of lights worked in the room and the sink took 2 days to drain.. there was trash everywhere inside and out.. walking to the room there were pills on the floor..the place smelled like a marijuana dispensary on a free day.. the security door lock was tore out so no safety.. pool was not working even though I had called to verify that they had a working pool.. it had been out of service for a long time and they had no idea when they would be getting it fixed.. staff if and when you could find one was somewhat helpful.. I would suggest that someone from corporate should come to investigate and crack down on getting things fixed.. we were very disappointed with the altoona motel 6 and will not be staying there again and won't be recommending it to anyone..

Not a great place. The room I got, I think was one of the best they had. Air worked, water was hot..