Red Lion Inn & Suites Des Moines, Des Moines

Bad

Very good

Great staff awesome beds to...

Liked: The bed was amazing and so was the size of the room. I think they could of had a better breakfast as they only had Cheerios and toast...
Disliked: See above

keep the good job

Liked: very good

Exceptional

This place should be condemned...

Liked: smells like the shit hole it appears to be. clearly a section 8 used and abused soup kitchen with no soup if the broken down rusted cars with missing or gargbage bag coverd windows dont stop you then the felons working here certainly should prevent anybody from checking in but if it dosent then how bout the strong overwhelming sounds spanish and african children yelling runing and pissing down the hallways at all times of the day and evning will. we didnt even stay in the room we ended up at a friends couch for the night it was that bad
Disliked: Ive seen crack houses in Harlem with more curb appeal and less crack heads around them than this place absolutely did not feel safe enough to spend an hour let alone the night any where near this car theifes delight.

Rested well.

Liked: The staff was friendly, the bed was comfortable and it was quiet ( even by the elevator).
Disliked: A few updates were appreciated; shower needs to be replaced. Few channels available on TV.

Poor

I really think the red...

Liked: The location was good for multiple directions of things to do.
Disliked: The prostitution and drugs all over and around the hotel. The bar next door keeping us up til 3 in the morning playing their music in the parking lot after the bar closes.

The worst place I've ever...

Liked: The staff were very friendly.
Disliked: The first room we were given was filthy. The bathtub looked like it had not been cleaned for a long time and had hair stuck in the jet intake. It is a non-smoking facility, but the hallway and eventually our room smelled like marijuana. No one working at the hotel seemed to mind. The backdoor to the facility was never locked (even at night when it was supposed to be), so anyone could come in. Their paper sign taped to the backdoor, saying "no visitors after 9pm," went unnoticed as it seemed more like a brothel than a hotel. It is not the hotels fault, but the location is terrible. My husband woke up early and had a feeling he needed to go check on our truck. While he was outside, he noticed that the car next to ours had the drivers window broken out. We were lucky as the guy at the front desk chased off the guys that broke the window before they messed with our truck. He also heard about 10 gunshots really close. With the backdoor not being secure, we felt very unsafe. We had booked 2 nights and only stayed for 1. I would not recommend staying at this hotel.