Name: Designer Inn & Suites
Address: 403 Bus Hwy 30 West, Toledo, Toledo, Toledo, IA 52342, United States of America
Rating: 7

Air conditioning

24-hour reception

Smoke-free property

Heating

Newspapers

Television in lobby

No elevators

General

Bridal suite

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Fridge

Family room

Hairdryer

Flat-screen TV

Shower/Bathtub

Linens

Toiletries

Rooms

Accessibility features

Wheelchair Accessible

Accessibility

Wake-up service

Telephone

Iron

Services and amenities

Coffee/tea for guests

Breakfast

Vending machine

Microwave oven

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Languages Spoken

Barbecue grill(s)

Billiards

Picnic area

Barbeque

Recreation

Free parking

Parking

Swimming pool

Indoor Pool

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Fax and copy machine

Meeting and presentation facilities

Business

Playroom

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

Designer Inn & Suites

Toledo

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

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18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

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4-beds

40-beds

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9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

We arrived late, near 10 pm. The lobby is clean. Our comfy king bed was in a nicely sized room. The fridge held the contents of our cooler and overnight the freezer refroze the gel paks. After breakfast, we enjoyed playing in the indoor pool.
And the price is right.

Delighted with Designer Inn

My wife and I stayed one night in this hotel as a last minute stay on a cross country road trip.  We checked in close to midnight and thankfully were gone by 6:30am.  Even in that short period of time I developed a nice nasty cough.

This was the dirtiest hotel I've ever stayed in and with my wife being Latina I've stayed in some interesting places across Central America.  When we entered the room we both said "OMG what's that smell?"  I proceeded to check the fridge for mold and check the room for where the smell was coming from.  While doing that my wife was putting some sort of lemon oil on the pillows to cover the smell.  We then pulled back the comforter on the bed and the sheets were so dirty it looked like some sweaty dude just got out of the bed.  I then decided we're leaving and started to put some things back in my suitcase only to turn around and see my wife laying on top of the comforter sound asleep as she was wiped out.  I then put on long pants and a sweatshirt and covered the pillow with a shirt so I could just lay on the bed.  I was awake all night reading a book on my iPad as I was to grossed out to sleep.

The only decent thing about this hotel was the price and the fact that the bathroom was clean although the shower felt like getting hit with a fire hose as it was so strong.  I was joking afterwords that the shower was so strong because it needed to remove the top layer of contaminated skin.  The included breakfast looked as bad as the room so we skipped it and went to Perkins once we were closer to Des Moines.

Sadly I'm not exaggerating about this place.  It was truly disgusting and we would have been better off just sleeping in the car.  I rarely write a bad review as I don't really believe in doing that but this place really was something special.

Horrible and Dirty

I booked up the Designer Inn & Suites for our wedding on July 10th, 2021. We had tons family come in from out of state for the wedding. I blocked off ten rooms. We had 15 room booked to stay at Designer Inn & Suites in Toledo. 
As the bride (myself) and groom decided to splurge and get a suite. We stayed in room 202, otherwise known as the Roman Suite. The room was filthy. The bathtub had wads of hair that had not been cleaned up and there was a pill on the floor. After complaining to the manager, he assured me that the room had been cleaned. This was obviously not true. There were stains on the bed, and sex toys in the mattress. I have never felt more disgusting in my entire life. We paid $220 to stay in the dirtiest room in the hotel. I had SEVERAL complaints from other guests that stayed for our wedding. We had family stay in the Aces Wild suite as well. The guests requested an extra blanket for their son, and were given 4 towels and were told to make due. After we checked out of our room and I asked for a comment card, the manager reached into the recycling bin to hand me a blank sheet of paper. I am assuming this was intended to be the "comment card"? Before wasting time to write it down, the worker asked what was wrong. I repeated multiple times that our room was not cleaned. He interrupted me and assured me it was cleaned. Instead of wasting time we left. There was obviously no use in sitting there, probably covered in bedbugs as it was no use. I was INCREDIBLY disappointed in our stay and will be posting my review online. There is ABSOLUTELY no reason we should have paid $220 for a hotel room that wasn't even suitable for rats.

SO GROSSED OUT

The place was very dirty in the lobby and hall ways the staff was not friendly at all. The shower didn't work no pool carpet missing in the hall way room was OK but not overly clean and quite small whirlpool was nice fire place was very cheap and not going to stay there again and wouldn't recommend it to anyone I like. Bad hotel ok room for the 150.00 but ya.

Bad place to stay

We've been going here since we got married 12 yrs ago. We go several times a year for birthdays, anniversary's...always staying in one of the fantasy suites. This weekend we went and are sorry to say, this was our last visit here. The entire building is getting run down. We had the Rainforest which has always been our favorite. The shower had mold in the corners,it has a rain maker shower, but 1/2 of it was not working, (handheld was broken, some of the other jets didn't either) water would only get to 61 deg. after running it on 100 for 20 min. The mattress needs replaced, when you lay on it, there is a dip in the middle so both of us rolled to that spot in our sleep. Mattress also  has a lot of worn spots on it. 
 The hotel is to be no smoking, yet the hallways smell very strongly of cigarettes. Vending machines not working, we had to make a trip down the road for water and juices. 
  We thought it was odd that so many fantasy rooms were available as they fill up quickly, now we know why. After asking, we were told someone bought it from the original owner about a year ago, so that explains a lot. 
  Extremely small bars of soap and a generic shampoo now, not like in the past 
 We will miss this place, but not going back. If you do stay here, Mike's pizza down the road is quite good.

place is going downhill

We began staying here in the fantasy suites when we got married in 2008. They were such a nice change from a standard hotel room and relaxing too. We have not been her in awhile and decided to have a get away last weekend. We have been in all the rooms except the Aces Wild, which we chose for this trip. When we checked in, the clerk was not very friendly.  As soon as we walked in the hotel, we regretted it. The hallways smells like cigarettes, one wall had a huge crack, A door on a room we passed looked like someone had kicked it in. When we walked in our room, we were disappointed as the room was very small compared to the other suites. It was a standard room with things squeezed in. The carpet was very worn. In front of the whirlpool tub, the carpet was frayed. I used the bathroom, when I flushed the water kept running so we had to take the tank cover off and mess with the float. 9did this each time it was used). Later in the evening, we decided to use the whirlpool. The drain would not shut all the way, so water leaked out and we had to keep filling it up. (gave up after 20-30 minutes).   When we went to bed, the heater was set at 68. I woke at 230 AM with a sore throat and freezing. It was blowing out cold air. I turned it off and on a couple times and up to 72 before it finally started blowing out warmer. I did tell the front desk, but felt like he was annoyed with me for doing so.  The other suites have always been fairly quiet, this one was not at all. We had people smoking & talking outside our window from 10- midnight, when the room next to us ran water we couldn't hear our TV. We could hear them in their tub as well. This is the 1st time we have ever felt that was about this place. We think it may be under new management as the previous ones were great with upkeep and staff was always friendly. If so, it's unfortunate as this was a nice getaway place.

Fantasy Suites not as nice as in past

My boyfriend and I visited this hotel last night and stayed in the themed Arctic room advertised to have a sauna and jacuzzi in the room. 

When we entered the room, it smelled like urine. I figured out that it was coming from the air vent by the window. We turned on the Jacuzzi and only got lukewarm water. When we took showers later there was only lukewarm water. I let the receptionist know later that we did not have hot water and that the room smelled really bad. She said that she would leave a note for her manager regarding the smell and that they can’t guarantee hot water to every room. The receptionist was really unfriendly and did not offer to make amends of any kind. 

With tax, we paid $208.34 for one Saturday night as a getaway. For that amount of money, I feel that we should’ve had hot water and a clean smelling room with at least decent customer service.

I’m very disappointed in our stay. We will NOT be going back and do not recommend.

Arctic Nights Room

I've actually stayed at this hotel a couple of times and the rooms I've had were clean, quiet and the breakfast was good. It's easily accessible to the casino and right in town close to everything, keep in mind though this is a very small town.  The reason I gave it only 3 stars is because of the staff.  I recently tried booking a room and was told to call back and speak with the manager about government discounts.  I tried the next day and was told she was busy and unavailable.  I would think that all staff would know what discounts they offer.  They answer the phone and sound like they are in a hurry.  Customer service definitely needs improvement.  This happened to me the last time I stayed and didn't want to go through this again so I decided to stay at the Super 8 instead.  Quick, easy, reservation and with a discount.

Reception needs help

The room was dingy and smelled like skunk. Chair and ottoman was already broken and worn out. Overall the room just felt yucky when we walked in.  Checked in, went to our other venue, and checked out, not staying in that place.  Wouldn't recommend it and won't ever go back.

Anniversary night

Rented a fantasy suite. It was filthy and in poor repair. There were holes in the chair fabric. Not at all like the photo on the website. A sign in the room warned about drug activity in the hotel. More like a "nightmare" than a "fantasy"! 

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