Name: Americas Best Value Inn Story City
Address: 1520 Broad Street, Story City, Story City, Story City, 50248, United States of America
Rating: 6

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Iowa Falls Municipal Airport

Americas Best Value Inn Story City

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New owner/manager in January 2018.  Probably would have not stayed there if we would have judge it from the outside but new owner is in the process of completely updating this older motel.  Large rooms, new beds, new large flat screen TV, microwave and mini-fridge for under $70 on a weekend was a great deal.  Very clean.  Also a great little Mexican restaurant attached to one end of the motel.  Only gave it a 4 because updates are still in progress otherwise would have been a 5.

Good, reasonably priced place to stay while passing through Story City.

While the staff was very friendly this property is very run down and desperately needs a deep cleaning. Don’t believe the pictures on the website - they are misleading.  The breakfast options were small and looked far from fresh, so we didn’t eat it.  Will not stay here again.

Not a good place to stay

Came here after my husband's family reunion.  This place is so disgusting.  Every inch of this room is filthy.  Not worth a single penny.  The bathroom has hair all over it.  I don't think the carpet has been cleaned or vacuumed.  The walls are filthy.  We booked this room because family was staying here being on a tight budget.  Man this place sucks

Do Not Come Here

To be fair, we did not actually stay here.  We stopped here before going to the Super 8 because we try to support local establishments rather than chains.  However, after reading a few reviews of this place, I was concerned about the cleanliness of the rooms.  My husband asked if we could see a room prior to deciding on whether or not to stay, and instead, the man at the front desk just described the room to him.  At other establishments, they have simply handed over a key and/or walked us to a room, and it has been no big deal.  Given that he did not seem eager to let us see a room first, I took this as an indication that I probably wouldn't be thrilled with the condition of the room.  We decided to head to the Super 8 instead, where we had a very nice, comfortable stay.

Take this rating with a grain of salt...

Stayed here this past weekend to attend the ISU/Iowa Football game in Ames. Opted for this place because I grew up in the area and had great memories of this place (a long, long time ago). Let me start by saying that I do not require fancy hotels, so that was not what I was looking for. I understood this to be exactly what it is, an older motel off of main interstate. So my expectation was not at all of luxury or anything exceptional. I had read the Trip Advisor reviews before I booked our two rooms for two nights and didn't give it a second thought. I wish I had. 

This motel is not clean. The carpet and walls in our rooms are so dirty, it's actually uncomfortable. The sheets and bedding seemed clean enough, but it ended there. Anytime carpet is so dirty you would never walk barefoot in your room and the walls are so grungy you don't want to touch them, it makes me nervous that other things are not properly cleaned (like the ice machine for example). It is just one of those places that you know is not clean. Floorboards are gross. The shower is gross. It is just obviously not clean. 

There is a really gross popcorn machine in the lobby that looks like it hasn't been cleaned in years. There wasn't popcorn in it, thank goodness, because I can't imagine it would be safe to eat out of it. The continental breakfast had way to many things that are not individually wrapped and nothing was provided to pick them up. So, you are essentially using your hands to take things out of a container and other people had too.  I really am only comfortable doing this with my own family. Certainly not with strangers. I'm kind of surprised they aren't required to have things in individual servings for sanitary reasons. You shouldn't have to get peanut butter out of a big jar like you do at home when you are staying at a motel. The fridge in the breakfast room was really really dirty which would make any reasonable person very concerned about any food that was in it.

I should also note that at some point in the past few years, they have lopped off part of the hotel and turned it into a Mexican Restaurant. This is kind of weird, but that aside, when we checked into our rooms, which were on that wing, the smell of cooking food or boiling meat or something was so strong that each time we left our room, we exited quickly because we were afraid that the smell would get in our rooms. It was terrible.

The rooms certainly need updating which doesn't seem like it would be a huge deal because the furniture itself is in fine shape and generic enough to not seem dated. They very much need new carpet. They need to have sheers behind the curtains so you have an option in-between a fully open, exposing window and really dark curtains. They need to check the light fixtures. One of the lamps in our room had the bulb fixture almost hanging by a thread.

The only good thing about this place, besides the location and it's proximity to our activities for the weekend, is that the people at the front desk are very, very friendly. We did not complain about anything while we were there, because, quite frankly, the list would have been so long, it would have been ridiculous. And, at a place as dirty as that, it's clear that they either don't care if it's clean or don't know what clean is. And us complaining was not going to fix that. It would have just potentially left us with no place to sleep on a busy weekend. Safe to say, we will never stay there ever again.

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