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3.5 out of 5
Hotel Ottumwa
107 E 2nd St, Ottumwa, IA

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 148 out of 370 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 142 out of 370 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 47 out of 370 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 370 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 370 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Linda F

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was reasonably priced with excellent features.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel, Fairbanks

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was very clean and the hotel staff was very friendly and professional they was always willing to answer questions if you had any I definitely will be returning I highly recommend staying here if your in Ottumwa 😊
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Randy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

John

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Renee

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Easy walk from Amtrak with desk open upon late arrival. Nice breakfast in hotel restaurant included and we were able to store our luggage at hotel until train departure. Good place to get a night’s bed rest in an historic hotel on a cross country train trip.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Bobbie

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice historical property with all the amenities.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Crystal

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love staying here and I stay here a lot. It is a historical building, so the rooms are not super fancy, but they are comfortable and clean and the staff is amazing. I love Tom Tom Tap and the other restaurant onsite. Also, pretty sure it's haunted.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rachelle

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

TERESA

Liked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

perry

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It’s a cool old historic hotel that needs some updating. One of our beds didn’t smell great so we used the other one. Loved the Tom Tom Tap. Good dinner and drinks.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden Gem In Ottumwa
Pleasantly surprised at the cleanliness as well as the service here. Great location and priced right.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Lori

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ckean quite..not over priced
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jacquelyn

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Jessy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed my stay

10/10 Excellent

Skye

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Troy

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cristi

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historic Hotel a real find!
What a delight to find this historic hotel in Ottumwa IA. Excellent checkin experience. Quiet comfortable room at a great price.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Amy

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Hotel was originally built in 1917 and while the lobby retains some charm, the rooms do not. Drop ceiling and carpet so old I left my socks on to avoid walking barefoot on it. Shower water pressure was sorely lacking. Had to set AC at 60 to be relatively comfortable on a cooler evening.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Baljinder

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice stuff
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had wanted to stay in this historic hotel. It has character and was a nice place to stay. The included breakfast in the restaurant was delicious. Found out after we made the reservation that new owners will be converting the hotel to apartments. Hope they keep and restore the historic details. Glad we stayed once before it closes!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Dianna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Nancy

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
It’s an OLD property, but has NO charm
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Pamela, Olathe

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very convinient place to stay! Great restaurant and bar!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is a very old building very unique in appearance. They give you free breakfast vouchers for each day you stay, there is a Resturant in the hotel and there is also a bar in the hotel. Very payed back Enviromental. Very easy to find a place to park. The hotel also is decorated with antique furniture. Very cool hotel!! I and my wife will be staying there again when we visit Iowa.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

WILLIAM, Scandinavia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well maintained for older property. Sketchy crowd always present just outside on the street, but.friendly enough. Enjoyed.the.location,. walking downtown and by the river.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Grand old historic hotel. Love it!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

William

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Delrae

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming Hotel
Front desk gentleman was very friendly and helpful. Room was clean and bed was comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a very cute, comfortable hotel very near everything.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Wesley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Taylor

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Derald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved the big fluffy towels, complimentary breakfast choices in their own restaurant and comfortable bedding.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jamie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice location.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jordan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Nice Hotel
Overall a very nice stay and good price for this hotel. Both the staff and other guests were very nice. Its great they offer breakfast and have food options on site. The internet isn't what I'd call fast but its reliable and stable, I had no issues doing anything I needed to online. The bed was comfy and room was quiet. The bathroom is small as others have stated, but it was very clean and provided a nice shower. The negatives would be the initial smell of the building and the fact that my room had the AC turned off on arrival which made it very hot and lacking ventilation which caused it to be smelly. its not a bad smell like stale cigarettes, just of an old building. On my second day I was completely used to it and no longer smelled it. Which is good. I do worry about the smell getting in my clothes but its probably fine. Im going to stay there again for sure, I already have another booking. The convenience of food options and reliable internet is more than most modern hotels can offer. Theres also a liquor store a block away and the canteen restaurant right across the road.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Ali

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The front entrance stairs need fixed- they are not level and I almost lost my balance. That’s really the only problem to be honest.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Kent

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It's an old hotel. Guy next door had a coughing fit. Motorcycles were also noisy. Night clerk was coldly polite and didn't speak very loud. The covid glass is still up. Just an okay place to stay and a bit pricey for what you get.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Amber

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Norimichy

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No comment
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jody

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Joy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice Historical hotel
Friendly staff. Clean room but did have a bit of a musty type smell. Room was nice size but the bathroom was small compared to more modern hotels. Bed was comfortable. The breakfast was good. Overall for one night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Dean

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
I like the old building, the elevator and halls stank but the room was nice and clean and comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Other than after checking in and going up to the room on the fifth floor and the key failed to open the door and had to go back to have it remedied, all was good.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Christina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Dated but rooms were clean. Breakfast was delicious
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Phil

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023