“With all the great reviews, I was expecting it to be immaculate and well maintained. That was not my experience. It was very comfortable and relatively clean. Staff were friendly and helpful. Full disclosure, my opinion could be slightly skewed because, for some reason, I thought the place was much closer to Effingham - but it was 45 minutes away adding an extra hour and a half to my trip. But that is NOT the hotel’s fault - I just didn’t check all the details closely enough on Expedia. But……
“This was a fine place to stay for a simple overnight. (I stayed here to sleep before catching a 4 a.m. train.) The room itself was comfortable--not luxurious, but clean and everything worked. Two issues to be aware of: there is a very large internal atrium that is conspicuously not air conditioned and was VERY hot when I checked in on a hot day. (The room AC worked fine.) Also, the stairway to the second floor was steep and pretty dark during the evening and night. There was no light source……