Standard Room, Multiple Beds, Non Smoking | Blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews of Rodeway Inn

2 out of 5
Rodeway Inn
703 N Cedar St, Kalkaska, MI

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 40 out of 236 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 60 out of 236 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 76 out of 236 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 31 out of 236 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 236 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Easy check-in, friendly staff, comfortable bed, and great night sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Kimbal

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Property was generally average to below average. The room was much smaller than expected. Very little space around the bed (which was not the most comfortable). My wife said there was some dirt on the floor, but generally clean otherwise. The bathroom was as small as a closet. Difficult to get out of the way of the door to close it. It had practically no space between the toilet and the wall in front. The shower curtain was not long enough to prevent water getting on the floor outside the shower stall. It had no shelves to hold soap or shampoo. I don't know if all the rooms were like this, but if so, I would not recommend this hotel. Staff (especially the young man) was often missing from the front desk with no indication why.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

LIsa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Small but cozy and clean
The staff was friendly and the place was very clean. Our was small but we are so busy doing other things we only sleep and shower pretty much. So it was perfect for us!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Steve

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

jason

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kimber

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Jeffrey

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall, the room was clean and everything was fine. However, the "breakfast" on the news was even better than yesterday was less than adequate, unless you want cereal. They kept running out of things and it was just overall a week breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Taylor

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good for the price! Nice place to stay without breaking the bank.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Rita

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Cassidy

Traveled with partner
Our weekend stay was satisfactory for what it was! It's definitely a budget stay but there was nothing glaringly wrong. The musty smell on the second floor and in our room would be the only thing worth commenting. Good for what you pay!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Naomi

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property is in the midst of a much needed renovation so some features look better than others. But the bed was comfortable and everyone who works there is SO kind it made up for the deficient features.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Gary P.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Tammy

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Not worth it
Bathroom light was out, vomit was on the wall, toilet was dirty. Sheets were too small and wouldn’t stay on the bed. Only 1 flat pillow was provided per person and only 2 towels were provided for 3 people. Horrible stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
They were remodeling. Didn't impact our stay at all. It will look great when they are done. Slight smell in the room but not overwhelming or disgusting.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Wiuld definitely stay again.
Friendly staff. Our room was clean and comfortable, new carpet. They are in the middle of renovation so not everything was finished.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Remodeling in progress.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Ronald

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Things I liked: Pleasant folks at desk, comfortable bed. nice outdoor area. Things to work on: I was surprised that on the first full day of our stay, no one came to tidy the room. When we left on Sunday morning, I saw one of those signs on the table saying they conserve on towels, and if you want extra service, go to the desk. Well, we only started with a thin bath towel, hand towel, and washcloth for each of us. If you wanted a towel to wash your hair, I guess the hand towel was supposed to suffice? Even if I had seen the sign, I would have been a bit put out. There is a staircase with high steps that were a bit difficult (not impossible) for me to negotiate. Once I got to my room, I pretty much wanted to hunker down I'm also unclear if that sign meant you had to ask for cleaning. I understand I was at a budget hotel. I started out camping in TC, then joined my husband when he drove up because he didn't want to camp. Given the casual nature of the weekend overall, I thought it would be fine. Even at budget prices, it still costs three figures a night to stay there. It is not an insignificant sum of money for many people. A LITTLE pampering would have been nice (room-cleaning!) There is breakfast with a waffle maker and an omelet maker available. It was nice to have that. The building is going through a remodel; it has that under-construction feeling. I could live with that. I might like to return in a year just to see if things have improved.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gayle

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay was good but the carpet was dirty. My feet were dirty after walking on carpet. Had to wash my feet and put shoes on. Carpet s really need to be cleaned. Staff was very friendly and kind.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

barbara

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pay your workers more so they can take care of their health.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Kathleen

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Decent place to stop and sleep for a night. Had the basics which was fine.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

RICH

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property was under renovation and some the amenities were missing. However, the staff worked very hard to make our stay as pleasant as possible.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great price on a newly remodeled room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

sherry

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
It was clean and comfortable the staff is absolutely amazing
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jasper

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I went there due to a power outage and it was a horrible stay that he didn't even work the bathtub didn't even work and the people are like some hell jacks
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Heather

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Guest laundry room nwould be great
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not sure I’d come back
When walking into to the room you definitely get hit with a smell. Then you go into the bathroom and it looks like some one broke the sun floor so the toilet sits real low and the tile around the toilet is a broken. The shower is like a mustard yellow. It’s obvious they tried to update parts of it.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great price for a nights rest.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gabrielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Karrie

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
My room was full of cobwebs. Toilet was crooked. Paint on walls a mess. For the price i paid a night the room should have looked alot nicer. The cleaning staff was very nice. But they need to be taught the proper way to clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

William

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
Little outdated but very clean and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Bryant

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place for what we needed!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean, but cramped
Very clean room, but quite cramped. Walls thin. Room right off breakfast room, could hear everything going on there. Ok for the most basic of stays.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pam 143
When I made my reservation I asked for a few requests and they made them all available to me. Very friendly staff 😀
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Response from Parisa on Jul 5, 2021
Thank you so much for being a guest with us and we would also like to say thank you for the kind review. We look forward to having you come stay with us again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very close for us to use for snowmobiling. Room was clean and very affordable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Toilet lever hard to push down. Could not do it with just fingers. TV wasn’t clear and keycard didn’t always work. Had to wait 25minutes in lobby for someone to show up to rekey card after calling numerous numbers. But the bed was very comfortable, the room was clean and when requested extra towels etc staff was there in a matter of minutes and shower was hot
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2021

6/10 Okay

Art

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In desperate need of repair, toilet was on loose as was the sink faucet. It’s a $50 dollar a night room so I guess you shouldn’t expect much.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020
Response from Kate on Dec 23, 2020
Art, Thank You for your honest review. We are an older hotel and because we want a good experience for our guests, we are doing some major renovations we feel our guests will enjoy. updated rooms and overall appearance inside and out, a friendly, cheerful staff. We look forward to an opportunity to welcome you back for a better experience. Happy Holidays from All of Us here At Rodeway Inn Kalkaska.

10/10 Excellent

Baby S.

Liked: Cleanliness
Cute
Old building but very well maintained great staff

2/10 Terrible

PATTI, Kalkaska

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
My bathroom had man hair all over the floor and in the tub! No spare roll of toilet paper! The first room they were going to put us in smelled like smoke! We asked to be moved!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Sherry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean, friendly, affordable!
For an older hotel, the rooms and office areas were very clean! Staff was extremely friendly, inviting and helpful! Only complaint was the mattress wasn't super comfortable to me! Hotel had NO vacancy but when an elderly couple drove in from Texas, the staff went above and beyond to accommodate them in a newly renovated room that didn't even have furniture in it yet. They moved a bed in and discounted the room cost!! Their kindness speaks a thousand words!! Would definitely stay here again!!!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020