Lombard Plaza Motel

Pros: It was a last minute trip and the price was right.

Cons: The other guests were a little questionable looking characters. They are renovating the hotel and the workers were hanging outside the rooms. They didn't look very professional.

The website didn't mention that they were under construction. I can feel the vibrations of the nails being hammered to the ceiling, as I was staying on the second floor. A lot of construction noise. If I knew about it, I wouldn't have stayed there.

Pros: The bathroom was really nice.

Cons: Too much furniture in the room.

I used to recommend the motel under the old ownership to friends. I'm not sure I can do that any more. It's a shame because it's in a great location, and it's cheap and safe with free parking and wifi. But seriously, if you can't get past the front desk after 15 minutes when you're tired, none of that matters, does it?

Cons: The new owners of the motel need to get their act together. I couldn't even check in - the card reader wouldn't read any of my cards, and the guy at the front desk acted as if it was my fault, so I gave up and went and stayed with a friend instead.

First of all, the room smelled like smoke (and it was supposed to be a non-smoking room). There were burn marks on the comforter and the blanket. I killed a roach that was crawling on the wall. The chairs were disgustingly filthy and dirty, I didn't dare put my things on them. I had to put my things only on the counters after wiping them down. The people in the 'office' (if you can even call it that) didn't really seem surprised nor did they care to move me to a different room. Forget about asking for a refund. So it was either sleep there feeling itchy or sleep in the car, which was not the best weather to try that. I will NEVER sleep at this motel ever again and hope that they either do improvements or go out of business so no one else has to go through what I went through while I was there.

Pros: Nothing

Cons: There was nothing I liked about this motel.