Rodeway Inn Lyons - Lyons 41.81629, -87.83702

Urban location, so you either need a car or you can commute into Chicago Union station on the Metra from Brookfield station (15 min walk from hotel); train takes about 30 mins. Only breakfast available at the hotel, and this is very basic (waffles, bagels, muffins, & cereals). My room had king size bed, wash basin in room with separate ensuite (WC, bath with shower mixer).

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Only stayed 1 night prior to an early morning flight. The hotel lacks curb appeal but the room was clean and comfortable for our purpose. Front desk employee was very helpful and pleasant. Wouldn't plan staying there for a vacation.

We have stayed at this motel on three different occasions, always because it is close to Midway Airport and reasonably priced. This time we asked for a microwave and the one that was brought to our room was broken. No others were available. Also, there was no coffee maker in the room and no coffee available in the office. The breakfast begins at 7AM, so that is later than most motels and we were on the way to Midway long before then. We were quite satisfied with the king bed and the cleanliness of the room. Burger King is walking distance. Also, a couple other small places to eat.

Was good location for the Brookfield Zoo area where we were going. Comfortable room and very clean.

The service desk personel were awesome! Very helpful and courteous. I would recommend this hotel to anyone going to that area. I would definitely stay there again.

hotel is a long ways from every where. shower had mold on it. the floor was filthy. hotel staff was very nice and helpful except for the staff and the breakfast room. she didnt speak english. overall i wouldnt stay here again becuz of the location and how dirty it was.

the hotel staff was very cooperative

I am moving to Chicago for a new job, and I stayed here while I was apartment hunting. It was a short drive into the city each day. Only complaint is how hot it the room got at night. There was no temperture control in the room. There was a fridge in the room and a great pizza place that delivered.

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for my purpose it was as good as any. all i wanted was a place to sleep before flying out of Midway early in the am. so this was a convenient hotel and was clean and comfortable. my only complaint was the tissue and the toilet paper was closer in texture to sand paper. othe than that it was ok.

We (our family of 4) chose this hotel because of the reasonable rates. We found it was also well-maintained and the staff was friendly and helpful. Very limited on-site parking. Easy to drive to Chicago attractions from here (15 mins or so). Indoor pool under renovation but didn't matter to us. Fast-food restaurants, pharmacy and groceries nearby. We would stay here again.

THOUGH IT WAS TO HAVE COFFEE MAKER IN ROOM. HEAT DIDN'T REGULATE RIGHT, USUALY TO HOT, RAN OUT OF HOT WHEN SHOWERING

When I checked in, Terry was an excellent host. Very friendly and did everything she could to make my stay comfortable. The room was clean, bed was comfortable, I had a refrigerator, microwave, and coffee pot, as requested. However, I had a couple of issues with the hotel. 1. You can't regulate the heat. The register is open and cannot be closed. Hence, I opened the door for awhile, to cool the room off and then, blocked the register. I then slept fairly well. 2. The AM clerk did not give me a wake up call, as I asked. I know Terry made a note of it. Thankfully, my husband called me, because when I turned the radio off, I must have also turned the alarm off. When I walked in the office, I woke up the clerk. When I said I needed a fast checkout because I was running behind due to the fact that I didn't get a wake up call, as requested, she said the phones weren't working? I didn't verify that. Hubby called me on cell.

Clean and comfortable room. Good breakfast selection and service. Fairly close to Midway Airport. Easy access to Interstates.

No shampoo/conditioner in rooms. Desk clerk very rude and not at all helpful. Called for directions to hotel and got incorrect directions. Not an airport hotel as listed. at least 12 miles away from airport. Room key didn't work the first time. Bad service all around.

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I was to going to be flying out of Midway early the next morning so we were looking for close to there and clean room. This place is off the 'beating path' but greatly surpised. The bed was comfortable for me but not my husband. Would stay again.

Check in was quick and easy using hotels.com. The room was clean and staff was helpful. Quiet neighborhood. In the morning we were woke up by construction on the roof, but otherwise we were impressed by the value for our dollar.

There were several issues during our three day stay. First, there was NO dresser for our clothes. The hair dryer blew out the power several times so we just went with wet hair. No coffee service or pot cleaned the second day. They re-key the door lock every night but we were not told that upon check-in, so we had to go to the front desk every night to get a new key. No ironing board or iron in the room. The in-door pool was under construction. Our "smoking" room was all that was available and it smelt like a bar. The curtain on the window was broken so it didn't really cover the full opening. There were screaming kids in the parking lot early in the morning. Room temperature was very difficult to control. Now for the good. The people were very responsive to our requests and were sympathetic to the situation. They delivered a small refrigerator within a few minutes of our asking. Bathroom were recently remodeled. And, there was a Walgreen's store a block away.

Horrible neighborhood, the room HAS MIRRORS ON THE CEILING (this should tell you what kind of hotel it is.

This is a cheap place to stay and it was surprisingly comfortable. It works for a business trip, but I DO NOT recommend bringing a family. The juice machine was out of juice and while I watched the hotel staff cook themselves waffles, I grabbed one of the last few milk cartons... and this was at 7:15AM (breakfast opens at 7AM. Don't count on anything but clean sheets and bring earplugs.

This hotel was totally unexceptable by any standards. I feel it should not even be advertised on hotels.com. The rating should not even have a half of a star. The continential breakfast was a couple small hostess donuts, coffee and cereal with no milk. The bathrooms of all three rooms we rented had hair in the tub and were not cleaned.

This was the 2nd time I stayed at Rodeway Inn and have been happy with it both times. Would definitely go back.

Needs Improvement, Close to zoo. price could be better for location. Great Waffles.

This is probably not a place you'd want to bring your family, or stay in for an extended period. But my business in Chicago was very brief so I spent very little time in the room. Upon pulling up to the hotel I was a bit shocked at how old it looked. I'll admit I had a "Coming to America" moment and began to panic a little. But the room was clean and the staff was helpful. I was a bit disappointed that the indoor pool wasn't available, but maybe that was for the best since it was like 32 degrees outside anyway. Honestly, whose in the mood for swimming in weather like that? :)

The hotel was nice, the rooms were clean and the staff were helpful. The location of the hotel was not ideal for those wishing to see the city as it was a 30min train ride; however, the train was only a 15min walk away and the fares were cheap. The breakfast provided was also very good and included in the price, my only suggestion would be more fruit!! Overall very satisfied with the hotel and would stay again.

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I did not attend the continental breakfast, left early, and arrived late the night before, so the overall atmosphere of the place may have escaped me, but the walls were paper thin, parking lot quite small and conjoined, so I couldn't see my car without stepping out of my room. if you need a place for one person to stay the evening, it's acceptable, but not for a family.

First of all, our key to the room didn't work. And they had no other no-smoking room and only one available is this without key working. So every time we came from out and want to g to our room we had to go to open desk and ask someone to open the door with the key. Second, our remote for TV didn't work. And third and most worst is on our last day which is on Jan 1 2008 we didn't even get hot water to take shower. That day in chicago the temperatures were freezing with almost -15 wind chill.We called open desk and they asked to take shower in another room. Even the other room also had no hot water. Then they asked us to go to another room which even that also had no hot water. So on our new year day we had to shower in cold water in freezing temperatures outside. That's the worst thing can happen to anyone on new year. I am so dissatisfied i will never rent this hotel and i will suggest you all not to rent this hotel.

The room was clean, the breakfast was good, people was nice.

The new owner is trying very hard to make this motel a restful and comfortable place. The renovations are non-intrusive and the continental breakfast is superb.

Located about 15 minutes from the navy pier, the field house museum and theatre district. Nice Hotel, cozy room (private entry) polite staff.

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We liked the breakgast that was provided. It would have been better if the entire hotel staff was english speaking for better communication.

I used this hotel as an alternative to the increasingly expensive hotels around Midway. The cab ride is 15-20 min. and cost $20. The hotel is old and out of the way, but was clean and updated. The staff were very friendly and helpful (one even came to my room with a pair of pliers to turn up the heat on the register). Breakfast was good.

I suppose for the price, this wasn't a bad hotel for the Chicago area. It looks like they're trying to make a nice hotel by updating the bathroom area and renevating a continental breakfast area. However, I think they need to consentrate more on providing clean, well-maintained rooms, rather than added new things to take care of. I would recommend this for single people who don't care about the quality of a hotel. The area of Lyons was not rough or scary. It was about 20-30 mintues from downtown. I heard the employees of this hotel tell a guest that there key didn't work, so they'd have to come to the front desk to have some go up to their room and open it for them every time. They told them there were no other rooms available, so this was their only option. I'm guessing they're on a tight budget due to the recent changes made to their breakfast room and pool area. Side note, the pool is not avialable yet for use. All in all, our experience was not horrible at this hotel. It just needed some attention -cleaniless of the room needs to be top priority. Also, we were unable to get the air conditioning working. It didn't look the room had this option. The weather was definitely not hot the 2 nights we stayed there?but our room was fairly warm. We had to open the door in the evenings. If you're looking for a cheap hotel?I guess this will work for you. It's close to Midway airport.

The room was clean and comfortable. The room itself looked great compared to the outside. Very good deal for the price.

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Great staff -room kept clean - would stay again when in the area

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-The rugs were never shampooed -The rugs were never vacuumed -The door didn't lock all the way -The bathroom door didn't lock at all -The towels smelled like smoke -The ice bucket that they gave us had hair, dirt and paint in it -They have about 50 rooms but only 20 parking spots -Everyday you have to reactivate your key, but they don't tell you. We tried our key and it didn't work so we went to the office and then thats when they told us. -The bathroom had durt on the doors -The alarm clock didn't work -We came home one day and it was like 80 degrees in the room, so we went to the office and they said we turned every ones AC off because someone came down and told us they were cold. But every person can control there own AC in there room. We had to fight with them to turn it back on. -There are no draws in the room to put your clothes in, you have to dig through your suitcase the whole time -The have a poll to hang stuff on but they only give you 2 hangers -They give you free breakfast. This is what the breakfast was every day... waffles, thick jelly like apple juice, orange juice, 2% milk, english muffins that were bought at the dollar store and tasted like card board, the plastic forks and knives were all dirty, they have MTV on the TV -They didn't clean our room one morning and we left at 8am -When we checked out we wanted a reciept because we used our debt card to pay for it and they couldn't give us one we had to just write it down and take there word for it and now I have to call my bank and se how much they actually took out

I really wouldn't recommend this hotel to many others unless i hated them, The pool was still under contruction when we got there, and while showering and getting ready the power went out, and We had to call the front desk 2x and waited over 30 min then had to go down the theofficetoget them to anything about it. then it happened again 2 days later, we just gave up and checked out of the hotel...

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We used this hotel as a stopover close to Midway Airport. It was a little farther than I thought, but for the money you really can't beat this motel. The outside is a little suspect, but the rooms have recently been remodeled and are very clean and comfortable. The staff was extremely helpful and friendly and they have a great continental breakfast in a newly remodeled and very nice room. For a stopover, it was a great room for the money.

I was moving to Chicago and looking for an affordable place to stay outside the city while I looked for an apartment. Not only was this affordable, the rooms have been recently renovated and are GREAT. The staff has been SUPER. Gloria at the front desk has gone out of her way to make me feel welcome. The cleaning staff was courteous and did a great job. The motel is close to the Metra station and a quick ride to the City. Overall a great experience staying here.

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