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Reviews of Sparta Motel

2 out of 5
Sparta Motel
700 South Saint Louis Street, Sparta, IL

Reviews

4.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 56 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 56 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 56 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 56 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 56 reviews" "

4.2/10

Cleanliness

5.4/10

Staff & service

4.0/10

Amenities

3.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Spacey

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
So dirty!!!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on 18 Apr 2024
Thank you. You stay e clips time this is economy motel

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was so welcoming and friendly. The property and room were super clean. It was conveniently located to some good dining options. We went there specifically to watch the eclipse 2024 and just had a wonderful time.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Mike on 12 Apr 2024
Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Beau

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Mike on 10 Oct 2023
Thankyou

8/10 Good

Ashantae

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jess

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Every inch of the room was filthy. The shower was disgusting and someone had left a surprise in the roilet which was clogged and it gets worse. The bedsheets had strands of hair all over stains on the sheets and BED BUGS. I cannot believe it is legal for the place to be open. I would sleep in my car or the ground before i would stay at this place. Dont waste your money!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from mike on 14 May 2023
sorry for inconvenience

8/10 Good

Joe

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from mike on 29 Mar 2023
THANK YOU

2/10 Terrible

Kent

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Place had not been vacuumed, wet towels behind the bathroom door floors were not washed, curtains did not cover window, no breakfast or coffee which it said was included, only one towel and wash cloth that looked fairly clean. Expedia should not be representing a place like this because now we do not want to use your services again either
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from Mike on 7 Mar 2023
We provide basic services only

8/10 Good

Brandy

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jessica, Zion

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Roaches and dirty
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from mike on 27 Jul 2022
sorry we clean deep again

2/10 Terrible

Ya boi

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Stacey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Huge pool, clean comfortable beds
Nice hotel, clean, huge pool
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from mike on 27 Jul 2022
we do not have a pool

6/10 Okay

Shanti

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had roaches in my room, the tv didn't work, and there was trash still in the trash cans and dirt on the floor.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from mike on 27 Jul 2022
we do not have a pool

4/10 Poor

Patrick

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Kept checking for bugs. Fateful of dirt turning on a/c. Bathroom could not close door with a person my size in there.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from mike on 27 Jul 2022
sorry we clean deep again

2/10 Terrible

dennis

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid
Where to start – from the phone by the office that didn’t work right (to call the owner, he will show up in 10 minutes), the garbage piled up around the buildings, the deadbolt that wouldn’t work, to the sand and dirt in the sheets, the space heater setting on a chair next to the bed or the toilet seat that wasn’t attached. But the best (worst?) had to be the frog perched on the rod as my wife was taking a shower. Yes, there was a live frog in the shower stall. See the pictures. DON’T STAY HERE. The best use for this motel would be target practice for a bulldozer.
Dirty sheets
A frog watching you shower
Yes, a frog in the shower
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Deborah

Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from MIKE on 17 May 2022
THANK YOU

2/10 Terrible

Buddy

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
both my kids were scared each night due to cross being called both nightsthere were holes in the walls were selling before his punched cuz they got mad or something.the bathroom toilet leaked both times
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

Ivania

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Rollie

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Smell, dirt, bugs
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Definitely a run down facility. Room was small and had seen better days a long long time ago. The manager was pleasant enough but was a little miffed when he found out I did the reservation through Expedia.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible, gross, disgusting!
Floors dirty, walls dirty, trash cans dirty& no bag, dingy towels & dirty bath rug, tv wouldn’t change channels due to broken remote, clean but old bedding, needed to screw in light bulb to get lights on, lamp shade filthy, light not plugged in-cord won’t reach power outlet, shower rack was rusty! Smelled like mold.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

2/10 Terrible

David

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Roy

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very quiet. The step into the room was a little hard but manageable.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2021
Response from MIKE on 30 Jun 2021
THANK YOU

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 18 nights in May 2021
Response from mike on 30 Jun 2021
thank you

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I woke the owner up at midnight for our reservation.. noisy kids playing outside at midnight. Reeked of curry everywhere. A man was hiding in the dark outside our window of the room. Promptly left and reported to police that told me that this hotel is nothing but bad news. Needs to be burned down.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from mike on 30 Jun 2021
stay safe thank you

6/10 Okay

Jeff

Travelled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021
Response from mike on 14 Mar 2021
thank you

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I’ve never seen the movie “Dark Water” but I know of the plot. Turning on the hot water in the shower gave off a bad order and washing off the soap I thought I had a lot of dirt on me but it turned out the water was really dirty. The ceiling tiles seemed to have had some water damage and/or mold but at least the bed was clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2021
Response from mike on 6 Mar 2021
sorry

10/10 Excellent

Samund

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
It was a great experience good service.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Response from mike on 4 Mar 2021
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Destiny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NOT A BAD PLACE DEFINITELY STAYING AGAIN
Guy their is always very nice & has been more then amazing whenever we ended up not showing up on time he still waited for us really is a good place for the price & the guy working deserves more credit then he gets. We got the room with king bed under account name Destiny & under email trainedjunk69@gmail.com so if guy working their sees this thank you so much
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from mike on 22 Nov 2020
thank you very much and happy thanksgiving to all

2/10 Terrible

Jayda

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
BUGS
I kept getting bites everywhere on my arms, legs and fingers and I found a bug that looks like a bed bug, a roach was climbing up the walls in the shower, it was horrible on my end and same with my boyfriend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in May 2020

6/10 Okay

Jeff

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from mike on 30 Apr 2020
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from mike on 28 Jan 2020
thank you

2/10 Terrible

H Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place was filthy. Sheets were threadbare. Bed was lumpy. Couldn't stay the second night.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from mike on 16 Aug 2019
sorry

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Dr, WI

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
WONT STAY HERE AGAIN. i NOW KNOW HTE REASON THE SIGN SAYS "PAY IN ADVANCE, NO REFUNDS"
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Jeff

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from mike on 21 Mar 2019
thanks

6/10 Okay

robert

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This place is vary old but functional
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018
Response from mike on 4 Sept 2018
this is motel thank you to stay with us

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Never again
Room was small, booked a king room was given a double full. Was charged 5 dollars for early check in. Booked at 45.00 paid 60. Broken window in bathroom, no Wi-Fi, broken heater and no one in the office after 11. From Chicago went to sparta saw more drug deals in 1 night then in 11 years living in Chicago. Horrible place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from mike on 7 Aug 2018
remodling

2/10 Terrible

C, MO

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay Somewhere Else
Bunch of liars, stay somewhere else. Don't trust a thing they say - if they tell you they are going to cancel your room, they end up charging you the next day anyway! They probably charged me, and re-rented the room on top of it!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

2/10 Terrible

C, Missouri

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay Somewhere Else
Had a medical emergency, needed to cancel the room. Over the phone they agreed to cancel the room, but charged me anyway. I don't normally like to give such a negative review, but in this case - Find Somewhere Else To Stay! Based on the other reviews of this same motel, I'm not the only one who's had a problem! If they had told me over the phone that they were going to charge me anyway, I probably wouldn't be leaving this negative review. Just don't lie to your customers!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

2/10 Terrible

Tom

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Should be demolished - and soon
The Sparta Motel is, without a doubt, the single most disgusting fleabag place I've ever had the displeasure of paying for. It smelled bad. It looked bad. It was cramped and dingy, with no redeemable qualities that I could find, whatsoever. I would recommend that all online booking sites drop this place from your listings. It reflects badly on your site offering dumps like this. I refused to stay
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Betty, Chicago

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old motel, but friend helpful staff
Old motel, run down. Nice friendly people. Internet service was poor. Hi
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2017

4/10 Poor

Diana, Decatur, Il.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Eclipse trip
Although this motel has seen better days, we actually were pleased with our stay. The air conditioner worked very well and the refrigerator, also. The bed was comfy. The owner was really nice and let us use a room after check out for eclipse watchers to use a bathroom and cool off. We had a wonderful eclipse viewing without having to find a spot with shade and facilities. The owner came out and watched with us and the others. We were so grateful to them. We liked our breakfast at Doreen's, which was just a few blocks away.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

2/10 Terrible

bj , kansas city

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
mold was in the room nothing worked and mold was growing in the bathroom and wanted to change me for internet 25 dollora horrible dust every where And wpuld not refund me anything
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
Response from mike on 20 Aug 2017
motel internet is free we not charge

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very dirty, had bugs, was charged more
Wouldn't let my dog stay, bugs all over trash was full, all around very dirty
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017
Response from mike on 20 Aug 2017
do not come agin if don't like

2/10 Terrible

Mitch, Missouri

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
City Dump
Worst motel ever. Dirty room. Towels spotty. Sheets unclean. Absolutely should be bulldozed.
The bed which we were expected to sleep on.
Response from mike on 7 Aug 2018
we remodeling

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Leonard

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room smelled of smoke. TV was maybe a 19" and poor reception. In a area of town far away from your local stores. I left and went to another motel.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort