Palace Inn

King Room, Non-Smoking | Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

4.6 / 10.0

Fair (40 Ratings)

Motel in Ankeny, IA

2 full beds

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsKitchen or Kitchenette, Air conditioner, Internet / Wifi and more

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About this motel

Des Moines motel in Saylorville with free parking
This motel features a 24-hour front desk, free self parking, and free WiFi in public areas.
Palace Inn offers 12 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature complimentary toiletries. LCD televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Amenities

Air conditioner

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Map of Ankeny, IA

Nearby attractions

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

8.6 mi

Pappajohn Sculpture Park

Available Rooms

Double Room with Two Double Beds, Non-Smoking

2 Double

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

King Room, Non-Smoking

1 King

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Queen Room, Non-Smoking

1 Queen

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Queen Room, Smoking

1 Queen

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

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Palace Inn

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4.6 / 10.0

Fair (40 Ratings)

Motel in Ankeny, IA

2 full beds

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsKitchen or Kitchenette, Air conditioner, Internet / Wifi and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this motel

Bathrooms include showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Amenities

Air conditioner

Kitchen or Kitchenette

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Map of Ankeny, IA

Nearby attractions

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

8.6 mi

Pappajohn Sculpture Park

Available Rooms

Double Room with Two Double Beds, Non-Smoking

2 Double

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

King Room, Non-Smoking

1 King

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Queen Room, Non-Smoking

1 Queen

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Queen Room, Smoking

1 Queen

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Expedia.com for availability & pricing

Ratings and reviews

4.6 / 10.0

Fair (40 Ratings)

2.0 / 10.0

Sep 2024

You get what you pay for. Smells of smoke and mildew. Roach trap in the bathroom. Be careful using the deadbolt; it might take some time and brute force to leave the room.

3.0 / 10.0

Jul 2024

It was in a good neighborhood. Staff was helpful and nice. The room could use some work.

2.0 / 10.0

Jun 2024

This place was nasty. It stunk of mold and mildew. Was enough to put me into an asthma attack. Didn't dare touch anything

1.0 / 10.0

May 2024

Kind of a little dive. Bugs in the drawers and smelled of cigarettes. Just layed on top of covers

1.0 / 10.0

May 2024

Completely run down place. No soap. Fraction of a roll of toilet paper with no spare. Roach trap under the sink. No knob on the shower faucet. Didn’t smell good.

1.0 / 10.0

May 2024

Room smelled like Mold the moment you walk in, roach traps full of roaches all over the place. Shower handle broken, stains in the pillows and sheets. I complained to the manager and received a full refund.

2.0 / 10.0

Aug 2023

Everything that can go wrong went wrong. The room was supposed to be non-smoking but full of smoke and nicotine stains. The entire bed and pillows were covered with disgusting stains and all sorts of bugs were crawling. The owner/front-desk staff just shrugged it. I checked out immediately and they denied any refunds.

2.0 / 10.0

Jul 2023

It was an extremely small room * advertisement says it had air conditioning. It had one vent in the general quarters that did not cool the room so the stay was hot to the point we were sweating ( if you wanted to feel the cold air you had to sit literally right next to it) *Fridge did not work right wasn’t cold at all first thing I did when I walked in, was check for bedbugs (I did not find any) We sit down and started watching TV and little things started to pop out at me * the skirting of the bed was stained and look like to be burned with cigarettes (this was supposed to be a non-smoking room) * there was some sort of liquid that a drip down the wall and it had started yellowing, which usually happens with bodily fluid (Screams hasn’t been cleaned in a while) * when the light reflected right, you can see hand prints all over the wall, which means that was some sort of residue over the wall for you to be able to see where somebody and put their hands * Cobwebs were all around the room * furniture was beat the hell, and or broken There are too many issues to list in this review

4.0 / 10.0

May 2023

My son was graduating from Iowa State and I booked a room for one night in AMes long before the graduation. Plans changed and I needed to stay a couple more nights. By the time I looked for rooms in AMes for the weekend, everything started at $500 a night. I expaned my search down to Des Moines. I was looking for something cheap. I figured all I needed was a bed and a shower. I found this Palace Inn for $70 a night and thought what the heck. I booked two nights. When I got there the road in front of the place was closed and there was routed over the the other side of the road. There was a gravel path open to get to the property. No big deal. The place looked run down. When I got out of the care and walked up to the entrance, it reeked of cigarette smoke before you even got inside. I went into the "lobby". It was the room the size of a closet. There was a small plexiglass window over a little counter with a hole in the bottom of the window. I couldn't see anyone behind the glass. I heard a voice say " can I help you?" I said "I have a reservation". What's the name?" I told him my name. I didn't hear anything for a while. I said "don't you have the reservation?" "Oh I got you". " ID and credit card". I slipped my license and credit card through the hole in the window. I got the key. "Number 7. Pull around behind the snow plow." The room also reeked of smoke. Beds were fine. Shower was hot. Wi Fi worked. It was quiet. Not the cleanest. For $70 it was OK.

6.0 / 10.0

Apr 2023

This place is fine for short stays. I slept here one night while driving from Denver to Toronto. I got in around 9pm, grabbed some food down the street from the Burger King, slept, got up and left. The room was small, dusty, it relied on a space heater for heat, and the curtains didn't shield as much light as I desired. The Inn is located in an industrial part of town, so no street noise, but not many amenities in the area. When I got there, only one other car was in the parking lot, but when I woke up the place was mostly full; so I guess others have the same idea when booking a room at this place. At the time of this review, there is road construction, which makes the turn off slightly hard to spot.

3.0 / 10.0

Aug 2021

Definitely a back-alley hotel. Spend the extra $10 to stay somewhere else.. Not worth $60 a night.

2.0 / 10.0

Jun 2021

Dirty, run down, out of date, and disorganized.

1.0 / 10.0

Jun 2021

Dirty, run down, out of date, and disorganized.

4.0 / 10.0

Oct 2020

Not sure why it had an 8 rating. Although it was clean, it is very old, didn't provide shampoo, and the internet didn't work. They also had no record of my reservation. However, it was clean and comfortable enough for the cost.

10.0 / 10.0

May 2019

Perfect night sleep. Clean room and large bathroom

3.0 / 10.0

Jun 2018

The hotel is old in a area with nothing around. No one was there when I checked out. No air conditioner was in Our room. Checked in at 10 pm left at 9 am good for that but not for a long term sty

2.0 / 10.0

Jul 2017

Wish I could have found another hotel and got my money back, the room smelled, the bed and pillows were hard and the front desk called on my check out day at 10 a. M. And said to have 1 hour to get out! Never again!

1.0 / 10.0

Jun 2017

Poor quality with no amenities. Nonsmoking room reeked of stale cigarettes

2.0 / 10.0

Jun 2017

Poor quality with no amenities. Nonsmoking room reeked of stale cigarettes

3.0 / 10.0

May 2017

Hotel room very outdated....shower head was old and I needed to do a backbend to get hair wet. Room smelled a little musty when we checked in. We had to make a hasty departure though, due to sewage smell in the room. Seemed to get worse after we used the shower. Quiet area, we got good sleep. I can see why it was rated only 2.6 out of 5...you usually get what you pay for, but in this case $78.00 for the smell of sewage is waaaay too much for my taste.

8.0 / 10.0

Feb 2017

We only use a hotel to sleep, relax, and refresh - we don't need a newspaper, fitness room, or business center, so it's awesome when we get it all in a clean and mostly comfortable place. When we stay here again, I'll be sure to bring my own pillow. Hubby loved the super-firm ones provided, but I'm a fluffy girl. And if you stay in a non-smoking room, remember that these are not on the central vent system (keeps the smoke out, very nicely), so turn off the heater before running your hair dryer.

2.0 / 10.0

Aug 2016

The bed and pillows were very uncomfortable. They were both very hard, the bed was almost like sleeping on the floor and the pillows were flat and hard.There was a dirt ring around everything were the vacuum wouldn't quite reach all the way to the wall and it did not smell very good either.

1.0 / 10.0

Aug 2016

The bed and pillows were very uncomfortable. They were both very hard, the bed was almost like sleeping on the floor and the pillows were flat and hard.There was a dirt ring around everything were the vacuum wouldnt quite reach all the way to the wall and it did not smell very good either.

3.0 / 10.0

Aug 2016

Hotel was clean & quiet. Does not have AC control in room.

6.0 / 10.0

Aug 2016

Their sign out front was almost covered up by tree limbs so drove past the place to begin with. Check in went quickly. The room was very small and very stuffy. The AC is controlled by the front office. Room smelled kind of damp. TV had very few channels to watch. Very little lighting in the room.

6.0 / 10.0

Jul 2016

The staff was friendly enough, and the room itself was fairly clean. However, it is extremely basic, the building is definitely on the older end, and it smelled like someone had smoked in our nonsmoking room. No breakfast or other services, and the room didn't have a closet or hangers. The location is also pretty mediocre. But if you're looking for a cheap hotel near Des Moines, it works just fine.

3.0 / 10.0

Jul 2016

The staff was friendly enough, and the room itself was fairly clean. However, it is extremely basic, the building is definitely on the older end, and it smelled like someone had smoked in our nonsmoking room. No breakfast or other services, and the room didnt have a closet or hangers. The location is also pretty mediocre. But if youre looking for a cheap hotel near Des Moines, it works just fine.

1.0 / 10.0

Jul 2016

I will never stay there again. The room was hot and no A/C in the room. All heat and A/C is controlled by office. Called office and the lady was rude about the whole thing.

3.0 / 10.0

Jun 2016

No frills motel; clean; parking in front of the unit; no continental breakfast. Great for arriving, unpacking and a good night sleep. Relatively good price. Ok for a travel through one night stay. Easy to find with mapquest.

3.0 / 10.0

Jun 2016

3.0 / 10.0

May 2016

It was an ok hotel room for the price. There was no microwave. Everything else was fine.

FAQs

How much does this motel cost compared to others in Ankeny?

The average price for a rental in Ankeny is $176 per night. This rental is $88 less expensive than the average.

Is parking included with this motel?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Palace Inn. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this motel?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this motel. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is Palace Inn pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this motel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at Palace Inn?

We found 5 amenities for this rental. This includes air conditioner, kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, parking, and tv.

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Palace Inn

Motel in Ankeny, IA

Reasons to book

About this motel

Amenities

Map of Ankeny, IA

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Double Room with Two Double Beds, Non-Smoking

King Room, Non-Smoking

Queen Room, Non-Smoking

Queen Room, Smoking

Palace Inn

Motel in Ankeny, IA

Reasons to book

About this motel

Amenities

Map of Ankeny, IA

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Double Room with Two Double Beds, Non-Smoking

King Room, Non-Smoking

Queen Room, Non-Smoking

Queen Room, Smoking

Ratings and reviews

FAQs

How much does this motel cost compared to others in Ankeny?

Is parking included with this motel?

Is there a pool at this motel?

Is Palace Inn pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Palace Inn?

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