St. Louis Babler State Park Hotels

"The free Breakfast and dinner were great and convenient. "

"The staff were very nice to work with but seemed to be putting out a lot of fires. I wonder if they are understaffed and having to be reactive with issues rather than proactively addressing them. We booked this stay so our kids could play in the pool. On hotels.com it listed indoor and outdoor pools but in reality they are the same- half inside and half outside. I don't know if this was a factor in why the pool was SO COLD but it was almost icy. My eldest daughter was in tears because she wanted to swim so badly but after jumping in once, couldn't go back. It was frigid so instead the three families in the pool space crammed into the hot tub. Also, the pool didn't even open until 9am which just doesn't work with little kids- they wake up and want to swim. So we adjusted our plans for the day and were there right at 9. The pool guy was just arriving and said he needed 15 minutes to get everything ready... When we were let into our room (#123) it had a bit of a weird slightly food smell not the usual just-been-cleaned smell. We went with it but later, when I stepped barefoot in between the two beds onto wet carpet, I realized it was either the smell of wet carpet or worse, puke (ah-that was perhaps the sickly smell we were breathing) that had been sort of cleaned up. My kids were literally about to go to sleep and moving rooms would have been a huge disruption so we avoided the area but didn't sleep great. Sadly, I would not go back to this hotel in the future."

"Clean rooms and excellent breakfast "

"Everything was wonderful!! The only thing I might suggest is that the pool hours might be lengthened to 7a.m. -10p.m. to make it better for early risers."

"Parking was a cinch. The location is serene and relaxed. A darling wine bar across the street and Walgreens is a 3-minute walk. The free breakfast was a bit chaotic but adequate. I was dismayed to see teenagers wearing pajamas in the breakfast area and well-fed families hoarding food, but this is the new normal, I guess. "

"Horrible banging all night long every 30 seconds bang bang bang stayed in the same room two years ago did the same thing then I videotaped the sound showed up to them. They did nothing about it for two years."

"Too loud. Too bright"

"The first room we got put into had a ringing coming from the air conditioner unit so they switched us rooms The next room they put us in, smelled like somebody used the room as a “number 1” bathroom and had a cigarette while doing it. "

"Spring Hill Suites and Fairfield are connected. Fairfield was under construction. No mention of that when booking. We booked under Fairfield but stayed in Spring Hill Suites. Staff were great. Great breakfast. Clean. Well lit parking. "