Monona Volney Park Hotels

"A great secluded place off the main road."

"We are there right now. My 7 year old can’t sleep because it sounds like a herd of elephants running rampant through the halls. When we checked in the lady at the counter was friendly, but then I heard her talking about us to a coworker because we used a credit card. The room was clean. The Bartender/Waiter was amazing. The food was mediocre. The pool and hot tub are nice, but I think there was too much chlorine. I don’t understand why they have so many balls in the pool. It got out of hand and people who just wanted to swim were getting hit in the face. There was blood on the floor. We told the lifeguard who used a hose to clean it up. That is not how you clean up blood. But, I also don’t think it should have been her responsibility. The workout room was ok. The breakfast was not great, but we are still grateful for it."

"The hotel is very charming inside from the chocolate chip cookies and popcorn to the lemonade and coffee bar. They had a great selection of breakfast items too. The hotel has a selection of board games and a sitting area to play, which was fun!. A few negatives; bathroom floor was dirty, like the tile needed to be deep cleaned. The bathroom door does not stay open and slams shut. You need to have a door stop. The entrance of the hotel has no awning to provide some protection from the rain. The hotel rooms in the back of the hotel with a view of the Mississippi, showed a lot of liter and trash along the waterline of the hotel property. Also the attached Backwater Bar & Grill had live music which was a good time. Negative, you had to have a tab of $20 or more to use credit card, otherwise you needed to pay cash. The entire city seemed to be cash only! 😕 Very cute hotel and we plan on returning!"

"Great easy checkin, friendly staff"

"The place was perfect. Plenty to keep us warm. Lots of little things that made the stay comfortable. It had everything we needed. Clean and comfortable. "

"Kitchen had all needs for preparing meals."

"We plan a getaway at least once a year to decompress and specifically look for a place that offers an outdoor hot tub with a view. High winds prior to our arrival damaged the hot tub cover lift, but we were able to wedge a couple of boards against the HT so we could more easily manage moving the cover. While Creekside cottage does have a nice view from the HT, the picture in the ad (as of this posting) is not the hot tub/view at Creekside cottage (hot tub is set near the front of the cabin with stairs and cabin on one side, privacy fence blocking the road on another, and views looking towards the steep bluff with stream running below - can't really see the stream from the HT). The cabin was clean and provided most needed necessities. It's too bad they didn't build the cabin with larger windows or glass sliders to take full advantage of the surrounding views it has to offer - stream and rocky bluff to the west and sloping hillside to the east. We did figure it out, but something to note is that the thermostat on the main level controls the heating upstairs while there's a separate thermostat in the basement that controls the main level. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend or re-book Creekside cottage in the future. "

"This was a wonderful house in a serene area. Beds were very comfortable, kitchen was very adequate and nice outdoor space.The hot tub seemed to be not very clean, but we did enjoy it."

"We were a group of 6 staying for 3 nights. The house was nice, not a clean as we expected, but ok. Water in the house was a big issue. Water pressure was extremely slow. If two people were taking showers at the same time there was no pressure at all. It also listed 3 bathrooms, there were 3 but one was a half bath. It worked for us but if all the bedrooms in the house were occupied it would not have. Loved the area!"