Howard Johnson Hotel - Hotel in Waukegan - 619 S Green Bay Rd, USA

A little hard to find their front door! Understanding that this isn't a Hyatt, they are very good at what they do. The room I was in had a couple of small maintenance issues, but was very clean and very spacious for the price -- which is one of the lowest in the area. The hotel has an exceptional full breakfast bar, well stocked, clean, and well serviced. Room furnishings were great with all the essentials. Good WiFi Internet speed compared to some places. Absolutely great place for the price. Near the end of the week in summer will fill up with 6 Flags visitors.

Pros: 1) Shuttle to Navy Boot Camp Graduation 2) Terrific little family restaurant across the parking lot 3) Very cheap rates Cons: 1) Parking lot not plowed well and quite icy and dangerous. 2) Entry way not marked can't find the entrance to save your life. Had to call for directions to front door from parking lot. 3) Front entryway tile had not been mopped, dried or appropriate rug laid down, slicker than deer guts on a door knob. Watched one patron wipe out flat on his back even after we had informed front desk. Front desk response was to ¨Call somebody in maintenance¨ and put up a wet floor sign (probably purely for liability purposes) I took a bath towel in and out with me the remainder of the night for my own safety. 4) Lobby looks dated and shabby 5) Breakfast dining room looks sad 6) Main hallway to our room stank of stale smoke despite there being non-smoking signs outside of every room door. 7) The room... a) The carpet is gross, filthy and worn out b) Stains on the walls bleeding through the paint job c) So small as to feel clausterphobic d) No Closet e) Sofa looks like something from a second hand store f) Huge red stain of something dicey looking on the carpet that they covered up with a trash can g) No wall outlets. If you want to charge phones or devices you will need to move furniture and bring a power strip and extension cords from home h) Heating and cooling wonky - despite setting thermostat at 62 F it reads 83 F and easily feels like it is 83 F i) No wifi - they blame this on heavy traffic and being at capacity, really truth is they have crappy bandwidth with Comcast and don't have their router set properly. j) Decor was fashionable in 1989 - needs upgrades and remodel really really bad k) Limited Cable channels l) View from our first floor window is a brick wall about 2 feet out m) Parking is shared with a very busy DMV and restaurant In conclusion we had booked 4 nights, we are only staying 1 night and will be moving to another competing hotel which we toured and booked immediately. Management seemed nonplussed. After a disasterous stay at another Quality Inn in Missouri the very previous night and chalking that up to being the exception rather than the rule, I now know Quality Inn as a rule is not to be trusted for delivering quality accommodations.

Pros: There were rooms available with a fantastic mom&pop restaurant just across the parking lot. The camouflage is slightly out of season but after calling we finally found the front door. Cons: Regarding the camo, this place has no signage whatsoever outside of the standalone sign next to the road and in the restaurant parking lot. The window view was amazing. Just barely three feet from the window to the brick wall. At least we had very little traffic at night. The room was small. No closet small. There were also hidden power outlets scattered throughout the room. I had to move the bed and the half couch to find a single open outlet. If you are planning to charge things at night, bring a power strip of your own. The entry way was extremely slick, saw a person wipe out landing on his shoulders... almost looked rehearsed. The front desk clerk was extremely unhelpful about the situation. On my way out the door the floor was still very slick but they put a sign out overstating the obvious to protect them from lawsuits I guess. Wifi was extremely slow or non-existent. You can connect but go to the forever 404 place when trying to connect android phone, chromebook, or even through Linux. When bringing up the issue with the front desk all I got was "sorry, when we are booked the internet is slow" schpiel with no hopes of a fix. Hello, change your TTL setting on your cheap comcast router. Pros (part deux): While in the diner across the parking lot I had fantastic cell signal on T-Mobile. Cons (part deux): When I was walking back towards the hotel, my connection went completely dead. Tried turning it off and on again but it still didn't work (Thanks Roy).

Horrible! Bugs, stains, mold, falling apart and far from "quality". You can tell our room has been broken into, and there are blood stains on the carpet. We have pictures to back this up. Stay away from this place.

Very cozy, clean and affordable. In comparison to other hotels in the area on price, this is where you want stay. Front persons and staff are very accommodating and friendly.

Ants in one of the rooms. Bed sheets had burn marks in them. Poor house keeping.

Nice decent breakfast, good location for PIR family reunions.

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