Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven

At first we were very disappointed with the musty smell in the room, but it turned out that the room we stayed in was part of the original 1930s era cottages. I imagine that the atmosphere of the room was not much different than it was 70+ years ago. Because of that, the mustiness didn’t bother us as much. You might bring some air freshener with you, just in case. There were lots of choices for breakfast, including three flavors of syrup for the waffles and six toppings for the yogurt. They also had turkey sausage and meatless gravy to cater to vegetarians. Really liked the tv in the main lobby set to black and white, showing a station with older tv shows, the local Me-​tv station.

Clean rooms, comfortable bed. Only complaint would be the rude, long, gray-​haired guy at the front desk.

Loved this place. Clean, comfortable rooms with outdoor exposure. Front desk was accommodating, friendly, and helpful. Located near restaurants and a short drive to even more shopping and food. Perfect stay.

Easily 4 stars for the value – Found a $ 50 special online – Single room was small but was neat and tidy, no cracked plaster, worn out carpet, etc… Towels were ample, had a small microwave and refrigerator. The best thing was the shower pressure – most motels today use water-​saving showerheads that aren’t very strong but these were great – better water pressure than my house. Plus, breakfast included eggs, sausage, gravy, belgian waffles, and lots of other things. I’ve stayed in $ 79 motels that are a lot more worn, had weak water pressure, and consider raisin bran and Fruit Loops a «continental breakfast.» Would definitely recommend if you’re looking for a good value in Springfield.

Highly recommend. Not in the greatest part of town, but full of charm, well-​lit parking, clean, friendly. Would look forward to staying again if I pass through town.

I liked stopping here, I was skeptical at first since this was my first time ever staying at a hotel alone. But, they were very nice and I also locked my key in the hotel. He was very nice about getting me a new key. Very clean and comfortable :-)

A very quaint retreat. I love the design and historical value of this hotel. The beds weren’t my tempur-​pedic I have at home, but otherwise comfortable. Very clean. Breakfast was decent for a continental.

Totally Do it!
If you are traveling Rt. 66, this sis a clean, inexpensive Rt. 66 stop an experience. The rooms are small, and the landscaping is ok… but the stay is very cool, just like when 66 was roaring! Fact: it is a motel… It is close to downtown, and right on Rt.66. It is a few blocks from great restaurants, as well as the college district. Plus, if you are traveling, especially by motorcycle, this place is safe, and the staff is helpful! I will be staying here on my next trip down the mother road!!!

This place is so cute! I love it when businesses keep their vintage style intact. Classic cars out front, super duper cute vintage tile in the bathroom! We stayed in 215, I hope the other rooms are this adorable. The staff is great too, really nice, and they serve free breakfast. Oh, and it’s clean and very well maintained AND budget priced. Love eeet.

Our story starts about an hour and a half outside of Springfield. We shop for a hotel and find this one. After being convinced by the positive reviews we book a non smoking king room to share the bed with our 3 year old toddler.
Being the wise consumers that we are, my girl friend calls about 15 minutes after our reservation to confirm that the reservation was received and that the room was a non smoking room. Unknown to me at the time, my girl friend spoke to a man who confirmed that they got the reservation and that the room was non smoking. We did this because there are reviews of this hotel where people got a smoking room even though they reserved non-​smoking.
Anyway, we arrive at the hotel to check in. During the check-​in process, a pack of crotch rockets drive past in low gear at high speed and I write it off as a fluke event. Not long after that, the guy checking me in asks if I’m aware I reserved a single smoking king room, and I tell him that we reserved a non-​smoking king room and that we called ahead and confirmed that fact. Here’s where things start to get weird:
There’s another guy in the front office, and they look at each other — neither wants to fess up to answering the phone. The second guy mentions the fact that Heidi was there earlier and plays it off as something she must have said, this is important because unbeknownst to me at the time, my girl friend never spoke to a woman.
Since I had been on the road for 12 hours at this point, I just wanted to sleep and accepted the «upgrade» that they moved us to. I get the keys to our room and we drive to it to check it out. The room we pull up to is a smoking room, and our keys don’t work. Not soon after, a guy comes running down the parking lot to tell us that we got the keys to the wrong room. He gives us the new keys and we drive to the new one.
The room we we’re upgraded to? A room with two double beds.
We get settled in our room and turn in for the evening. This is where the real horror starts.
As we’re lying in bed, we realize the fridge is making a repeating clicking noise. The compressor for the fridge turns on and off, and the clicking noise continues. We have to unplug the fridge to make it stop. Not soon after that, the alarm clock speaker starts freaking out and making that GSM phone groaning noise, if you’re familiar with it. We unplug the alarm clock next.
Finally, with the room quiet, we fall asleep. At about 1 AM a group of guys, literally behind our car and in front of our room, wake us up with some verbal argument they’re having. Lots of N words are said, and the fight gets pretty heated — like, someone is about to get shot heated. We call the front office, and the guy who answers says he’s calling it in. After 15 – 20 minutes of this a security guard shows up and kicks them off the property. We should have just called the police.
At around 2:00 AM, someone lays on their horn at the stop light directly in front of the hotel while they wait for the light to turn green.
At around 2:45 AM, another motorcycle drives past in low gear at high speed.
At around 3:00 AM, another group of people walk in front of our room talking loudly. This was the last straw for me. After the fight in front of our room, and already not feeling safe anymore, I make the call to leave. We get all of our stuff back in our car and drive back to the front office to check out.
The guy who checked us in seems surprised we want to leave, he asks why and mentions the ‘marines’ fighting outside of our room. I’m 99% sure that marines don’t behave like those guys did, and knowing that this guy is already full of it after lying to my face about our reservation when I was checking in I ask to be checked out so I can leave.
He presses the issue and I tell him all of the reasons we want to leave, he mentions that he’s going to comp our room, but in order to get a refund we need to call the travel company we booked through and get the refund through them. He also mentions the fact that we were upgraded from our single king room to that twin double room. Knowing how I was lied to once already, I now know I’m not going to get my money back without filing a chargeback with my credit card company.
Throughout our entire 4 hour stay, there was the constant drone of subwoofers blaring past our room.
The hotel grounds are not secured at all, it’s across the street from a bunch of auto repair shops and a title loan store. If I had to say anything positive about this hotel at all, the room was clean and the beds were soft. This would be a great place to stay if you wanted to know what it was like to sleep next to a motorcycle race or a subwoofer competition.

Had booked a reservation at this hotel through the Best Western site. Had to change it to a day earlier and was able to with no problem or penalty by calling the hotel directly.
When I arrived, about ¹⁄₃ of the parking lot was torn up and was being tarred. The smell and mess was pretty intense and the person I was traveling with suffers from migraines and we would not be able to stay there. I explained the situation to the manager on duty and he was very understanding and professional and cancelled the reservation without penalty even though it was the day I was supposed to check in.
I gave this hotel a 5 star rating even though I didn’t stay there because of the quality of the customer service and I would definitely book a room there again next time I’m in Springfield and hopefully they will be done with the parking lots by then.

Don’t let the ‘historic’ exterior of this motel deter you. We stopped here on the way to Texas from Michigan. The only thing left was the Family Suite which ended up great for my hubby, me, and our adult son. It had one big room with a fridge and king size bed, round table and desk. Big TV too. The second sleeping room had a dresser, TV and queen sized futon and upper bunk. The lobby is adorably themed for Route 66.
The breakfast was good in the morning with typical hot and cold selections.

The good: huge jetted bathtub, working AC, cable tv and free breakfast. The bad: bugs in the bathroom, rooms were very humid, there was not much of a selection for breakfast and only ONE waffle maker. Not very efficient for hungry guests.

Stopped here late last night after driving 14 hours on my way from California to Indiana with my bestie. We were tired and had previously booked a room on hotel tonight so we were looking forward to just checking and pass out. When we pulled up this historic refurbished hotel looked awesome. I felt like I stepped into a classic 1950’s movie set. The guy at the front desk greeted us and was super friendly, however he informed us that the room we booked was smoking and the only other option was a room with a jacuzzi and was more than double the price we paid for the other room. Deliriously tired we thought we would have to suck it up in the smoking room but at the last minute the kind gentleman found us another deal in a non smoking room! Relieved we wouldn’t be choking to death in our sleep we parked the car and headed to our adorable little room with a petite queen and nice bathroom. We slept soundly and in the morning we enjoyed a fabulous continental breakfast with free water bottles to take with us on the road. If you’re headed out on Route 66 be sure to stop here and step back in time!
The only reason the one star was lost was because we couldn’t figure out how to make the hot water work, but overall it was a fabulous experience!

Love it! So cool! My BF and I stopped here for the night and the vintage Route 66 signs, gas pumps, and classic cars out front won me over immediately. Then we got to the rooms, and it more than met my expectations.
The rooms are, admittedly, a bit on the small side, but they’ve been very well kept-​up and ours was spotlessly clean. The shower was OMG PERFECT (clean, perfect water pressure, didn’t run out of hot water) and the bathroom was very well lit, which was a nice surprise because they aren’t always… and any woman who’s ever had to apply makeup under the unflattering glare of a single overhead bulb knows how crucial good lighting is!
They say God is in the details, and if that’s true I think He’d be comfy here. The pillows were delightfully squishy. The room was super clean, even to my nit-​picky standards. There was a flat screen TV and a nice leather chair/​ottoman for watching said TV, vintage-​style art prints in keeping with the theme (not just typical tacky flowers or weird birds), the wall paint color – sort of peach/​tan – was warm and inviting, and there was even a brushed aluminum/​punched tin style frame around the mirror in the bathroom.
I’m giving four stars instead of five because of a couple of VERY minor nit-​picks: 1) one of the bulbs in the overhead light fixture was out (told the desk clerk who promised to have maintenance address it first thing tomorrow), and 2) the sliding closet door stuck and was very difficult to open without fear of breaking it, and 3) the bathroom towel rack was hung crooked, which bothers me in a weird, pseudo-​OCD way. These are all easily overlooked though, and it certainly wouldn’t deter me from recommending this place or staying here again in the future.
I suspect my boyfriend was disappointed with the motor court appearance/​layout and the size of the room. (What is it with guys and size?!) ;-) But this is the 6^th different hotel I’ve stayed in this month and I’d easily rate it as the best bang for the buck in terms of cleanliness, safety, friendliness of the staff, relative coolness, unique vibe, and overall value for the price. I don’t know when I’ll pass through Springfield again, but If/​when I do I will look forward to staying here!

Stayed here for a couple of days while interviewing for a job in Springfield.
Everything about this place was perfect for me. The price, the customer service, the cleanliness of the room, the fact that I could park steps from my door, and the wonderful complementary breakfast.
My expectations were far from exceeded. I am glad I stayed here and would recommend it to anyone staying in the area!

I just loved this motel so much! I am NOT a traveler, let alone someone who travels by herself. But I randomly decided to take a 1-​night trip to Springfield one weekend and according to Springfield’s Unilocal homepage, this was the coolest place to stay… and they were right!
I felt very safe staying by myself. I loved the old cars outside and breakfast in the morning was delicious! I had toast with peanut butter, a yogurt, hot coffee, apple juice, and a bottled water. They also had cinnamon rolls, a waffle maker, orange juice, apples and oranges, and many other options.
The downfalls were that a found a few stray hairs on my bed before I lay down to sleep in it, and a dirty used cup under the bed.
I really enjoyed the atmosphere, the breakfast, and the Elvis music playing during breakfast!

Whether you are jiving through Missouri on Route 66 or visiting your kid at MSU or a weary traveler, this cozy motor court nestled beside Glenstone and Historic Route 66 is the place for you.
We have stayed here many times (10+) and have had only 1 small issue which was quickly remedied. My mom discovered this place for visits to see me in college and it continues to be our go-​to spot for trips to Springfield.
The rooms have recently been remodeled but the charm of this place remains. Do NOT let its motor court appearance deter but rather entice you to stay here. You will enjoy an affordable, quiet, clean stay with a hint of history mixed in!
One negative is that the breakfast here has never been great — but for that head to Gailey’s Breakfast Café downtown!

There aren’t too many depression-​era motels that haven’t badly declined. It seems that this one has survived thanks to Route 66 nostalgia and investment from the Best Western chain. Whatever the case, it’s a very nice and renovated old motel.
It’s not hard to tell that the management takes pride in their work, and you get a good room, a nice mattress, free wireless, and a decent (free) continental breakfast. Plus you get the added benefit of being in town, away from the freeways.

So my father and I are on this roadtrip across Missouri and we want to do a little Route 66 on the way back to Kansas City (from St. Louis to Springfield) and we want to stay in a classic motel
Driving down Rt. 44 we didn’t see many appealing places, there was the classic neon but the places looked very dated and a little sketchy.
Keep going and pass the main stretch of hotels until you see the modern looking Best Western sign. Don’t let this fool you, this is still a great classic motel. It is very clean (the cleanest motel I’ve ever stayed in) and has all the classic touches. Theres chairs outside the rooms, the pool is in great shape and they even kept their vintage Best Western sign!
I think it was built in the late 30s, keep this place alive! You won’t regret it!