Pear Tree Inn by Drury – Union Station

We attended a wedding in the area for a nephew. The wedding couple reserved a block of room in this hotel because it was near to where the reception was to be. Calling in to reserve a room was very pleasant. The person on the other line – I wish I could remember her name – gave us different options for us to make an informed decision. The information she gave included room options, hotel amenities, credit card requirements, breakfast, etc. She answered all my questions before I could ask them.
Check in was very swift. It took less than 5 minutes. The gentleman behind the counter was very pleasant, informing us of amenities – like gym, afternoon beverages, breakfast, etc – along with his ‘Thank You’ for staying at Pear Tree Inn. The breakfast area was just adjacent and I saw a coffee machine. He informed me that coffee was on 24-​hours a day and coffee was always available.
The room was really nice. Pleasantly decorated and updated. There was a fridge, microwave, iron, ironing board, and a coffee pot. All table lamps had outlets for charging electronic devices. And the lamps were not bolted down to the table. I saw only two towels on the rack but there were more under the sink. Instead of little bottles of shampoo, conditioner and gel, there was a dispenser for such glued just under the shower head.
Parking is a little cumbersome, as one has to go through a bunch of hoops to find a spot. The parking deck is gated with a numeric touch pad. When you put in the number, you stare at a camera right in front of you. Once the correct number is plugged in, the railing goes up AND afterwards, the swinging arm goes up too.
Breakfast is heaven! Although in the two days that we stayed, the breakfast menu did not change, it was still nice to get hot breakfast. Scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuit and gravy, lots of fruits and danish. It was something to look forward to.
There is an indoor pool which I did not use. My wife worked out in the gym one morning, complained about the age and the sounds of the equipment. There is a door that goes to an adjacent restaurant/​bar. We poked our heads in one late evening and it was packed.
The one black mark of our stay was a fight that occurred in the hallway one early morning. I am sure it was an isolated incident but it rattled our nerves a little bit.
The view from the hallway was magnificent. One could see the skyline of downtown St. Louis. It was right in the middle goings on in the city. One morning, we saw a whole bunch of young girls planting and gardening in a small gardening patch just outside of the hotel premises. I didn’t know what group that was but it was nice to see on a beautiful October morning.
Will I go back? You betcha I would. It was really one of the best hotel stays we’ve had, even with the $ 129 nightly cost.

We stayed at this hotel earlier this year. While our stay was nice enough, we selected this hotel for its St Louis Blues hockey package — which included signed hockey pucks. My kids are huge hockey fans and were looking forward to the fun souvenir. At check in, we were told that none were available but they’d be getting some in before the end of our 5 day stay. At check out, we were told they would mail us 2 pucks. Since leaving, I’ve called and emailed the hotel as well as emailing the corporate Drury offices. The emails go with no response. The calls are left with empty promises of mailing the items. I’d hoped to be able to surprise the kids with the picks for Christmas… no luck.
UPDATE — Following this review, I was contacted by the management of the hotel. The manager apologized for the service that we received. He offered several options to remedy the situation and immediately sent the hockey puck to us. We were impressed and surprised by how quickly this review resulted in action. Thanks, Pear Tree!

Great price, free snacks and drinks at night, hot breakfast, clean and modern rooms, nice sports bar that is attached and very friendly staff. It’s what I have come to expect from Drury Hotels and this place didn’t disappoint. I think I have found a new place to stay when I come to St. Louis!

We had a nice stay for the price we paid. Location was great for seeing the Arch. The on site restaurant was good and parking was free and secure. Hotel was clean, beds were comfortable, shower worked good and they had a nice hot breakfast in the morning. BUT the walls and towels are thin (Motel 6 kind of thin).

Place appears cleaner than when I was here last. My room was nice and clean and did not have any odor. I love that they use a dispenser for shampoo and soap. This concept cuts down on waste and I’m sure has a huge impact on expenditures.

We stayed here two nights for our sons enlistment to the Navy.
Pros: Nice, clean and comfortable hotel. Every employee, and I mean every employee, I encountered had a smile on their faces. They were so helpful and truly seemed to enjoy their jobs. The managers attended breakfast by helping the costumers, asking how our stay has been, and even cleaning the tables. This morning an employee coming in for the day passed us and said «Good Morning.» Just nice people.
The rooms were a little small but very comfortable and clean. The breakfast has a nice selection and it’s free. Coffee and sodas in the lobby are free and available at all times.
Parking, breakfast, wi-​fi, sodas, coffee, popcorn, nightly drinks are all free!
Cons: It’s a nice walk to the arch and Busch stadium. However, the hotel is in a shady part of town so we didn’t feel comfortable walking back after dark. A cab from the stadium was just under $ 10. Not bad considering parking by the stadium can run you $ 20 or more.
All in all, I would DEFINITELY stay here again!!!

It’s a basic hotel. A basic Drury Hotel. Wifi and breakfast is included with the room rate. It is convenient to Scottrade Center if in town for a concert. The room seems clean and for a $ 10 a night fee I could even bring my small dog. Parking is secured in a gated garage. They have snacks and drinks after 5:30pm but we missed those. The ice maker, cups, hot water (maybe coffee) and vending machines on the first floor were all accessible for a cheap late night, after concert snack.
Total side note but there is a beautiful community garden facing the parking lot. Lovely.
The downside is the bar across the street appears to be rocking every night. Here on a Sunday and you could hear the music from anywhere inside the hotel until well after 1am. The cool thing was Pear Tree had security out to make sure the bar crowd was not parking in the hotel lot!
The breakfast is pretty much exactly what the website said, eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy. Not much else. Cereals and breads. I was down by 7:30am and it was crowded and the food, in steamers was cold. :-(
I found the hotel staff to be friendly and accommodating. The front desk staff who had checked my sister in over an hour before I arrived remembered her and was on the lookout for me and my dog! :-) I’ve stayed in a few St Louis hotels and for the rate I would return. Oh and they have lots of available discounts if you book online (paid at the hotel). The senior rate starts at 50yrs old (which is NOT a senior but who am I to argue with discounts).

First off let me start by saying that overall this hotel is fairly nice at first glance. However, once I made it to my room I noticed the bathtub was dirty while the room appeared like it hadn’t been dusted in weeks! Also I was put in a room with double twin beds when I asked for a single king. Then I find out that you are charged 18 dollars in taxes per day!!! I’ve never been charged like that before to my knowledge. The Drurys have outstanding hotels throughout the U.S. This one however left a lot to be desired.

My choices were the Double Tree or the Pear Tree Union Station. My first time in Saint Louis (I’m from Alaska), I chose the hotel where I could walk a little outside but was still close to the conference. With their free wi-​if, free drinks in the evening, popcorn after the drinks, and free breakfast I am 100% sure I made the right choice. (I’m talking full hot breakfast here!) Right at this moment, I am sitting in the lobby while families play cribbage, military guys cheer on the Cards, and the smell of popcorn wafts throughout the lobb, as I drink my free glass of winey. The staff has been stellar, I travel all over the country and this staff at this hotel has, BY FAR, outshined the places I’ve stayed in the last couple months: Portland, Seattle, Anchorage, DC. They’re friendly, helpful, always smiling, and ready to help. And don’t get me started on the view. We are right next to a community garden, with full view of the downtown and Saint Louis Arch. This may not be too important, but for me, the garden has been my place of refuge. I am in love with this hotel! If I ever make it back to STL, this will definitely be the place I stay. Thank you Pear Tree, I appreciate it. (PS, the room is not too shabby, clean, fridge and microwave, king size bed, lots of space!)

Great hotel. The hotel staff was very friendly. Front desk awesome. Great at giving directions. I can see what others had said about kids, but I had 3 older kids of my own, so the younger ones didn’t bother me. Loved the wine in the evening. That may have been my favorite part. After days of traveling it was nice to sit and enjoy some wine. Pool and hot tub were very clean! Breakfast was good. I had to take one star off because as I was down at breakfast house keeping came in to clean my room and and taken my purse and belongings to the front desk. Not cool to touch my stuff when I had not checked out.

best sleep i have ever had not at home, wifi was good shower was good parking was ok but what was great was i was able to talk to allot of what i need to do here

Very nice and helpful staff! Indoor pool with hot tube was very clean. Free hot breakfast that was nice from 6:30 to 9:30. Also free parking. Rooms were dated but clean. One person who stood out was Cathy who seemed to be everywhere. Working the front desk one evening and then the buffet the next morning with a nice smile and great attitude! She was friendly and easy to talk to. Will be back Thanks!

How could you not give this hotel 5 stars?
Free beer/​wine/​soda & snacks like nachos and popcorn during happy hour??? Awesome.
If your headed to St. Louis for baseball or football, this definitely was the more affordable way to stay in comfort, giving you the ability to walk or cab it to the stadium.
We had a very clean room, a great bed, and a nice view of St. Louis the entire visit.
The employee’s all showed great enthusiasm in trying to assist with anything needed, and offered nice suggestions for dinner/​desert choices.
We had completely FREE parking the entire stay for 2 cars with a gated parking structure. Not having to pay for parking is always an added bonus!
The pool was small, but still added that little bit of extra enjoyment. The hot tub could have been a little hotter… and by no the fault of the hotel, was completely packed with 5 and 6 year olds… What the heck parents!!!
The soda fountain station is only ON during limited hours… but it’s free soda, so I’m not complaining.
Breakfast was GGGGGGGGRRREAT!
Large spread of eggs, sausage, waffles, biscuits/​gravy, bacon, toast, muffins, yogurt, fruit… One of the better hotel breakfast’s I’ve seen offered.
Over all a great hotel. If… I mean when I head back to St. Louis I’ll definitely be staying at the hotel again.
5 stars!!!

Do you need an affordable place to stay? This is it! Even if you are going to save $ 10, just say no.
The staff is friendly and most of them are knowledgeable. You have a bad apple in every bunch. There is free parking, in/​out, for the duration of your stay.
Checking in is quick and simple. However, there are only TWO elevators for the entire place. I stayed on the ninth floor and found myself taking the stairs often.
The pool area is small but it is nice. The hot tub is ALWAYS overrun with children. There are tons of children left unattended at the pool. The hotel could offer some sort of attendant. It would be nice to enjoy a hot tub as an adult.
The breakfast is phenomenal. Eggs, sausage, yogurt, biscuits and gravy, waffles, donuts, muffins and cereal. This is complimentary. There is also soda and popcorn offered free throughout the day. In addition to all of this, there is happy hour which gives each adult in the room three free drinks. Wine or Beer. But hey, free is free.
There is a restaurant in the hotel but it is ok. The staff is not knowledgeable and gave me misinformation. Something the hotel should keep tabs on. Their guests will be affected.
So the restaurant runs a shuttle to the game. $ 2. Fantastic, right? Well it is but there is NO organization, no line… so it is a giant pile of chaos and there is lots of bad blood between guests.
The rooms are clean and everyone comes with a fridge and microwave. The hotel provides shampoo, conditioner and body wash. Overall, I would definitely stay there again.

Ok the staff gets the 3 stars, the hotel, MAYBE two. Dig the location, dig the sports bar being attached with shuttle to the Cards game. Breakfast is no better than and Comfort INN, the refreshments at night were ho hum, and the beer flat. The Rooms were nice, you get a view of the dog kennel or the bar across the street. Got to point out the soap dispensers, keep in mind this is a DRURY hotel and they have soap dispensers, EW. Loved the dispenser that was dripping onto the shower handle, good times. All in the name of going green, no they are not, they are cutting corners. The towels, I highly suggest you bring your own, they are well worn and not sure if they ever saw a dryer! Better towels at resale shops. I did email Drury Inn and of course they are sorry and of course they will speak with the manager. Place is going down hill.

We stayed here over the Memorial Day Weekend and had some pretty high expectations for the $ 163 a night price tag. Our expectations plummeted at check in. The gentleman at the front desk swiped our credit card multiple times, causing it to eventually decline. He had somehow missed that it had been accepted prior to declining. We were rather confused when he said our credit card had declined and ended up using much of our vacation cash to pay for the room. We spent nearly a half an hour on the phone with out bank, which confirmed that the card had been run several times and had processed. We went back in and talked to the front desk staff, who continued to insisted it had never processed. Finally the front desk manager said he would call his IT department and look into it. Some time later called us and said that we were correct and he would give our cash back, making the comment that «we are only as good as our computers». When he did meet us, during dinner at the on site restaurant (Sybergs), to return our cash, he continued to make light of the event. After a very long day of driving, the last thing I expected was to be embarrassed at check with an unexpected credit card decline and the ensuing stress of «figuring it out» and then trying to convince them to take a closer look at the transaction. There was no offer to make up for the stress/​anxiety that they had caused.
As far as the amenities:
Parking was free. It was a small parking garage just behind the hotel. If you are not unloading/​loading your luggage at the drive up overhang, it will be a pain to walk through the garage with your luggage.
Rooms were clean and average. In our room, their was no vanity/​sink outside the bathroom (it was in the bathroom, like at home). Hair dryer, shower gel, shampoo, conditioner provided. No plastic laundry bag. Towels were some of the thinnest I have seen at a hotel. Beds were comfy. The view wasn’t spectacular, but it was better than the backside of a parking lot. I liked that the windows were tinted, so you could keep the windows open and without being seen from the outside.
Manager’s reception was sparse… pretzels, tortilla chips and salsa along with your drink card, good for three drinks within the time frame. Choices: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Zinfandel and Budweiser (maybe it Bud Lite, I can’t remember). I had Merlot for two drinks, but they ran out of it and I had the Cabernet for my last drink. Both were okay. Watching other people, I learned that they did not let you get your drink and someone else’s, nor could you use someone else’s card after exhausting yours, each person had to redeem their own card.
The pool are was nice enough and our 10 year old niece had a blast swimming in the three feet/​four feet and five feet sections. We had hoped to get in the whirlpool, but it had been overtaken by a group of kids splashing around in it and running out other users. Pool towels were provided.
The morning breakfast was great. Scrambled eggs, sausage patties, biscuits, gravy, bagels, toast, muffins, doughnuts, waffle station (in a separate room just to the side of the breakfast area), grits packets, oatmeal packet, hot chocolate packet, bananas, oranges, coffee, soda and juice. The morning dining room staff (Pearline, I think) was super; genuinely sweet. The only drawback to breakfast is that the dining room tables are tiny.
All in all there were some great things (breakfast and free parking) and some average things (the room) and some disappointing things (whirlpool, manager reception snacks). For the price, there should have been much more great things.
*Our check in experience took this review from a 3 star review to 2. Mistakes happen, but to dismiss us, then make light of it when we are right and blame «the computer» wasn’t the proper response. Especially without offering to make up for it in any way.

Well… several things made this hotel not so comfortable:
1) If you are facing the street, maybe you noticed Harry’s bar and restaurant, which turns into a night club at on the weekends, with lines out the door at midnight and beyond, and booming bass-​y music that can be heard even in our 10^th floor room. I awoke several times during the night hearing the latest jams blasted from our next door neighbors.
2) There were college-​aged women going in and out of the hotel lobby in miniskirts around midnight when we arrived, presumably taking a break from the club next door, but doesn’t positively add to the ambiance of the hotel check-​in area.
3) There was a security guard patrolling the hallway who perched right next to our room door. I guess it’s meant to make you feel safer, but somehow this did not provide a peace of mind, and certainly not a lot of privacy.

Not at all what I was expecting based on website and some of the reviews. Poor customer service, the assistant during check-​in was not friendly and I had the feeling he was quite put off by working. The lobby is in major need of renovations. The website said there was a business center, great breakfast, drinks, pool. All if these things were in one small area. When I went to get the drinks I had assumed it would be a bar. Instead it was like a cafeteria with people eating KFC at the table next to us, children running around screaming, scantily clad individuals walking through to the pool. I was just very shocked at the reality of the place. However the rooms are quite nice, parking is free. It’s a decent location but you could spend the same amount on a better hotel located just as nicely and likely to have similar amenities.

When booking a hotel in a city you’ve never been too sometimes a lack of pictures or an accurate review can leave you & the family wishing you booked another hotel or even worse, wish you could just live in the minivan for a week.
Pear Tree Inn by Drury has positive reviews & for good reasons. The staff was at the top of their game. From the lady at the front desk who spent all of two minutes to check us in & give us our key, to Reggie who worked the bar & kept the snack area filled. The rooms were clean, the bathroom was clean and the pool & surrounding areas were well kept. No matter what time of day the cleaning crew were sweeping up the community dinning area where they had a free breakfast buffet every morning & free snacks and pop from 6 until 10. One thing I thought was cool is adults receive 3 free beer or wine tickets each day from 6 – 830. This helped keep costs down when going out to dinner. I’ve never stayed at a hotel that offers free fountain pop & snacks for the kids every night and created a feeling like we were at home, they even had a cart full of board games.
Laundry services were an area that could use some attention, 2 washers & four dryers. The dryers didn’t work that well & we had to use extra quarters to dry them twice. This hotel is showing its age but what this hotel lacks in curb appeal it makes up with hospitality & convenience. My only complaint was the private parking garage. It was very narrow, lots of giant pillars, full on weekends & if you see oil spots on the ground, the odds are you’ll have a giant rainbow stain on your hood in the morning. The hotel is located in the middle of everything we wanted to do, minutes from downtown and not to far from the Hill and other parts of the city. If you don’t feel like going out they have a nice bar & restaurant (Sybergs) located next to the pool. The cost to stay here is hard to beat! Throw in the free morning buffet, beers, pops & snacks and a stay at this hotel is a no brainer. I wish they had more hotels in the cities I plan to visit because they have an awesome award program that rewards with you with several free nights. I enjoyed my stay & if I was to return to St. Louis a stay here would be probable.

I stayed in this hotel a few weeks ago as part of a wedding. I saw the reviews and didn’t expect much, but this place could use some updating.
The staff were really friendly throughout our stay, but our room was kinda scummy. On the second day we realized the ceiling of our bathroom leaked every time the person above us took a shower. We notified the front desk, who sent someone from maintenance to look at it. Nothing was done about it, but he did come to look. This was clearly not a new leak, as the ceiling was bowing.
On the plus side, the free breakfast is actually halfway decent. The scrambled eggs and the biscuits were good.
I probably would have given the hotel 3 stars if I hadn’t been hit with gross ceiling water while trying to pee. I wouldn’t stay here again.