Hotels near Brass Armadillo Antique Mall - Des Moines, Saylor

When picking up the plane, the hotel asked me to take a taxi from the airport, the hotel paid the money, when the plane was delivered, the hotel staff drove it by themselves and the service was very good. The hotel is in the city, but because it is a big winter, it is cold outside, the river is frozen, the road is frozen, so there is almost no outdoor activity, just walked down SKYWALK, an indoor passage connecting many buildings in the city. There is also heating inside, and the city is small.

The beds was uncomfortable, the bathroom door was hard to close, the breakfast was OK but what I expected, the front desk wasn’t good because always sad and they didn’t even laugh or greeting people.

Hygienic: OK, it looks neat and clean. Service: The front desk staff is OK, very enthusiastic. Facilities: There should be, there is a free breakfast. Environment: It is quite convenient, there are food nearby.

Breakfast consisted of blueberry muffins, plain bagels, fruit loops, Raisin Bran, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, a waffle maker with the hotel logo heated into your waffle (cheesy to me), and coffee and two flavors of juice. I ordered breakfast in on day two because I was still so hungry after breakfast on day one. The key cards were garbage. It took everyone 5+ tries to get into the room every time, even after taking it up to the desk to get it switched out. We were better off leaving someone in the room to let us back in. Also, you don’t need a key card to get into the hotel side doors or the pool! There is a mechanism on the wall for a key card but the door was unlocked and it wasn’t necessary or functioning. Someone can just walk in off the street and go swimming! I did not enjoy seeing a man’s bare feet and overgrown toenails clacking against the floor while he checked in. That was unhygienic and disgusting. You should be required to wear at least socks. A boy almost drowned in the pool while we were there. We weren’t in the pool so I didn’t see what happened but there were plenty of people not following the posted rules, which weren’t being enforced by staff, and the whole thing seemed pretty unsafe, so I’m not entirely surprised that a tragedy occurred. Other than those gripes, the rooms were generally clean. The lobby was generally clean. Breakfast area was clean. Lots of places nearby for food, it’s off a pretty busy highway. It does appear a bit old but for the $100 difference we saved over two nights vs the neighboring hotels that offer the same amenities, it was okay. I might pay the difference for better quality next time, but for the purpose of our trip where we were out a lot, it really wasn’t THAT bad. You just get what you pay for with this place. Nothing remarkable or worth mentioning about it.

Very friendly woman up front! All smiles and nic4

Clean, comfortable and friendly staff.

Second time staying here and it never disappoints! Was nice during covid and even better now! The room was very clean, the bathroom spacious and the bed and pillows!!! I did not want to get out of bed in the morning!! We come down once a year for a date night and this is our favorite hotel to stay at! The hot breakfast in the morning is amazing! Biscuits/gravy, sausage links, scrambled egg circles with cheese, cinnamon rolls (fresh made in waffle iron) or waffles, cereals, assorted rolls, yogurt; juices. Something for everyone!!