Marion Gray Plaza Motel

I have to say my trip to gray plaza motel was Excellent very clean rooms very beautiful carpet cable TV nice clean bathroom we had a great night sleep no bugs very friendly owner's this makes our second night here I would highly recommend staying at Gray plaza motel if you need a room they have reasonable prices with smoking rooms and non smoking I give them 5stars

The lady at the office at Gray Plaza was very helpful, smiled a lot, showed me a room, gave us a good rate and in general made me feel comfortable about the booking, which was on site, on the spur of the moment as we were traveling at Christmas and unfamiliar with the area. The room has everything we need, as experienced road travelers - good sized fridge, big desk and bedside tables with extra plugins, fast reliable wifi, hot water, plenty of bathroom counter space, heavy fluffy towels, soap and shampoo, and in our room a comfy couch and very clean floors and fixtures. This came after I had talked to a desk clerk at a name-brand giant motel down the road who "wasn't sure" if she had a room for us and did not know what the military discount was even though she swore they had one. So Gray Plaza with its neat retro drive-up ambience, reasonable rates and confident, honest staff was a welcome find and if we come this way again we will most definitely come back to Gray Plaza!

the stuff are nice I had one small problem but not too bad.

The facility was in a great location right off a main road with shopping and food only steps away. The room itself was a bit disappointing. There was an inch opening under the door leaving plenty of bugs freedom to crawl right in. There was an exposed water pipe with mold growing on it under the sink which my 1 year old kept trying to play with as children do. The toilet wasn't secured properly to the floor and if you leaned over it would wobble. The bathtub was dirty and the stopper didn't hold the water in leaving me having to either give my son very quick baths or keep filling the water. Speaking of the water, it never got hot. Just above Luke warm was all I got no matter how long I let it run. The staff was super friendly though and very helpful. I didn't bother them with the issues I had with the room because I'm not the complaining type and assumed they had to be aware of it already.

I'll preface by saying I was here for the total eclipse. It was the only place available, even at NYC price of $200/nite. Based on the reviews, I almost canceled. I am so glad I did not. Not to be snooty, but I normally stay in luxury accommodations, yet I was very happy here. Based on the reviews, I expected Addams Family. Or the Exorcist. Is it run down? Miserably so. Does it look like "drifter" lodging? Yep. But they were most friendly and the room/fridge was clean, clean, clean. Free bag o' chips and water. Free solar glasses. Freshly washed blanket on demand. Great bed. Good internet. Could you really ask for more? Well, yes, but considering the hordes of eclipse watchers, at its epicenter , it worked just fine. If your really on a budget, this is the place to go.

I am from this area and this is not a hotel for visitors to stay the night ... it is more of an apartment complex where people who don't have anywhere else to stay live here. There are a lot of nicer hotels in Marion and great places to eat.

The price was right, I booked via booking.com. The appearance when we arrived made me nervous. But we were driving 12 hrs and needed a rest. The man told me the price was wrong and told me it's $74.00/night when I booked for $54.00. I refused so he gave it to me. Was grumpy when I asked for a receipt and wouldn't give me my change until I returned the key. The room was very old and dated. I got an earry feeling when entering the room. The curtains had holes in them looked like bullet holes. I was so freaked out (bad energy or something) I slept about and hour then packed my family up and kept driving. The beds were hard and worn, could feel springs. The room was very clean. Just very dated and banged up furniture. It was cold. Only a cold air switch, couldn't find the heat. Man at front didn't give me the wifi password. Not a great stay.

This is the worst hotel I have ever been to I will never go back and I would have to say that the staff is rude and inconsiderate. No accommodations that are worth anything. Only one row of non smoking rooms which are in the very very back of the hotel.

Front desk staff fiendly and helpful. Room was newly renovated, new carpet, linens, paint, curtains and bathtub was clean and smelled fresh there is a flat screen Tv, micro wave and fridge. Liked the quietness.

I have stayed in some not so clean pretty ratty motels before even some with drug dealers and hookers going in and out all night but NEVER have I had an experience like this. We pulled into Marion Illinois at 1:30 and out of the 20+ hotels they have at that exit there was no room at any other inn. We should have just slept in the car. There was what seemed to be a cross between vomit and slobber on the pillow case, the electrical outlets were not even screwed into the wall. The bathroom door knob? There was not one just a hole in the wall. There was feces smeared on the window sill (likely someone pooped their pants trying to escape) the bathroom window was broken, and fully open with no screen. When Larry tried to close it we discovered there was no lock. We had to jam the garbage can in the window so that when crack heads tried to break in they would at least have to break the window further to achieve their goal. However we soon came to realize that would not be necessary because THEY JUST COME IN WITH A KEY TO ROB YOU. Lucky for us I was still in bed when Larry went to grab coffee because 45 seconds after he walked out the door a man entered with a key. He saw me and slammed the door closed taking off. The carpet was ripped and buckling, the night attendant would only take cash and in a town where every other single hotel was booked this place only bad 1 van in the lot when w got there which had the drivers window that was busted out covered with a piece of carpet. I recommend that anyone only recommend this no-tell motel to their inlaws and arch enemies. The tub would not drain and the water coming out of it was yellow. The shower knob came out when I tried to turn on the shower but I shoved it back on and was able to get yellow water to shower in. It was just down right filthy.