Best Western Clive Inn & Suites

Really nice place. Pet friendly! They give the four footed ones treats. Clean recently remodeled rooms. Free internet. Good breakfast. Would recommend if you are traveling. Very nice friendly staff.

I had a fairly decent price, through an email oromotion so I opted to book here for a couple days of work in the area.
Check in — was not recognized as a rewards top tier member. I asked about upgraded rooms and they said none were available.
Check out — I asked for a zero balance receipt and was told I couldn’t have one because I must have paid through someone else. I booked through best westerns site.
Breakfast — decent. Hot and cold selections. The usual continental breakfast.
Social hour — monday Tuesday and Wednesday (though they don’t tell you when you check in). A selection of snacks, pizza, wine, beer and soda. From 5 to 7
Staff — decent. Not overly friendly but not overtly rude either…

This place is fantastic! You walk in the door at 10:00 at night and there’s two Silver plates with warm chocolate chip cookies! The desk clerk was more than helpful and kind, suggesting a great delivery pizza place called Sarpinos. The rooms were very clean, & were pet friendly for our tuckered cat, all for a reasonable price. I definitely recommend anyone staying near Des Moines to stay here! A little tricky to find, but GPS or their friendly staff can help you find your way.

The staff was friendly, the room was clean, the wi-​fi was free and strong, the continental breakfast was also free and plentiful. It’s completely no frills but I had a better experience here than I did at my two days at the Westin. Good job Days Inn.

We decided to make it a 2 day drive home from vacation and ended up stopping in Des Moines. Who knew we’d have some difficulty finding a room in Des Moines of all places. After stopping at a couple hotel/​motels, I called a couple and was fortunate to find a room at the Best Western due to a cancellation. I had to laugh that the only available room was a King Suite, but at $ 110 it wasn’t bad.
Overall the room was nice. I always enjoy a king size bed when staying in hotels and it was very comfortable. I sat in the hot tub after dinner but was disappointed in its lukewarm temperature. I also got in the pool long enough to find out it was frigid.
Breakfast was included and it was more or less a continental breakfast. You can’t ask for much more when it’s free.
Really the only downfall was discovered a few days after checkout. Turns out they had a computer «glitch» which caused several people who checked out the same day we did to be double billed. We were one of those lucky ones. I had 2 options, cancel my card and dispute the charge with my bank or wait 5 – 10 business days to get a credit. I don’t quite understand how they can charge it immediately, but it takes an act of Congress to get an invalid charge removed.