Best Western Dekalb Inn & Suites

Vending machine: not! Quiet sleep: Not! (Trains very close by, a/​c clanking loudly) a/​c cools room: Not! Nice shower: not! (Wont drain) top tier TV: not! (Lowest level hotel network and old grainy TV) wifi: actually acceptable and fast (surprised something works). Overall, a night sleeping next to a dumpster would have been the equivalent to a night here!

So yeah this was pretty much the worst hotel experience of my life. Don’t stay unless you can’t stay anywhere else or you are a heavy sleeper. The hotel is dated and gross, it’s kind of close to some cool bars filled with sketchy people and college kids, it’s very close to NIU, but it’s also almost ON TOP of a heavily used freight train track. Every 20 to 40 minutes a big ass train rolls through, and believe me it’s loud. I’m writing this review as my window is shaking from one screaming through right now. Whoever built this hotel had to be frigging insane to think that the proximity to the track would not be an issue. Seriously, my room is only about 50 – 60 yards away. This hotel is also «motel» styled with most rooms opening to a courtyard with a pool. You can’t pull directly up to the lobby which is another gigantic pain in the ass. Also google «NIU Shooting». One great piece of information is that the shooter checked in to this hotel in room 154 the day of the shooting. So if you a ghoul who enjoys that sort of thing you could stay in that guys room. I found it creepy because I am the room next door. So that would be another reason not to stay here. Also the breakfast was hands down the worst I have ever had at a hotel (and that’s saying something because I have stayed in some awful places). All this and more for the low price of $ 70.00 per night (ridiculous because all the hotels in the area are competitive with their pricing). Do yourself a favor, go find somewhere else to stay.
This place deserves NO STARS. Don’t stay here! You can bring a hooker here for a hour or two but after that I would definitely leave.

We were in town for Halloween weekend, and chose this hotel due to its proximity to bars and relative cheapness. We were actually pleasantly surprised at how nice our rooms were. We were in the inside-​entry section of the hotel, which had been recently remodeled. The beds were comfortable, and the room was clean. Easy walking access to Pizza Pros, Fatty’s, and other campus hangouts.