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Reviews of HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof Chicago - Waukegan This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!

1177 S Northpoint Boulevard, Waukegan, IL 60085, United States of America

#14 of 15 hotels in Waukegan

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 125 hotel reviews

4.0

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    4.9

  • Comfort

    4.8

  • Location

    6.1

  • Facilities

    4.7

  • Staff

    5.7

  • Value for money

    5.4

  • Free WiFi

    5.5

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  • Reviewed: October 17, 2023

    5.0
    Home away from home. Our stay was ok BUT 3rd Party Online Booking needs the hotel site updated!
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Studio Room with Two Double Beds Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Online Booking Needs to be Updated! We booked 2 Double Bed Studios but when we arrived the rooms were only Single bed Studios. Thankfully, HomeTowne was accommodating us with 4 rooms for the price of two. We took the 2 rooms for 1 price because we didn't need the 4th room, and I refused to pay full price on the 3rd room for only ONE bed studio. Room size was small, good for 2-3 people only! Not recommended for bigger size families. I'm just glad my family and I managed it all.

    The staff was nice & and accommodating, but I just wish the 3rd Party booking would update their site. It was a nice home away from home with a full-size refrigerator, microwave & burners.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: December 23, 2022

    5.0
    it was good enough for the price paid
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Studio Queen Room Disability Access Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    it was hard to check in at night, it was late and I had to call to be checked in, and had to wait outside in the cold.

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: October 24, 2022

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Couldn't connect to wifi asked for help they gave me a phone number to call but didn't work.

    We had a room.

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: July 14, 2022

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Room with Two Double Beds Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The elevator didn't work all weekend made it difficult for 2 handicap people to walk up the stairs, there was no maid service all weekend also

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: June 16, 2022

    5.0
    All and all it was a solid stay, I can’t complain other than the fact I expected a room to be clean
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The room was extremely dirty and smelt like smoke

    I liked the size and amenities in the room

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: January 20, 2022

    3.0
    The WORST stay in our 40+ years of traveling.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The room was OLD, there was no security, and staff was only there 11A to 7P for Check in & extra supplies. We got soap on day 2. This was the worst place we have ever stayed. Not only will we NOT Recommend this place, we Will let everyone know to stay away!!!

    Bed=OK, shower=good, heat was great (never got cold); however, the room was saturated with stale cigarette SMOKE & people smoking and talking outside our room. I was sick for 3 days because of the smoke everywhere.

    Stayed in January 2022

  • Reviewed: October 5, 2021

    4.0
    You get what you pay for
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It was very dirty, lots of damages in the room and even bugs in the bed, the rooms are also not sound proof so you can hear everything in the rooms around you. The staff wasn’t very helpful and the after hours number they have doesn’t work. It will ring and then pretends to answer but then hangs up. It got to the point where I actually contacted local police to help me resolve my issues. I can’t be too upset with how big of a price difference it was and I only stayed two nights.

    I felt the location was good compared to where I needed to be and the price was much cheaper than hotels nearby

    Stayed in October 2021

  • Reviewed: October 3, 2021

    5.0
    I am never going there again, I actually moved hotels the same night I checked in in
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Studio Queen Room Disability Access Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It was stinky of cigarettes, and there were shady looking people living there so there was stuff like a belt and personal belongings thrown on the floor around the corridors outside

    That it had a ktichenette

    Stayed in October 2021

  • Reviewed: September 27, 2021

    5.0
    Alright place to stay for one night
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Everything was ok was just there for one night

    Room was alright

    Stayed in August 2021

  • Reviewed: September 16, 2021

    5.0
    I was looking for a cheap stay. As my home being repair. It was what I was looking for
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 13 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Remote doesn't work,

    Big fridge, can connect TV to tablet

    Stayed in September 2021

  • Reviewed: August 27, 2021

    5.0
    Fair
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio Room with Two Queen Beds Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No

    No

    Stayed in August 2021

  • Reviewed: August 27, 2021

    5.0
    Fair
    • Family with young children
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The smell on the floors going to my room. No safety tells for small kids and the elevator broken.

    It was quiet

    Stayed in August 2021

  • Reviewed: June 13, 2021

    5.0
    Good for the price
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The door was broken and the staff didn't fix it after promising to fix it the next day and we didn't feel safe because of it and had to leave.

    Our overall experience was fair. The bed was comfy, the stovetop was very handy as we liked to cook our own breakfast.

    Stayed in June 2021

  • Reviewed: October 2, 2023

    1.0
    Do not stay here! Staff does not care! Horrible Condition.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Dirty! No toilet paper in rooms! No hand soap in rooms! Sold us a handicap accessible room and did not have one! Person with disabilities could not access toilet or shower had to go in her paints. Checked in on a Friday evening. And was told we had to wait till Monday to talk to manager. Stuck 2 nights with no air conditioning in Hot Summer with people with disabilities that couldn’t use the restroom. No one at the property cared and couldn’t refund money for a week so we had no money to get a different rooms! Horrifying Conditions!

    Gross!

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: August 19, 2023

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    everything was horrible about this stay

    nothing

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: August 18, 2023

    1.0
    We want our deposits back for both rooms
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 15 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    They stole my deposit, me and my girlfriend stayed their for 30days while our house was being renovated. we rented two rooms, one for us and the other for her 16 and 17 yr old sons. Before we left we cleaned the rooms, when we checked out they stole out deposit and said they found ashes in the room. WHICH WAS NOT TRUE! They told the same lie to both of us! I would like to speak to management! Because we don’t smoke! We also don’t have $200 to just give away.

    It was close to my job

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: August 2, 2023

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 30 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Living areas

    Staff

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: July 27, 2023

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 15 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    100 dollar deposit They took from me it's been a week they haven't refunded yet

    100 dollar deposit They took from me it's been a week they haven't refunded yet

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: July 26, 2023

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    I called early to say I was going to be late for the check in. Later, they said there is no booking under my name and to figure it out with the third party. They charged my card and stole 68$

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: July 16, 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 17 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    N/A

    Close to my job

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: June 13, 2023

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Cigarette burns on the sheets mattress and bedspread hair on the pillows the room was filthy.

    Nothing

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: May 20, 2023

    1.0
    i do not recommend
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The worst place i’ve been - room was a extremely dirty. Ton’s of dust. the floor hasn't been washed in months . Whole in the bathroom’s wall, air conditioning so dirty we had to turn it off. Dirty sheets and towels, and that smell…

    nothing

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: March 27, 2023

    7.0
    It was decent. Hopefully I will receive my 100.00 deposit which was supposed to be refunded. Please
    • With a pet
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 14 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Hopefully next time I stay, I will not be stalked and or harassed. Too much banging on the walls and heavy stomping on the floor above. I did have a very nice little dog. Some people complained to staff. They did inform me. Massah has a chip in her since birth. I am Vested Gov. As a professor.

    There was no breakfast included.p

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: February 12, 2023

    1.0
    Overall, this place is a nightmare would not tell my worse enemy to stay there.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio One Double Room Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night

    Everything, people walking around looking like zombies.

    Nothing, this is a disaster for a new strain of COVID. This place is disgusting, garbage everywhere, Asked for adjacent rooms because I brought my grandchildren with me. Ages 10, 8 and 5; called the hotel the next day to confirm I had adjacent rooms. Assured me that I had the adjacent room. I was travelling from Indiana and did not want to come and be disappointed. Got to hotel a little before six p.m. or a little after. Cold outside this young lady pointed me to come to the side of the window, Did not invite me inside and it was cold outside. Had me sign some paperwork. Gave me two keycards one for room 128 and one for 311. Advised, what happen to me having adjacent rooms awww, we do not have them. Stated the young lady. I have children under ten which you all knew and assured me that I would have adjacent rooms. Well, we do not have any more rooms. Sooo, went to Mcdonald's to get food and went by my son place in Waukegan and advised to meet us at hotel. Well, when we came back the elevator did not work. Okay, I stated we need to exercise so let's hit the stairs. Garbage was everywhere. Took about five minutes to get inside the room in 311. Once, inside we closed the door, it looked like it was still open. If someone wanted to give the door a good kick the door would have opened. Children set at table ate food. The room was dirty, spread on top had a stain on it. the countertop had stains on them. Children stated grandmom this place is nasty can we leave. First, we pass a lot of garbage and now the room is nasty. Advised, we had a long ride eat your food and try to relax. After eating the children wanted to pull the cover back and laydown and this is when I looked in disbelief. The sheets had stains on them that looked like dried up blood, and brown spots. Had enough gather our belongings and left. Pictures do not lie, yes I have them. Of course, I have pictures and pictures do not lie.

    Stayed in February 2023

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