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Reviews of Hotel Lincoln Inn on Route 66 and near I-55 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!

1750 5th Street, Lincoln, IL 62656, United States

#5 of 5 hotels in Lincoln

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Review Score

Based on 82 hotel reviews

2.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    4.1

  • Comfort

    4.3

  • Location

    4.8

  • Facilities

    3.4

  • Staff

    4.3

  • Value for money

    4.7

  • Free Wifi

    7.0

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  • Reviewed: June 15, 2025

    3.0
    Never again
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    This hotel should be closed whilst in the middle of a refurbishment. It was dark and the second floor was shut. The place was full of rolls of carpets and other building and decorating paraphernalia. Not fit for purpose. Wouldn’t have been surprised to see crime scene tape.

    Nothing

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: May 13, 2025

    2.0
    Not worth it
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    These guys r crooks. Don't ever try and cancel ur room. They will not give u ur money back. I suggest anywhere else. They turn the WiFi off at like 10 pm and don't turn it back on til.loke 3 pm. Not to mention u can never find the kid whonruns the front desk. Better off goin somewhere else.

    Not much. They were remodeling but still had a moldy fridge in my room.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: May 11, 2025

    3.0
    Overall, there is much needed improvement for this place.
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There was no breakfast at all, it says breakfast but they have a big mess in the dining room area. They use it for storage . The ice machine did t even work and the bending machine was out of order. The key for the doors wouldn’t work, there was nothing soap, shampoo nor conditioner and half of toilet paper in the restroom, also the fridge wasn’t working at all. Overall bad experience.

    The only good thing about it was the tv and the air conditioner oh and the bed was comfy

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: April 15, 2025

    3.0
    Horrible never again
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Filthy , under construction, bathroom was dirty,rooms are not cleaned

    Location

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: August 10, 2024

    4.0
    Never again
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Honeymoon Suite with Hot Tub
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Room was literally falling apart.

    N/A

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: June 16, 2024

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The room was dirty, the sheet wasnt even on the bed properly just thrown on and the blanket put on to make it apear made, pillows were flat, there was an empty roll of toilet paper on the wall and less than half a roll sitting on the back of the toilet, there was 1 wash cloth, 1 hand towel and 3 body towles, there was debris on the floor, microwave dirty, freezer frozen over and gross, the lock didn't work on the door, the slide lock where is screws into the wall was broke in 2 pieces so in turn we did not sleep well, there were sticky cup rings on the side tables and desk, the bath tub button was slick and the soap was crumbly/powder. And the air wasn't the greatest, it took hours to cool the room down.

    Check in was quick and simple.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: June 13, 2024

    4.0
    Price was good, room was clean, staff was friendly. Decent for a one night stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Convient location to where we were. Staff was friendly and helped resolve the problems we had. .

    No breakfast, no coffee. First room was smoked in, even though it was a no smoking room. The room also had no bottom fitted sheet. The second room they gave us was better. There was no bar soap in the room,but the sheets were clean and room was vaccumed.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: April 9, 2024

    2.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The people working there are all on drugs. No teeth, gross. The hotel should be torn down. Room nasty.

    It was nasty... disgusting.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: June 5, 2023

    4.0
    Won't stay again or recommend.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Honeymoon Suite with Hot Tub
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Another person walked right in front of us while checking in. If we wouldn't have stepped out of the way they would have been standing on my feet. Wanting soap for rooms. And they ran out of soap. For the price we paid we would have expected a bed that wasn't so old. Fitted sheets and furniture that the upholstery wasn't peeling off of. The whole place reeked of Marijuana. Evidently the no smoking policy doesn't apply to the permanent residents there. And only applies to cigarettes. The towels were stained bad. And the hallways were gross.

    The desk clerk was a really nice guy

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: May 7, 2023

    2.0
    I have probably stayed in a thousand motels and this was next to the worst.
    • With a pet
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night

    The facility is dirty and has broken grills, patios furniture, toaster oven, and such surrounding outside of the motel. Weeds everywhere! The carpets were stained. They did not provide soap and had none available at the front desk. Towels were gray, thin and rough. But the worst part was the parties happening in the two rooms next to us. Screaming, thumping, and running back and forth in the hall, until ~2:00 AM. The 6+ young people were obviously very high. Yes we called the front desk at 11:30 and 12:30. The employee said he would call the police next but if he did they never arrived. Yes, I asked the partiers directly to please quiet down and the response was "Yeah, well..." We slept fitfully about 4 hours. We had long days of driving and not having a good nights sleep was a safety concern.

    The beds and furniture were average. We could overlook some things because we came to sleep. The other factor of deciding to stay was because it was graduation weekend at the local college and knew we would have trouble finding another motel with a vacancy.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: April 6, 2023

    3.0
    Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Honeymoon Suite with Hot Tub
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No breakfast no coffee or fitted sheets or towels and wash clothes extra in the room the room was nothing like the picture I seen the lounge chair was falling apart the walls were bad paint peeling no plug in for microwave furniture falling apart no elevator I mean it the pictures you are showing are nothing like the place the only reason we stayed because we had already paid for it didn't want to lose money

    The hot tub was good the fridge was good

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: February 5, 2023

    3.0
    Don’t recommend, staff tried to be nice.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 5 nights

    Lack of cleaning. Debris around the edges of the rooms including an obvious bottle stopper and bits of paper and plastic wrapping. Corners of the bathroom had hairs and debris, hairs on the edge of the bath. Saw the staff spraying freshener throughout the hall but no sign halls were vacuumed during our 5 night stay. Only one room had a roll of spare toilet paper. The blankets in one room were torn and had burns on them. Only one blanket on each bed yet it was bitterly cold in January. The sheets did appear to be clean but had marks and stains and kept coming off the mattresses. No mattress or pillow covers, just sheets and pillowcases, One sheet had rips in it. One bath mat was grey and stained, didn’t look clean. Stains on towels thought they appeared clean. The rooms were not serviced or cleaned during our stay but there was a member of staff who on day 3 asked us if we needed anything, and gave us more toilet paper and another bath mat. The tv in both rooms didn’t work - faulty/unplugged cables which they did fix. No phone in my daughters room. Reception was hardly ever manned. No breakfast served “due to COVID” which seemed bizarre and the only hotel not serving breakfast. The smoke detector in one room was hanging from the ceiling and beeping when we arrived but did stop beeping once the room warmed up. Another electrical device in the hallway was hanging from the ceiling. There was a leak in the hallway ceiling despite being on the 1st floor rather than the top (2nd) floor. There was no elevator working. This was clearly once a reasonable budget hotel, the facilities are not bad, the water was hot and the rooms warmed up eventually, but they are clearly struggling to keep it cleaned and maintained. Although it was cheaper than other nearby hotels we overpaid coming from the UK. If we hadn’t been attending my mother in law’s funeral I would have insisted we find somewhere else to stay. My husband had other things on his mind.

    Once the heaters were turned on the rooms were warm. The location was convenient for us. It was very quiet as there were hardly any guests (4 cars in the parking lot all week/5 at the weekend.) Shower worked find and water was hot. As there were so few guests they were able to put us in adjacent rooms. The mattresses were soft but comfortable.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: February 2, 2023

    3.0
    Wanted my money back and the person there said he couldn’t do that. Offered us another room.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Room was ice cold. Heater didn’t work. Fridge didn’t work. Told the guy there that we want our money back and he said he wasn’t authorized to do that but did give us another room. However that room was ice cold and we had to wait an hour for it to warm up.

    There was no breakfast or coffee.

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: September 4, 2022

    3.0
    No returning- ever!
    • With a pet
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Room was somewhat clean. Only one washcloth. Bugs on bathroom ceiling. I got up middle of the nite — when I returned to bed .. bug there as well. (No bed bugs/ TG). The drapes were half off rod & way too high for us to fix. Place has good bones but need lots of attention!!

    No breakfast or coffee. Booking stayed both.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: August 9, 2025

    1.0
    Didn’t stay they said it was cancelled and it wasn’t had to find another hotel
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Junk no pool weeds grown up i have pics for u and tried to upload it to the email you sent me for them but it would t let me log in. I want my refund since they said it was cancelled and it was booking that had to do it. Now u see the pics attached please refund me. I wasn’t going back in the lobby for pics it wasn’t safe.

    We didn’t stay. They said reservation was cancelled Elle’s and it wasn’t. Nothing it was trash dumpster outside mattresses and things on ground outside. inside lobby was full of trash all lines for Internet TV and everything was stashed in the lobby

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: July 21, 2025

    6.0
    Will be better when finished.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No ice machine. Construction debris. Usual pre-opening stuff.

    Place is under construction, but all the essentials were fine

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: July 20, 2025

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room with Spa Bath - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Everything

    Nothing we made the reservation has the confirmation number in hand went to check in and had to call the man from the desk who proceeds to tell me I cant read and he was full that's not his problem it's my booking agency's So here I was two kids done traveled half night and get to sleep in my cAr.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: July 17, 2025

    1.0
    The place is abandoned it seems.
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It looks abandoned. The place is under construction.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: June 13, 2025

    1.0
    Crappy motel
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The owner was extremely rude cussing at me tell me if I don't like it I can leave. This wat happe.n booked my room checked in at 3pm today got to my room first thing no pillow cases on pillows they were dirty pillows then noticed no TV so I called he said no we don't have TV's no biggie just wanted to relax so 5 mins later there's construction being done in the room above my head so I called and asked when the noise is gna stop he told me I could.leave and I did t have to stay there cussing at me over a simple ? So I would never stay at that place ever again

    Nothing at all

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: May 11, 2025

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room with Spa Bath - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nothing dirty

    Nothing dark and dirty

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: April 28, 2025

    1.0
    Horrible Horrible Horrible
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Dirty, stinky, no pillow cases, no fitted sheet, no CLEAN sheets. Mold in the bathroom and an empty toilet paper roll. Nasty spit all over the mirror. THERE WAS PEE. ON. THE. SHEET. you could tell it hadn't been washed.

    This was the most disgusting hotel I've ever stayed in

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: April 10, 2025

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There was an unplugged freezer with rotting food in it, and I’m pretty sure they stole my debit card. It’s a meth hotel

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: April 2, 2025

    1.0
    Did not at the hotel..
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The Hotel looked in super bad condition, looked super lonely, no one was at the front desk in case something is needed during the night, only 1 person was seen and was rude, the Hotel is under remodeling on the 2nd floor so the smell was bad. I do not recommend this hotel to anyone specially when you have small kids too dangerous. Also, forgot to mention we were lost the Hotel does not have any name or address on the outside windows as it needs to be. Hotel in a super bad condition with no assistance as it needs to be when a hotel is reserved. We felt unsafe we did not stay we left to another hotel.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: March 19, 2025

    1.0
    I don’t recommend they wouldn’t even give me a refund on a room I didn’t occupy
    • Family with young children
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    They were not helpful they couldn’t even provide me with clean sheets I was so uncomfortable

    The property was terrible the covers and floors were dirty I asked for clean sheets and they couldn’t provide them for me I purchased two rooms and only stayed in one because the room was really uncomfortable and not clean and they denied me a refund on a room I didn’t even stay in

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: September 23, 2024

    1.0
    False advertising – you’ve been warned.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    You have been warned. This property is in horrible condition and appears shut down for a time recently. We were met by a closed pool, a closed breakfast area with stacked up furniture, broken air conditioning, overgrown weeds, a giant no trespassing sign on the main entrance,and generally felt very unsafe. The front desk worker told me the property was recently purchased and reopened and they’re trying to make a going business of it. Which I can appreciate. But, Tripadvisor.com and Booking.com both continue to use years old pictures on their websites from when this property was once a franchise of a nationally known chain. Very misleading. Booking.com, you owe me a refund.

    Stayed in August 2024

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