Fairground Inn

Plutôt bien placé, bon accueil et des chambres spacieuses. Literie ok, à recommander car le moins cher de la zone.

We have been staying at the inn during the Fair for the past 6 years. The motel has been steadily declining for years. There are to many live in residence. Very noisy, old rooms, uncomfortable hard beds. This last stay (8/31/24) we were over charged and our reservation was cancelled for the second night. The train turns out is the good part.

I had guys out there doing work and when they went to sleep got woken up by BUGS in the bed biting them. When they went to inspect what was going on, they found BLOOD ON THE BOX SPRING!!!! The manager did move them rooms but when we cancelled and left the next day they are refusing a refund. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. Spend the extra money and stay somewhere were you won't be attacked by bugs or have the possibilities of catching something.

I am easy to please and love to call myself a "dirtbag." I only say that because I'll write my review as such. I rated 3/5 just because place is a little dated, but it was more 3.5/5 as I never felt unsafe/unclean and it was affordable for the area. Booked trip of a lifetime, first commercial flight from Kansas to great NW to cover Diamond League finals/Pre Classic in Eugene. Always wanted to see Seattle but costly to stay there so stayed 45ish minutes out in Monroe. It's more of a motel than a hotel. Independently owned. It probably looks worse than my experience. Who doesn't like new, shiny things? But I was pleased with my experience. My TV didn't work. I almost diagnosed it but they sent someone up and he brought in a new cord and fixed it. It's definitely not modern but struck me as clean and comfortable. I definitely had no pause with anything about the place. One thing I did notice: trains! Holy cow it'd come barreling through the back of the parking lot. Kinda interesting, kinda annoying. So you're 45-60 minutes from Seattle, some of it a pretty drive. Monroe seemed small but plenty of shopping options. Google eats showed a lot of non-chain stuff but a short drive down town and you'll find plenty of chain places. Seems to be family owned and they were friendly. Seemed clean and safe. Definitely cheaper than staying in the city. I'd definitely consider a stay there again.

Website claims fully renovated rooms and shows pictures of a tidy, clean room. Here are a few pics from my renovated room from my stay on 8/25/23. There was no shower mat, few towels. I knew I wasn't booking an upscale room but this is ridiculous. You get what you pay for I guess. Oh - and they charged me an additional $20 per night for my dog!

DO NOT TRUST: After making a reservation months in advance I called the morning I was due to arrive to confirm my rooms. I spoke with a woman (apparently the manager) and everything seemed good. I arrived that evening with three kids tired kids after a full day of travelling and tickets for an entire weekend of events nearby and was told I had no rooms. Although my name had "popped up" earlier in the day it was now somehow magically gone from their computer and they were fully booked. And because of the event I was going to all the other hotels in the area were fully booked as well. After calling the manager, the kid behind the counter told me "there's nothing I can do." I was offered no apology, no attempt to help me find other lodgings, no discount for a future stay (not that I would EVER book with them again) - nothing. It was the most unprofessional, incompetent BS I have ever experienced from a lodging in my life, and I have travelled a lot. I've had a few people point out that somebody probably bribed them to get my rooms. Whether this is true or not, this hotel should not be in business.

Beware of the train in the rear of the motel loud whistle, room is your typical motel hotelsetup. Be prepared for billing for missing items, we were charges for missing towels, Who the f**k want motel towels on top of everything else we dontt steal anything from these people, tries to tell them we didnt remove anything or their property. We stayed there last year when we moved to Nevada with no issues, now we are paying for something we didnt do. Maybe the maid took them home. We will not be staying there anymore lots of other motels and hotels in Monroe.

I guess the hotels in Monroe are pretty expensive because this was the lowest cost we could find. Although we normally don't pay this much for a hotel of this apparent quality, we were pleasantly surprised. The room was quite spacious with a microwave, small tv, refrigerator, desk, and a couple of chairs. The king bed was quite comfortable and the shower was fine. The bummer was the internet didn't work the two days we were there. The owners were very nice about it, very apologetic, but it was still very inconvenient. They had a continental breakfast that was very good, too. All in all, considering the alternatives, this was a pretty good place to stay.