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Reviews of Itascan Motel 2 stars

610 South Pokegama Avenue, Grand Rapids, MN 55744, United States

#8 of 8 hotels in Grand Rapids

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 80 hotel reviews

5.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.1

  • Comfort

    6.5

  • Location

    7.9

  • Facilities

    5.4

  • Staff

    8.0

  • Value for money

    6.7

  • Free WiFi

    7.5

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  • Reviewed: 1 September 2025

    5.0
    Served our purpose. To sleep
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Old

    Itasca is an old motel. Was fairly clean. Beds were comfortableand clean

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 May 2025

    5.0
    it was okay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Update the furnishings and the bed was too soft and ther pillows were really thin. The living room or lounge area chairs were dirty and worn and the tv was on a stand too low.

    the hotel was a good price and clean

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 April 2025

    6.0
    It was fine as a place to sleep, no amenities.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Musty odor, one of the sinks didn’t drain

    Parking lot was empty. Walking distance from the River.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 September 2024

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 1 night

    Facility was very rundown for the cost of the room. I thought the booking stated 2 queen-sized beds but they were double beds. There were no drinking glasses in the room. The proprietor was very pleasant.

    Did not have breakfast. Convenient location.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 August 2024

    5.0
    OK for me for one night but my husband would have demanded we leave, had he been along.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    I didn't mind the "old"ness of the place, but things needed painting (sink, walls, woodwork) and the door jambs, casings, moldings, and light switch areas needed cleaning!!

    Desk clerk/owner(?) was very friendly!! The bed was comfortable and clean.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 June 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The sheets came off the bed the mattress looked really bad.

    Didn't get breakfast!

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 December 2023

    5.0
    Passable
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very outdated, facility and furnishings

    Price, location, clean, pet friendly

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 26 September 2023

    4.0
    Just very old and outdated with years of dirt /dust on corners and door trim.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cleanliness. Cobwebs, dirt, bug marks, old fixtures. Bedding was clean.

    Friendly staff, location

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 August 2023

    5.0
    This property is showing its age and needs renovation.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The room condition left a lot to be desired: --- The bathroom door (Room 13) was being held together by tape, which was coming undone. --- The Wi-Fi signal in the room was very weak, and we needed to go to the office to get an acceptable signal. --- The armchair was old and worn but still comfortable.

    The Itascan Motel is on a main road and easy to find. The people working at check-in were friendly and helpful.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 13 July 2023

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    really small room

    comfortable

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 December 2022

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights

    with very little effort this could be a lot nicer. Painting was poorly done, tv was propped up with a waded up pillow case. Toilet leaked all over the floor, wasn't properly installed. It's pleasant enough for this single guy and his dog, but I can see why family types would shy away. This was my second stay here and I'll stay again next hunting season probably.

    location was good

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 11 August 2025

    1.0
    We are lucky to have survived the night.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The safety of the room. The price. The bait and switch of price quotes. The booking.com free bed option that we were charged for.

    It was easy to leave

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 July 2025

    2.0
    The last resort Resort
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Even though it was supposed to be a non smoking room, it smelled like stale smoke. I had to air the room out for several hours before I could stand to be in it.

    Location, quiet

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 July 2025

    2.0
    Needs to be shutdown
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Needs total remodel, surprised the city allows it to be open.

    Staff

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 6 July 2025

    2.0
    Filthy. Avoid at all costs
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Absolutely filthy. Stained bedding, bugs in the room, cabinets missing a door. Clogged sink with hair visible clogging the sink. There was some kind of opaque stuff between the carpet and wall that could only speculate were some kind of fungus. This place is worse than a seedy motel you see the downtrodden protagonist stay in while battling alcoholism and a bad divorce.

    The person who checked me in was extremely friendly.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 7 January 2025

    8.0
    The desk attendant was amazing and kind the price you couldn’t go wrong with and the location was perfect
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I have no complaints

    It was spacious and quiet

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 October 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Double Room with Extra Bed
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not great tv service but was luckily able to hook up our hulu.

    Able to fit our family and was comfortable. Handicap accessible.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 September 2024

    7.0
    good value for the rate
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The travel app i used, Agoda, wouldnt refund my $1200 from bookings made here in error and it screwed me as well as the hotel mgt up for a couple of days. Yhey still refuse to refund my money and charged the hotel $99 for the booking cancellation for the one i made through their site in error. So they got them for$99 and me for nearly $700. And i paid ge hotel directly for the 3 nights i stayed here, Agoda didn't pay them, they kept my mobey, charged tge hotel a punative fee, and has made zero effort to refund me. Im out of money now bc Agoda has taken all of if mine.

    DO NOT USE AGODA BOOKINGS THEY ARE SCAMMERS & THIEVES THE HOTEL Room clean, cozy, bed was super cozy

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 September 2024

    3.0
    I would not stay again due to the horrific smell of cigarettes and the fact that we were given old dirty used toiletries
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It smelled so bad of cigarettes I got sick from it. The shampoo bottles were USED!

    The owner was very nice. It’s an old building so understandable that it’s outdated

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 August 2024

    8.0
    Excellent stay with kindhearted owners.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room probably could have been cleaned a little better, but for what it was, it served its purpose! It was a little intimidating to travel alone as a woman, and that’s part. I hate the most! Has nothing to do with the motel.

    My absolute favorite part about this motel was the owners! They were exceptional, they went above and beyond constantly, and they were so kind! If I had to come back for work, it would be because of their kindness! My outlet was broken in the room, and they did not hesitate to fix it immediately!

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 August 2024

    1.0
    Scarry! people hanging out side next door.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    torn carpet, worn cabinets, old beds, poor lighting , dated worn out furnishings

    the front desk person

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 August 2024

    2.0
    Dirty
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Towels and sheets had stains and holes in them

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 July 2024

    2.0
    Very poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room with Two Double Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Canceled the room we we got there . Room smelled like bad mothballs and one of the sheets had a stain on it. A lady at a local restaurant told me not to leave anything in my boat as it probably will be gone in the morning.the desk clerk where we stayed confirmed that and said that hotel had a reputation.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 July 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The gentleman at the front desk was friendly and charming. I found my room to be charming, too. The room was small and homey but perfectly adequate. Very retro, in good condition and wonderfully quiet. The bed was even an old poster bed, maybe original to the room and very comfortable. The tv had a full load of excellent channels to choose from and had Fox news and the Fox business channel. I have stayed at many hotels/motels over the years, most were much more expensive but none of those other motels ever drew me back, but the Itasca motel did.

    Stayed in July 2024

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