Name: Motel 6 Des Moines, IA - North
Address: 4940 Ne 14Th Street, Des Moines Ia, 50313, US

2/10

Poor

21 Jul 2026

Taylor

Had problems with bedbugs cockroaches they charged less for the nice room the first two days then they charged me $120 per day for a clean(ish) low quality room of which had dead roachs in the corners of the walls, they had also painted over quite a few of them. Was bit by bed bugs the 3rd and 4th night. When I brought this to the attention of the owner he wanted to comp me 1 night out of the 6 I had stayed, was very rude, and wanted to argue as I presented him a visit summary from my doctor and pictures of the infestation. On the 5th day I had left early in the morning for a dr appointment and when I returned housekeeping was in my room and had throw all of my personal items in the trash. Upon asking for there return they had “lost” all my electronics. Needless to say, this place was way overpriced and the service was terrible! Would recommend even for a night after my recent experience.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2026

Barry

Staff was great.. very warm outside those days and the A/C was perfect always kept me nice and chilled. Shower was set up kinda funny no tub but always had hot water with good pressure. Towels were very gross not even close to white stains on all towels. Cable and Internet blah picture was blurry internet was shotty at best. Beds where comfortable, all and all nice stay if your not looking for anything special. I probably will choose some place else next time..

Self

4/10

Poor

19 Jul 2026

Jasper

Non smoking room had a stale, old cigarette smoke smell. They were full up due to an event nearby so there was no room to move to nor any other offer to help with the issue. It bothered my breathing but I just made if work.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2026

Eduardo

Very nice stay

Friends

2/10

Poor

16 Jul 2026

Anu

Flush did not work and no one showed up to help us, horrible experience.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2026

Amanda

Was clean

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2026

Brittly

Thanks 10 out of 10 hands down.

Partner

2/10

Poor

09 Jul 2026

Omair

So dirty

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jul 2026

Aaron

Clean room

2/10

Poor

06 Jul 2026

Brad

This place is very gross and run down. We just needed a clean place to stop and sleep for the night. Our room was not what we booked. It was a run-down smoking room with only one bed. The other guests were long-term folks living at this dump. Lots of noise and creepy people. The pillows were flat and gross. The bed was uncomfortable with stained comforters and sheets. Didn't feel at all comfortable or safe.

On the positive side, I don't think we got bed bugs as far as I can tell.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

01 Jul 2026

Joaquin

DIRTY, GARBAGE EVERYWHERE. FRONT DESK STAFF WAS TERRIBLE. THE WHOLE PROPERTY WAS SKETCHY ANS MARIGUANA SMELL WAS EVERYWHRE.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2026

Eric

Yes

2/10

Poor

30 Jun 2026

Sara Jean

Terrible

2/10

Poor

30 Jun 2026

Brandon

Avoid at all costs! This property should not be listed on any online booking site. You will quickly realize that it’s a long term stay option for those in tough situations, and the management does absolutely nothing to prevent illegal activity occurring on the premises. We arrived to a long term resident clearly on drugs asking for money and help, and blocking us from accessing the stairs. Management did nothing to deal with situation. There was a family staying long term with young kids unattended in one room while their parents were all over the place high and in distress. One lady staying in an upstairs room had needles and cigarettes on the table in plain sight. Children’s toys littered the yard in front of the vacant pool, and used needles were laying in the grass where our dog almost stepped on. We were at the property for less than 20 minutes before we decided to leave. The property manager did little to assure us that we would be able to get a refund and it seems that they are well aware of what goes on and don’t care about the well-being of guests or those most vulnerable subjected to that environment. We requested a refund but the property declined it. This is merely a stream of income for them and they don’t care if you feel unsafe or put any effort to making your stay better. The state of Iowa should seriously consider condemning this property, otherwise I have no doubt in my mind that it is a regular for criminal activity and that is greatly welcomed by the staff

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jun 2026

Scott

Inside the room was nice. Outside a little slummy.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2026

Wendy

Ok for price

Partner

4/10

Poor

26 Jun 2026

Grace

Shower was dirty and stained, towel had hair on it, and sheets were stained

Self

2/10

Poor

26 Jun 2026

Dina

No comment at all thank you

Partner

4/10

Poor

25 Jun 2026

Joshua

Property needs some work, a lot of work. The outside grounds are not well maintained, the police circling the parking lot gave me both a sense of security and worry, felt like they make their rounds at this property. In room microwave was the best part, I drove across country and stayed in 5 different hotels/motels and this by far ranked last. Sometimes you get what you pay for, staff was however very nice to me and my dog, thank you for that!

Pet

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Deliz

Good

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jun 2026

Rebecca

The room was clean and looked like new paint on walls and new sink. However, the outside of the building was run down, peeling paint on doors and rusty iron railing. Lots of dog poop and cigarette butts on grounds.

Pet

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Jim

Everything worked as it should and the room was very clean..... comfortable mattress.
No complaints at all for the price which was my main reason for going here.

Self

2/10

Poor

18 Jun 2026

Courtney

Awful drug infested hotel

4/10

Poor

15 Jun 2026

Robert or Sally

Trash all over trash containers overflowing roaches and bugs in rooms

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2026

Jorge

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Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jun 2026

Deliz

Good

2/10

Poor

13 Jun 2026

William

This place is a dive. Ghetto as it can get. These pictures must have been taken when it was brand new. They have people living there and they definitely feel at home. All night long it sounded like a herd of cattle walking in the room above me. Around midnight a woman and a man were arguing. Every cuss word you could imagine came out of the woman's mouth. I wasn't expecting a 5 star hotel, but I was expecting more than this. Do yourselves a favor and pay the extra money and get a nice hotel. This will be my last time going to any Motel 6.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2026

Chris

Awesome place to stay to just sleep! Very quiet place!

Partner

2/10

Poor

08 Jun 2026

Martay

Hated it hated it hated it

Self

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jun 2026

Michelle

The whole time we were there the cable was spotty at best. The staff just said \"the problem is with the cable\" and didn't do anything to fix the problem. The room was clean except for the floor. We didn't see any live bugs but there were dead ones all over the floor. I will not stay there again

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2026

Hector

Excellent room

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2026

Deysi

Older property but room was clean and beds were comfortable. Nice little area to walk your dogs.

Pet

6/10

Pleasant

26 May 2026

Kimberly

It's okay

Family

6/10

Pleasant

24 May 2026

Farid

Not bad!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2026

Jeff

Pet friendly

Pet

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2026

William

The hotel was an absolutely great value. Nice clean simple room, and the staff at check-in was super helpful. I left really early in the morning so really didn't have much of a chance to see what was around. There was a few convenience stores for quick snacks and a short drive away was some fast food restaurants

Friends

8/10

Excellent

09 May 2026

Robert

The staff is very nice and very understanding. The only thing I didn't like was I had to walk quite a distance to get food because I didn't have a car. But the owner or the main manager I think he's the owner was helpful and did offer a ride but not to me because he didn't know I needed a ride

2/10

Poor

01 May 2026

Heather

I have never stayed in such a run down nasty hotel. It’s by the highway, and you hear it loud and clear. Never again. Traveled to Winterset after leaving Des Moines stayed a a hotel called Cobblestone it was beautiful, very clean, free breakfast, great service, bar. For a few dollars more than the hotel in DesMoines. I will stay there from now on, even though it’s an hour outside of DesMoines.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Apr 2026

Cody

It was just all right nothing special we needed a quick room we got one we got our 5 hours of sleep and left.

Partner

2/10

Poor

17 Apr 2026

Emily

Dirty, smelled terrible, and had cockroaches. Not sure how this place is even in business, honestly.

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

17 Apr 2026

Raymond

Old and crumbling

Self

2/10

Poor

14 Apr 2026

Tanya

This was the worst hotel I’ve ever stayed in in my life. The room was filthy. The bedding was stained. The seal was missing from the door so it was extremely loud being next to a highway. The curtains were so disgusting we were afraid to touch them. The room smelled terribly like cigarette smoke. There was balled up hair in the corner of the bathroom and what looked like urine on the shower floor. There was hair and stains on the bed. The shower curtain was hung up by a headphone cord and water from the shower head leaked all over the floor. It’s a cheap hotel and I had low expectations but this was beyond awful.

Partner

2/10

Poor

12 Apr 2026

Brian

Dirty and not well kept. Left and would not stay there.

Self

2/10

Poor

05 Mar 2026

Bomania

No

2/10

Poor

02 Mar 2026

Jeff

The heat didnt work and they didnt have a microwave. There were beds stacked up on the sidewalk.

Self

4/10

Poor

22 Feb 2026

Jan

Dirty room & heater not working

2/10

Poor

16 Feb 2026

dean

The room was clean and recently remodeled, so good. But the TV didn't work, the towel rack fell down, the door card reader mostly didn't work. The heater/AC read-out didn't work, so fun trying to guess how to set the heat. The bed matrass was extremely thin, I could go on. Also no one to complain too and when I did did find someone, nothing happened. So, not recommended.

Leisure Pet

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jan 2026

Joshua

Room was clean. Motel was old. No issues.

Business

2/10

Poor

20 Jan 2026

Josh

Place was dirty Burns in the comforter shower curtain broken water everywhere. There were bugs.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2025

Mathew

The microwaves was missing, and so was the refrigerator.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Dec 2025

Richard

No no refrigerator and no microwave in the room

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Dec 2025

Joe

Room was good but phone didn’t function. Front desk offered to move me but I had already had all my belongings organized in room so I declined. I had an alarm with me therefore I was good. Room was clean! I was pleased about most of my visit to this location.

4/10

Poor

10 Dec 2025

Kylie

Its ok if u have an updated room. But tbey do notngive you enough towels and rooms are not cleaned up to par. I tend to do cleankng anytime i stay

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Dec 2025

Timothy

Very nice staff, plain Jane room, the place was run down but it was clean

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

27 Nov 2025

Melvin

Dirty TV didn't work no refrigerator no microwave.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

18 Nov 2025

Michelle

Filthy cockroaches everywhere the water didn't get hot gross I can't believe you have a hotel like that on your website

Business_and_leisure Family

2/10

Poor

12 Nov 2025

Ronald

I have stayed in some questionable properties before and I can honestly say this was the worse property I have ever stayed at. It is a large property probably 130 or so rooms most of the property is being used for full time residences and everything on the back 2/3 of the property looks like a homeless encampment. Broken down car's, trash and garbage everywhere. We were traveling with a small dog and circled the property looking for somewhere for her to go to the bathroom. Every piece of grassy area was completely covered in dog feces to the point my dog refused to go onto the grassy area's. We had to walk off propery to a lawn at another hotel where she immediately went on the grass and went. There were people out wandering around the property at all times. DO NOT COME TO THIS PROPERTY YOU WILL REGRET IT. A message to Expiedia you do not want to be associated with this property. Send someone to check it out and you will see.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2025

Dianne

The room had no heat when we first arrived, but warmed up fairly quick. I’m not sure why they left the room unheated when it is pretty chilly outside.
The beds are comfortable and the shower was warm. They could use a few more towels.

Leisure Pet

2/10

Poor

30 Oct 2025

Kari

Absolutely disgusting! Room #129 Cockroaches coming out from behind the baseboards and smaller one's on the walls. What looked to be dried blood in random spots on the walls. Toilet seat was broke off. Black hairs all over the bed and pillows that were flatter than a frogs ass. Some type of stains on both the bed sheet and comforter. Writing on the back of bathroom door that said \"murder inn\"
There's clearly no point in going back to the front desk and complaining due to having a \"no refund\" policy and it being nothing but one big trap house around the whole back end of the building. I ended up sleeping in my car I definitely wasn't going to request another room to get the same disturbing results.

Self

4/10

Poor

26 Oct 2025

Luke

The interstate noise was there but I slept well enough. The rooms are cheap and worth it if you take my meaning. The motel is quite decayed, and populated with sad cases you might expect. I only saw three roaches in my room. But, nobody bothered me in the two nights.

Business Self

2/10

Poor

26 Oct 2025

Marlene

Cockroaches crawling on my bed

Business_and_leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

23 Oct 2025

John

Had my wife laughed at when going to the office by herself for asking for simple things like towels and then waited for over a day for my door lock to be repaired cause my autistic son likes to run outside and we had to ask multiple times just for it to not happen and to be locked out due to a incident with a separate person who is not related and got kicked out for them being in our room

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

22 Oct 2025

Richard

DON'T STAY HERE

Unfortunately I have to rate this hotel very poor. DON'T stay here no matter how nice the room appears. The motel rents to long term tenants of which do not care for the property. DOZENS, I mean dozens of dog feces all around the grass area of the property. (I have pics). Tenants dont control there dogs and a large one got out of a room and attacked another dog on a l3ash and knocked over the lady and dragged her. Cockroaches in the room, dirty towel. Really one of my worst stays EVER and i travel alot and in some pretty rough areas. Really disappointed in Expedia.and Motel 6 for allowing a trap like this on their websites. Staff seemed nice enough but owner/manager obviously dont care. If you are going to rent to long term tenants then dont rent to travels.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Oct 2025

Gail

Yes

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

16 Oct 2025

vernon

3 to 11 staff wonderful -others not so much -room was clean bed but not much more -no place to eat -I didn't have a car so had to go all night without eating -no taxi would come

Business Self

2/10

Poor

13 Oct 2025

Daniel

Dirty room!

I requested a non-smoking room and our room smelled like Marijuana.

There was hair in the shower and on the bathroom counter sink.

The deadbolt didn't work and the 2nd latch was completely broken.

Partner

2/10

Poor

06 Oct 2025

Kimberley or Daniel

The first room rented for my Brother was good .. went back to stay a couple of nights and ended up having to stay in a room that was not health code acceptable.

Leisure Pet

2/10

Poor

05 Oct 2025

Julie

So dirty. No fridge. No microwave. No coffee pot. Shower filthy.

6/10

Pleasant

28 Sep 2025

jamie

Nice but buggy

Room was safe. The only negative was the 3 cockroach looking bugs i killed.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2025

Muhammad Baqer

Was nice stay.

8/10

Excellent

24 Sep 2025

Kimberley or Daniel

Liked the room. Liked the staff.

Business_and_leisure Pet

8/10

Excellent

14 Sep 2025

Kimberly

AC was nice and cold

2/10

Poor

03 Sep 2025

Eliseo

I did not sleep there they bedbugs smell like crap

2/10

Poor

02 Sep 2025

Morgan

I stayed there for 3 weeks, my booking day was up and I was unaware. They banged on my door at 11pm demanding I open the door and go downstairs to pay, mind you I had been in my room all day and night. I requested to have them use my card on file or to take care of it in the morning and she refused. Worst customer service! Plus them charging my card for 134$ twice with no explanation, waiting 3 days to get it credited back to my account.

Business_and_leisure Self

4/10

Poor

24 Aug 2025

Chris

Bugs roachs no fridge or microwave. Stains everywhere. Some Staff are nice thats about it.
Noise

Business Self

2/10

Poor

22 Aug 2025

Justin

There were roaches there. And could never bet ahold of management imagine that

2/10

Poor

20 Aug 2025

Ceryl

Beds were alright, no refrigerator. Building is very run down, rooms aren’t too much better, I felt like I was staying in a homeless shelter it was just all around an uncomfortable stay.
On the plus side Rooms were generally clean not perfect but not filthy and didn’t smell too weird so that was a plus lol

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

18 Aug 2025

Kevin

Clean room, comfy bed.
Too noisy from I-80, pool closed with dirty water, most renters were living there.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2025

Ellen

The outside is dated, but they have done a nice remodel in the rooms. Comfy beds. Very clean.

2/10

Poor

16 Aug 2025

jessica

Where do we start? At check-in I was surrounded by a couple of meth heads in the teeny tiny front desk area. I felt as though I had to keep looking over my shoulder as I unloaded my vehicle to go to my room. There were multiple rodent traps surrounding the property. The exterior of the property was very rundown and a very bad look for this chain. And apparently they offer month-to-month rentals, which was disheartening to learn because the people who occupied those rooms were shady characters to say the least! The room was nicely updated, but the shower itself was a joke! It smelled of a sweaty locker room and the shower head was mounted to the outer rim of the shower stall? This was a first to see? And it was a shotty job at that! Will never stay here again! Disgusting!

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

16 Aug 2025

Ashley

Not so good.

For starters our door knob wouldnt even stay on! Crackheads everywhere, the hotel doesnt even offer or HAVE little shampoos and conditioners on the property, my kids got to witness their first dead person (overdose in the hotel), nobody cleaned our room, or even got our trash from in front of our door. Not to mention for all the above stuff mentioned the price was outrageous! Over $130 a night! Only good thing was they are pet friendly.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2025

Chris

It is a nice hotel right off the interstate and easy to get in and out of. Staff was very nice and the room was just what I needed for my stay/

6/10

Pleasant

15 Aug 2025

Jay

Room was clean.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

15 Aug 2025

Brenda

Asked for nonsmoking room. Smelled like smoke!! Hair in the shower. Bed was awful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Aug 2025

Monika

Everything was very accommodating and modern. Definitely impressed with the rooms for the price and location.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

11 Aug 2025

frank

Everything overall was good the only negative for me was the bed could not get comfortable on it.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

10 Aug 2025

Emma

DISGUSTING DONT STAY HERE!!!!!

The place was absolutely disgusting with stains all over the bed, disgusting toilet and shower, many cigarette/burn holes in all the blankets, many sketchy people around which made us uncomfortable. We ended up not even staying the night and left halfway through our one night stay. DO NOT STAY HERE!!!!

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

09 Aug 2025

Aubry

Good for one night

The place looked like it was falling apart a bit. There was multiple occasions where people where banging on our door, just for them to leave as soon as I open the door. When we were leaving we saw a big roach on the wall

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2025

Neha

Everything you'd want in a motel, although the bathroom wares were old-looking.

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

04 Aug 2025

Ian

If you're looking for a good place to hide out from the mob or buy drugs, this is probably a great place. For everyone else, stay away!

Business_and_leisure Self

2/10

Poor

03 Aug 2025

Cameron

Bad

There was food options? Bed comfort was non existant

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

03 Aug 2025

Gary

All went well

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

03 Aug 2025

John

The room was clean. I did have to call the front desk after midnight as there were a bunch of people outside my room (at least it sounded like it) just having a good ole time. I needed my rest as I was driving across the country and needed my sleep. Thankfully the people did leave shortly after my call.

Leisure Pet

4/10

Poor

02 Aug 2025

Samuel

Run down facility, lots of questionable people hanging around the property.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

02 Aug 2025

Karen

Section 8

A bit scary. It is likely section 8 housing. Staff though very nice. And friendly. But can tell many live there. Very messy yard. Trash etc.

Self

2/10

Poor

02 Aug 2025

Raekwon

Terrible

Business Self

2/10

Poor

30 Jul 2025

Aric

Didn't feel particularly safe. Took a while to get to the hotel and find the office. You can see it, just hard to get to it. Noise from the interstate was plenty loud. I booked it by accident, won't make that mistake again.

Business Pet

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jul 2025

Bret

Car Not Burglarized: Faith in Humanity Restored!

If you like camping at a homeless shelter, you’ll love this Motel6. The swarms of police cars in the parking lot made me feel safer than if they weren’t there at all. The semi trucks rumbling the overpass on I-35 all night provided a gritty nostalgia for old apocalyptic films of my youth. One of the drug dealers nearby commented to me at check out, “This place is a real sh*thole.” This may have been a missed opportunity that I do not buy or do drugs. Enjoy your stay in paradise!

Self

2/10

Poor

23 Jul 2025

Rob

I have never seen ghetto look so bad

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2025

Katie

Thanks

Leisure Self