Does Econo Lodge Urbandale-Northwest Des Moines have a pool?

Yes, this property has a seasonal outdoor pool. Pool access is from 7 AM to 9 PM.

Is Econo Lodge Urbandale-Northwest Des Moines pet-friendly?

Yes, this motel allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 45 kg per pet. There's a fee of USD 15.00 per pet, per night. Service animals are exempt from fees.

How much is parking at Econo Lodge Urbandale-Northwest Des Moines?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Econo Lodge Urbandale-Northwest Des Moines?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime.

Where is Econo Lodge Urbandale-Northwest Des Moines located?

Situated in Urbandale, this motel is within 3 miles (5 km) of Pump It Up, Greenbelt Trail and Clive Aquatic Center. Valley West Mall is 3 mi (4.8 km) away.

Econo Lodge Urbandale-Northwest Des Moines Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

29 Jun 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

The room could use some cosmetic updating, but it was very clean and comfortable. It was one of the lowest priced rooms in the area, and as a one-night stop-over I couldn't be happier given the price. The area felt safe, and the staff was great - helpful with dinner recommendations, very friendly. Would definitely stay again if passing through the area.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Dianna

13 Aug 2023

Not the greatest, but were only there to sleep so not the worst.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Michael

11 Oct 2022

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

Bathroom needs to be updated; breakfast was limited to poor - no coffee just colored water; not enough healthy choices; replace recliner

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

11 Jun 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Never again

Would never stay here again. Dirty and shower had water dripping down from ceiling. No hair dryer in the rooms.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Zuley

2 Aug 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Totally dirty run down damaged old stuff and smelly man outside rooms with no shirts on. very ugly zero

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

15 Apr 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

There were cockroaches. The paint was coming off the wall. The room smelled like smoke and felt dirty.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

Mary Ellen

21 Feb 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Property is in a convenient area, easily accessible. The condition of the rooms is very poor. The furniture, sheets and towels were all stained. The toilet seat was damaged and the shower handle was very loose, so it took a lot of time to calibrate the temperature of the shower. The room was over all depressing to be in.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Michael

22 May 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

If they even have a cleaning staff, they should be fired. Visible dirt on surfaces. Rooms generally run down. Wifi inaccessible.

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Jay

19 Aug 2023

Liked: Staff & service

Next room was up till 5:40 am partying the first night of our stay. The bed was wore out rounded on the edge so you had to sleep towards the middle. Toilet quept running had to lift lid and pull chain out of flapper

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Theresa

17 Feb 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Staff were nice but the room was filthy. Stains and scum all over the grimy tub, old towels from previous guest hanging on the bar, dust all over the tv stand. Not only is the property in need of major renovations, the staff and or owners certainly don’t care about cleanliness. Tv also didn’t work

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Karina

8 Jul 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

I do not mind a man old hotel, but a dirty one is hard to take. The bathroom had hair on the walls and on the toilet. Around the toilet lid was dirty. The room smelled like cigarette smoke. The top bed cover had 4 cigarette burn holes in it. The room was just gross. I do NOT recommend!

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rodriques

2 Jan 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst Hotel Ever

I’ve never been a hotel room so dirty it was nasty. I just wanted a room for the night and get back on the road the next day. The carpet was dirty, toilet didn’t work there was trash in the trash can. This hotel was very bad. I definitely wasn’t sleeping in the bed. Asked for a refund he said no. It was getting late so I slept in my vehicle away from the property.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

John

8 Nov 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Worst hotel I have ever stayed at. Mouse in room, remote did not work, dirty, hole in bed cover. Staff did nothing to help the situation. Twice they said they would come to fix remote. Did not show up.

2/10 Terrible

Nancy

17 Nov 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Shut down this place!

My smoke free room was an asthmatic's nightmare! Several cigarette burns in the bed covers and air unbreathable. The door lock was broken. Dirty room. The surfaces still had residue from previous bottles. Floor had dirt and metal shavings on it. Our safety and health was put at risk.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Shonna

6 Sep 2022

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

was not clean at all. they took my credit card info in case of any damages and the room was so gross and already "damaged" in many ways. i took photos just in case they try to say i damaged anything but it was very dirty. i had to go to the dollar store and buy cleaning supplies to clean the tub just to make myself feel better. also my toilet repeatedly overflowed. not a clean room at all. staff was friendly but the continental breakfast was limited and not good.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

R

31 Aug 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not worth the low price...

I arrived around 5pm at end of August. The clerk said she had gotten up late and forgotten her glasses. Check was drawn out and clerk actually asked me to sit while she fumbled through check in. The pool was tarped over (ignore the ad). My room key didn't work until the fourth try and third staffer which meant four trips up and down the stairs and across the parking lot. The staff seemed a mix of pleasantly amused to belligerent to nonchalant on the last try. Ice machine didn't work (86 degree day). Lots of other signs of laziness, sloppiness and disdain for customers.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Nalisha

17 Apr 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

They double charged me and there were ants in the room. I showed them the double charge on my bank account and the manager said oh it was only 1 charge and it is still there just call. I live 2 hrs away and was there for a funeral. To the room situation; The staff admitted they knew there was ants in the room when I told tuem there amts everywhere and asked them for bug spray. The toilet was dirty. The shower was dirty with all types of hair and filth. Seriously, ants came out of the tub faucet when turned on. The room smelled like urine. It was too late to book a room elsewhere, so my sister and I went to the nearest Walgreens and bought a glade wall plug in, a can of air freshner, and disinfectant wipes. Then proceeded to kill ants, scrub the counters, toilets, and shower. We made it through, but will never stay here again. So if you are looking for "DIRT" cheap and unhelpful rude people..this place is for you.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Bernard

6 Sep 2022

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

One and Done

When I went to check-in, I was asked to pay despite already having paid online. After showing the receptionist my receipt to prove that I already paid. He asked if I had used a Mastercard even though the receipt clearly stated Visa. When I went to my room, I had to go up to the 2nd floor. There was no elevator to help with my baggage. The room was big, which was about the only good thing. There were several light switch covers that were cracked, there was an electrical outlet with no cover, the shower head was broken and wrapped with packing tape, the air-conditioning unit worked decently but had a loud rattle, there was a constant beeping noise in the room and you could tell that the walls had been partially painted (not very well). When I took a shower, a bunch of dirt came off the bottom of my feet from how dirty the floors were. I also needed AAA batteries for the remote to the TV. I had to tell the receptionist that the batteries he had at the desk were AAAs, even though they were marked. I tried having the free breakfast, but there was another guest having issues with the waffle maker. The receptionist tried helping, but didn't seem to do any better. There weren't enough spoons to just do cereal, so I gave up on that.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Channon

19 Mar 2024

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Floors were very filthy. However, on the last week of our stay we had a fire. Now it has been a week and still have not received our refund because they could not give us a room with 2 queen beds.

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

22 Feb 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst experience ever.

No working heater so they used a portable space heater instead.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Karl

20 Feb 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We had trouble with the check in. We got the wrong key and opened the door of a room with people in it. Next room we got, the bath light above the sink was out and the remote was gone. we finally got a room. The floor had sticky spots. We think someone spilled pop. So the floor was dirty! We stayed in this room because we had to be somewhere in 15 min.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

9 Feb 2024

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

The refrigerator did not function and had food in it from the last person. One of the drawer fronts on the cabinent was broken and there was a rip in the side of the chair. There was no hot water. There was a large air gap under the door that let in cold air and noise. Bed was fine.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

27 Jan 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Shady

The beds are stiff. The box springs have animal hair all over them. The shower does push out hot water it’s like warm. The housekeeping and front desk don’t communicate because if they did they wouldn’t have banged on our door three times to clean our room after telling them no thank you. Seemed like they really wanted to get us out of our room so they could come in and snoop. This place is shady and there’s always sirens and cops out. Never again.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

15 Jan 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

TRAVELERS BEWEAR!!!

The check-in time was very late in the afternoon (3pm). Rooms were poorly cleaned. The room I booked had No Heat, No Hot water and bathroom was dingy & small. Attendant changed my room which had the exact same issues. I explained we need heat since the weather outside was -15 & a wind chill of -20. There was a gap under door which let in the cold and so we had to put down towels to keep air out there was no smoke detectors. Coffee pot was filthy. Tv skipped and only had 4 unknown stations. No Breakfast. Juice machine was filled with stale, flat Apple juice & Orange juice. Beds were hard with outdated uncomfortable sheets. There is only 1 older housekeeper who bangs on the door before checkout. The only good thing I can say was the night clerk was nice & tried to be helpful but he can't help that the owners do not put ANY effort into fixing these issues instead they would rather put down new hardwood floors in order to raise the price of the rooms. Overall... I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS LOCATION!!!!!!

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Randall

12 Oct 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Best bang for your buck

Clean room and quiet stay. Price was very reasonable.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

Econo Lodge Urbandale-Northwest Des Moines

Choose dates to view prices

Photo gallery for Econo Lodge Urbandale-Northwest Des Moines

Reviews

Popular amenities

Room options

Check availability for these dates

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

Highlights

View all photos for Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

Highlights

View all photos for Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Smoking

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Smoking

Highlights

View all photos for Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

Highlights

View all photos for Room, 1 Queen Bed, Smoking

Room, 1 Queen Bed, Smoking

Highlights

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible, Smoking

Highlights

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible, Non Smoking

Highlights

Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible, Non Smoking

Highlights

You may also like

Tru By Hilton Ankeny

About the area

What's nearby

Getting around

Restaurants

About this property