Overall Ratings & Reviews Howard Johnson by Wyndham Merrillville

Who ever rated this as a nice place to stay must have been somewhere else or paid to write that. From the outside it looked dilapidated the sign for the hotel was just a banner, parking lot empty. The front desk had no one there to great you and after standing there for minutes and ringing the bell someone finally approaches. The door key deactivates if it’s too close to a cell phone and there is no housekeeping. Free breakfast…I wouldn’t eat a thing from there and it was the bare minimum but again no one was there anyway. I tried to get out of staying the full time and the “manager” wouldn’t let me out of the stay with or without a penalty but it could be desperate for the money..again a ghost town. I can’t believe Expedia even offer them the ability to have someone book here.

Bathroom flooded, took couple of hours to clean, never offered another room to move to.

The hotel is very secluded, and the map is inaccurate... but just keep going down the road. They're "under construction" but it is still very well maintained and there wasn't any noticeable noise.

The staff and hot breakfast but no indoor pool, room had old items under the bed and ants on the floor. The rooms need a upgrade but it was safe place. You keep same towels until you check out and you take your own garbage out daily.

Room was decent, heater / ac unit looked mangled and was loud, ended up turning the heat off all night. Bathroom shower faucet was not attached well. Almost cold shower at 8am. Towels had foot prints on them, and were not dirty but not white, had marks on them. Sitting on toilet felt like I was breaking it, made a clanking noise. Buffet Breakfast, had nothing but waffle maker and some cold cereal, and only one thing to drink (apple juice). Vending machine would not take a card of course. Bed was comfy, and clean, staff was friendly.

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Empty

Nice place with nice people

The staff were super friendly, and always ready to help with our needs

The hotel needs a makeover, which we we told was pending. It is potentially a very nice hotel.

Very nice place

Ect

It was well great stay with great staff very affordable for family. Thank you for the great time.

Property was surprisingly nice

Thanks for the safe accommodation.

I loved the night shift attendant she was so caring and nice. I was experienceing a very difficult time with my dad being ill and every evening when I came in from the hospital she ALWAYS asked about how he was doing. . But I think there should be earlier check-ins I had to pay 75 extra dollars to check in early.

Good but a little too far away from everything.

Property staff is very rude, they also charge uou an extra $75 for incidentals which is not stated on website, for travelers who are far from home this is inconvenient. The rooms are outdated. Heat did not work and took over 20 mins for water to get hot in shower. I will not be returning.

Double charged me

The property is poorly maintained and operated. The included breakfast wasn’t available. None of the equipment was operational in the gym. The furniture in the room was dirty and extremely out dated. The staff was not accessible, there is a bell to ring but they don’t respond. There were issues with the keys. Terrible place to stay, will never return.