Fairfield Inn & Suites Ames

Our reservation was canceled by the GM as we were getting on the road to travel to Ames. Thomas Romero the GM did not return my phone calls and did not plan on making this situation better until I contacted Marriott corporate offices. Dont book at this hotel if you can avoid it

The check in was pleasant because of the friendly people behind the desk…they seemed happy to have us! Room was great and breakfast excellent. We were here following an Iowa State basketball game and will frequent again because of the great experience.

Hotel was an amazing stay! I would definitely recommend to stay here during your visit. The rooms were clean and comfortable!! The staff members are super friendly and helpful. Overall an amazing stay!

For this price point and class of hotel this one hit all the marks for me except one. The breakfast was very good, well stocked while we were eating with a decent variety of choices. Overall the hotel was very clean. My problem? This motel by far had the worst mattress I have slept on in a long time. Waaaay to soft for my liking. My butt went down, my feet went up, and being a side sleeper it was uncomfortable. I don't know if the mattress is supposed to be this way or was "broken down" in the middle. 2 very poor nights sleep. My wife agreed. We were in a double queen room and hindsight being 20/20 we should have tried the other bed to see if that was better. If you like super soft mattresses (and some people do) this hotel is for you. Other minor complaint, a pet peeve of mine, is mismatched light bulbs. Are you going to have daylight bulbs (brighter white) or soft white bulbs (yellowish white)? Not normally a big deal if in different fixtures, but they had them mismatched within the same fixture! Simply poor attention to details that would be super easy to correct or prevent when replacing bulbs. This lack of attention to details prevented me from giving this hotel 5 dots

Nice mid-priced hotel with everything you need with free breakfast (nothing special on the breakfast menu), and in-room amenities like a coffee maker, fridge (with freezer compartment) and microwave. There's a pool and exercise room. Plenty of handy parking. I find the wall of the hotel a bit thin - I can hear the next room's TV and talking. A couple frustrating things. They will provide daily room service and when I checked in they asked if I wanted daily service or not. I said no - I do not want my room serviced, and thus left things out in my room of value. When I came back someone had been in my room. I was not happy. There was no "do not disturb" sign in my room. Also the iron did not work properly - no steam and there was only one pant hanger in my room. Still an average place to stay.

Easy on and off the interstate. Hotel is in an area with about 10 hotels. There are only 2 restaurants within walking distance. Good breakfast - lots of choices. Clean hotel. Small elevator. Nice staff. Indoor pool is small but looks adequate.