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University Inn of Carbondale

2.5 star property

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Front of property
Standard Double Room, Multiple Beds
Individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace, blackout curtains
Lobby
Lobby sitting area

Reviews

6.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included

Explore the area

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2400 W Main St, Carbondale, IL, 62901
  • Place, Southern Illinois University
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Place, Hickory Ridge Public Golf Center
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Airport, Marion, IL (MWA-Williamson County Regional)
    ‪21 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Premium Room, 1 King Bed

Individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace, blackout curtains

Premium Room, 1 King Bed

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Double Room, Multiple Beds

Standard Double Room, Multiple Beds

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Sofa Beds

View all photos for Deluxe Room

Individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace, blackout curtains

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, Accessible Bathtub

Individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace, blackout curtains

Standard Room, Accessible Bathtub

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Standard Room, Shower Grab Bars

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Carbondale

With a stay at University Inn of Carbondale in Carbondale, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Southern Illinois University and Railroaders Memorial. .This hotel is 8.9 mi (14.3 km) from Shawnee National Forest and 3.1 mi (5.1 km) from SIH Medical Group.

What's nearby

  • Southern Illinois University - 3 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Memorial Hospital of Carbondale - 4 min drive - 2.8 km
  • SIH Medical Group - 4 min drive - 3.5 km
  • Railroaders Memorial - 4 min drive - 3.5 km
  • Hickory Ridge Public Golf Center - 6 min drive - 6.3 km

Getting around

  • Carbondale Station - 5 min drive
  • Marion, IL (MWA-Williamson County Regional) - 22 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Burger King - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Scooter’s Coffee - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Eagles Carbondale 2569 - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Tequilas - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Pita Alley - ‬14 min walk

About this property

University Inn of Carbondale

Hotel in Carbondale with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
University Inn of Carbondale offers 57 air-conditioned accommodations with blackout drapes/curtains. These individually furnished accommodations include desks. 42-inch Smart televisions come with premium digital channels and Netflix. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. Irons/ironing boards, change of towels, and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.
Make yourself at home in one of the 57 air-conditioned rooms featuring Smart televisions. Digital television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads and toothbrushes and toothpaste. Conveniences include desks and blackout drapes/curtains, and housekeeping is provided on request.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and coffee/tea in a common area. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (on request)

Business services

  • Business centre

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Braille/raised signage
  • No lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 42-inch smart TV with premium digital channels
  • Hulu
  • Netflix
  • Streaming services

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 2:00 AM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
If you are planning to arrive after 9:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 25 per pet (varies based on length of stay), plus a deposit of USD 100 per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
An off-leash area is available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 100 per accommodation, per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Pet deposit: USD 100 per stay
  • Pet fee: USD 25 per pet (varies based on length of stay)
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

University Inn Suites
University Inn of Carbondale Hotel
University Inn of Carbondale Carbondale
University Inn of Carbondale Hotel Carbondale

Reviews

University Inn of Carbondale Reviews

6.0

6.2/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.2/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 73 out of 310 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 42 out of 310 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 68 out of 310 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 56 out of 310 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 71 out of 310 reviews

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Hazen

Business traveller
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
The wifi was not working. Couldnt watch tv
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Angel

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Food options are very limited, I think this can improve. Personnel is very polite, I like this so much.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Malaysia

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jaycina

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No real front desk attendant (virtual kiosk). You can’t hear what’s being said lobby echoes. Dirty rooms black mold on bathroom curtains, stains on walls, dirty beds with stains not changed entire stay, took 3 hours to get clean towels, lobby smells like pet urine/feces. Continental breakfast was old bread & a gallon of milk & sunny D to be shared by guests (unsanitary). No workers on duty 24/7 if u need something..DONT. People actually live in the hotel.. the building next door is abandoned & the other building is a party area for locals. Terrible dirty hotel! Will neveeeeer book again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Tiamara

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty rooms, horrible breakfast service, poor management/supervision, just awful
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Christine

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Justin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
There was no actual human staff available on site. I had to check in via a kiosk that connected me to a call center in India via Zoom. I could barely hear anything they were saying and the closed captions did not work either. The AC went out and i ended up getting a refund and cancelling my reservation. Do not stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

William

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The good: One of the cheaper hotels in Carbondale; convenient to both SIU and Shawnee National Forest; kiosk staff were friendly and helped where they could; breakfast was 6:30-9:30, a decent window so most people should be able to grab something. The bad: They use remote kiosks at the front desk instead of in person. Since they're remote, if there's a problem with your room, the most they can do is pass the issue to management. Rarely saw anybody behind the front desk in person while I was there. My bathroom lightbulb needed changing and I had to ask twice to get it changed. On the second to last day of my stay, my toilet developed an issue where it wouldn't flush and would leak water on the floor. Told the front desk about it but the issue wasn't corrected before I left, had to use lobby bathroom instead. The soaps they give you are tiny and fragile. The soap in the lobby bathroom is basically a pump bottle of water. While I never had the breakfast, from what I could see it was pretty much toast, bagels, cereal, milk, and sunny D for orange juice. No sausage or eggs or anything like that. I could hear thumping music in the lobby, likely from the bar next door. Lobby chairs are a bit run down.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Pedro

Business traveller
Good place to stay only complain is the show
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Terry

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Zach

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Danny Rocks!

Danny was the coolest person I have met while checking in.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Jack

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

Moldy

Not a good hotel, dirty room and mold so bad we had to check out early.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Elizabeth

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well, should have read other reviews before going to this place that felt like I was in “The Shining”. Sadly, our place was non-refundable and we decided to stick it out. Ran out as we could after our night. The club nearby makes the parking lot into a block party and there are definitely squatters at the abandoned building behind this place.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Sue

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gerard

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dwayne

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Nathan

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The neighborhood is very sketchy. The only staff was a guy on a kiosk. He wanted me to pay although I had already payed through Expedia. I slept in my car that night and found another place the following night. Expedia refunded the money to me, so no complaints there.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

maryam

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

I’m just

It was moldy bugs in room and poor service workers fighting in lobby just all around bad will never go back
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Jaime

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Cheap for a reason. Not for families

Right next to a rowdy bar that lets out around 50 people at 1:30 am. Room has damage galore and no actual attendant on duty, just a kiosk. Breakfast is decent though and it's pretty quiet during the day. Also a kid breaking bottles against the abandoned building next door after 1 am is a lil wild. I told him chill out and he left though so all good I guess.Water pressure not great.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dwayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Yes
Stayed 6 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gaury

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Eric

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Jordan

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pictures were very misleading. Room was gross. Couldn’t even use shower because drain was discharging hair and other gross matter. Will never stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Maribel

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spent a weekend in town visiting SIU - the entire time there was no one at the front desk! Instead you are greated by a KIOSK. No surveillance at the front door and an old broken dusty air conditioner as soon as you walk in. As soon as you walk in the humidity and smell are overpowering and the room was even worse. We ended up having to go buy linen and towels as we found several bugs thru out the room. The windows were filthy and the curtains stained with could have been mold or really bad stains! We ended up leaving after the first night and will never be back when visiting our child at school. Needs a lot of minimal work but I guess you get what you pay for.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a fantastic stay at the University Inn of Carbondale! From the moment I arrived, the staff made me feel welcome and went above and beyond to ensure a comfortable experience. The room was spotless, beautifully designed, and had everything I needed. The location was perfect, and the breakfast buffet? Delicious.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025