Carpenter Street Hotel

Walking distance to hospital (St. John’s), but as a woman walking alone, I definitely would not walk the area at night. There were beggars and homeless men sleeping on the street corner and once sitting at the entrance of the hotel. They may be harmless, but again, walking alone was not comfortable. I only stayed one night, but the front desk staff were helpful and accommodating. The bed and pillows were comfortable enough. There was absolutely NO water pressure from the shower head. There is a coin operated guest laundry room. Breakfast is not hot due to Covid. Muffins and danish and a juice fountain. Parking is free in a small lot (next to homeless). But the parking at the hospital is also free, so no real advantage in being able to walk across a couple parking lots between hotel and hospital. There are emergency call poles in the hospital parking lot. The rooms do have a mini fridge and microwave. Free WiFi.

I stayed with the Carpenter Street Hotel due to incliment weather, I work at St Johns. I called and made a reservation. When I arrived after work I was initially greated with a rude desk clerk I shrugged it off and went to my room there were a couple of issues with my room however I did not say anything because of the rude desk clerk. I was originally going to stay two nights. I went down the next day to a whole new staff the manager was very kind and fixed the issue right away not charging me for the first night and offering me a different room for the next day I can honestly say that my experience the next day was amazing. Needless to say I will gladly stay with them again!

Ok hotel which doesn't have to offer too much as the competition in Springfield doesn't either. Easy to find and plenty of parking. Rooms itself was very basic but big enough and the beds acceptable. Breakfast was simple but sufficient. Easy walk into downtown.

Made our reservation on an online booking site, received a confirmation and when we arrived there was no record of our reservation. They would not honor the online price so we paid $58 more to stay. The room was fine, a bit worn, but clean. The beds were ok, the breakfast was your regular free hotel breakfast. The hotel is close to downtown, walking distance to the Lincoln Presidential museum. However, it is also close to a homeless shelter and the homeless were begging everywhere. We've been to Springfield several times, and wanted to stay closer to downtown this time. I will most likely look elsewhere next time we go . There was no one at the front desk each time we went thru the lobby. The night were checked in the front desk girl was actually upstairs while we were waiting at the desk. Other times the front desk person was out front smoking. Not a horrible place but didn't leave a pleasant impression on us.

Has become my go-to in Springfield for economy. Rooms are comfy, breakfast is sufficient, and the price is right. It's not quite as convenient as the places closer to downtown and the Capitol, but closer than the chains on the outskirts off the highway. It's an easy walk to this hotel from the Amtrak, and if weather is OK, not too bad a hike into downtown. Kind of far from the Capitol complex -- but they have a free little shuttle bus that you can arrange to take!