This smoke-free hotel features coffee/tea in a common area, a 24-hour front desk, and express check-out. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a TV in a common area, multilingual staff assistance, and a vending machine are onsite.
Red Lion Inn & Suites Des Moines offers 50 accommodations with blackout drapes/curtains. Premium cable television is provided. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and microwaves. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is provided daily.
Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers a vending machine, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Red Lion Inn & Suites Des Moines is a smoke-free property.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6:00 AM and 9:00 AM.
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and transportation
Free self parking on site
Food and drink
Free continental breakfast available daily 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Coffee and tea in common areas
Things to do
TV in common areas
Family friendly
In-room microwave
In-room refrigerator
Conveniences
24-hour front desk
Vending machine
Water dispenser
Guest services
Housekeeping (daily)
Multilingual staff
Accessibility
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: USD 65
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: USD 40
Express check-out available
Special check-in instructions
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Access methods
Staffed front desk
Pets
Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 20 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Property payment types
Important information
Fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:
Cash deposit: USD 100.00 per accommodation, per stay
We have included all charges provided to us by the property.
Optional extras
Pet fee: USD 20 per pet, per stay
Service animals are exempt from fees
Early check-in fee: USD 65 (subject to availability)
Late check-out fee: USD 40 (subject to availability)
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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, mobile payments, and cash
Mobile payment options include: Apple Pay
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
We should mention
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
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
Alcohol is not served at this property
Property is also known as
Garden Suites Des Moines
Garden Suites Hotel Des Moines
Garden Suites
Red Lion & Suites Des Moines
Red Lion Inn & Suites Des Moines Hotel
Red Lion Inn & Suites Des Moines Des Moines
Red Lion Inn & Suites Des Moines Hotel Des Moines
Red Lion Inn & Suites Des Moines Reviews
Reviews
5.6
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We had a suite, with one chair, no couch or other seating. The continental breakfast.was terrible, fruit pass its prime, very limited choice for food, no OJ with a very poor tasting orange drink. Could hear loud noise in other rooms. Will not return here!
First off the location is super sketchy. Someone in a run down person car unloading white sheets they look like they bought out Ross and TJmaxx. Found out later they were low on sheet. People hanging out in lobby to watch TV or charge phone that dont have a room there. Drug deals happening in the parking lot. Some guy was scoping out the inside of cars including mine.
I have to find out where i can share pictures... there were ants everywhere, including inside the sheets of my bed...a hair tie that didnt belong to me inside the the bed, tub was disgusting. I went down stairs to get new sheet to remake my bed he gave me the sheet that had been bought earlier that day and told me they were brand new..upon grabbing them and walking up stairs a stench of vinegar came from them my husband told me to go get new one again...thinking about it there wansnt enough time to unpack, wash, dry and fold all the sheets..I asked the front desk guy if these were washed he said yes and I said what happened was they were sprayed with vinegar after fluffing them up in the dryer straight from the box.
Staff was weird. Especially the breakfast guy..he was talking about how much he looks alot young than 53. He kept creeping on my kids too touched my 5 year old daughters hair twice.
Unfortunately I chose this hotel because it was okay priced because we drive up the night before our cruise. I would never stay there again.
Shelby
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
6/10 Okay
Argelyn
Aug 21, 2025
It was okay. Besides the fact that the AC was noisy, I couldn't sleep because I didn't feel safe.
I have stayed at other Red Lion locations and have never been in such dirty room before. This is substandard to Red Lion. Dirt is on the curtains, walls, TV, bathroom. Bathroom celing has mold on it! To close door to the bathroom you need to stand in the tub?! This is how tiny it is. Paint is peeling everywhere! Bed is so hard i felt as if i layed on layer of bricks.Outside is not safe and dirty! They should have inspector come in to close them down! I cannot believe they charged me so much as $130 for the night. I got pictures to show what is going on there.
Upon check-in (late at night) given a run down smoking room designated for pets so the smells were atrocious- furniture was marred and scratched. No other rooms available that night. Next night moved us to different room and floor and it was nicer. Had a jacuzzi tub which we used one morning. Next morning they told me that we weren’t supposed to use the tub and had accused us of turning on the plumbing as apparently the tub leaked down two floors unbeknownst to us. (A sign or tape or actually turning the water off would be great starts to communicating maintenance issue).
The only saving grace was the maintenance guy who was as kind as could be and also doubled as the night clerk.
Hotel was average, not necessarily up to Red Lion Standards. Staff Was very friendly and accommodating. Hallway Carpet was very dirty and needs to be replaced.
Back in the day, this was called Garden Inn. It was funky and run down then. I think they changed the carpet into vinyl and that's it. I was surprised, being under the Red Lion name and thought they'd do more than that. It still has old cigarette burns on the edge of the tub. lol There were ants and some other things, but overall was OK.. the people were nice.