Nice rest area. All you need for what you have to accomplish. For those needing more than a clean…read morebathroom and safety get a hotel.

This is a very nice rest area - large and well-lit with plenty of convenient parking. The…read morebuilding is very nice and the restrooms were clean and well-maintained. There is a large, very nice picnic area. This is NOT a Welcome Center and there was no staff and only a limited selection of travel literature. No maps.

Needed a break for me and the dog so it was a good on and off stop. The place was very clean and…read morehad vending machines the appeared to be well stocked. I noticed several workers all wearing neon green vest doing various thing on my in and out walk. Also nice facility for the dog and yes we baggie and trash it. A quick stretch and back on the road.

Great family friendly, pet friendly, clean rest stop. Lots of grass and trees with picnic tables…read moreand a jungle gym for kids.

Overall good location. But you need to add points to pay for laundry as an option. Otherwise it was…read morefor fine.

Dirty and really needs a tech update on the pumps. The site in general needs a clean up on a more…read moreregular basis and the restrooms were kinda gross, its your basic sad midwest gas and go. Not recommended.

The rest area attendant was really sweet and the restrooms were clean but they smelled terrible! I…read morecould smell the restrooms as soon as we entered the building. The attendant had travel bags with tons of travel magazines focused on Illinois and the surrounding states. We grabbed one to use in making our future travel plans!

This is a nice clean rest area easy to get in and out of from the I-70 westbound towards St. Louis…read more It's on the Blue Star Memorial Highway. Blue Star Highways are a tribute to the Nations armed forces who served in World War II. There are nice flowers and it is attended to by the Garden Club of Illinois. Plenty of signs and in particular one says Illinois remembers POWs and MIAs. Very evident that, at least in concept, the sacrifices that servicemen and women make are important in the state of Illinois. However, in the past week our Nation has lost a number of lives as our military withdraws from Afghanistan. In fact it's been one of the largest single losses of service lives in many years. While this is a nicely manicured clean rest area, someone has neglected to lower the flag to half staff, a point which I brought up to a worker, extremely politely and respectfully, here at this rest area. It is this reason, this in attention to an extraordinarily important and significant detail, that I extend a one star rating to this otherwise very nice rest area. (Photos of the flag staff included with this review).

Easy on and off the highway. Clean and modern with a nice picnic area.this is one of our go-to…read morestops on I55.

As an employee of the rest area I know we work hard and aim high at making this place a clean and…read moresafe environment as well as accommodating your traveling needs with snack and drink machines. Please keep in mind that we aren't scheduled to work through the overnight hours so if anyone messes up the bathrooms or litters we are quick to clean it up as soon as we get to work. I love my job and hope everyone continues to stop in while traveling through.

Nice, convenient rest stop. Vending machines were functional and stocked. I liked the computer…read morescreen with the weather radar on it - that's pretty handy. Bathrooms could have been cleaner, but overall it was decent.

This is a pretty good rest stop for when you bought an energy drink at Wally's and now you have to…read morepee real bad. Seriously though, it's pretty clean for an interstate rest stop. The sensors on the sinks can be a little finicky. The price on the pop machine only sounds expensive until you stop at a gas station and it's the same or more (!!!) so just get your coke here. They even have a coffee machine that makes lattes and stuff.

Review from a fellow trucker on FB: "On I-70 exit 68 north…read moreside of the highway in Brownstown IL ACT Association of Christian Truckers. Great place they provide: Free parking showers snacks laundry coffee 24/7 365. Hot meals served 6 am and 6 pm daily. Good old time hospitality and conversation. Everything is free to drivers. (donations are welcomed) This is an amazing service for us out here on the road. Please stop by an sit a spell. Be safe out there."

Probably the cleanest rest area I can ever recall visiting. We stopped here on our way from East…read moreCentral Illinois to Southern Indiana. Outside ADA button did not work for opening the door. Attendant was in the women's restroom cleaning away and the sinks, toilets and floor were VERY clean. 1/5 stars for the trickle (as mentioned in a previous review) of a stream that came from 2 of 3 sinks. Ugh! Be sure to have sanitizer handy for extra germ killing as the water pressure is horrible. Great vending machine options including hot coffee drinks. Change machine available also. Would be nice if this stop had a display with brochures from sites in the area. They only had a few free catalogs in the stands outside. Indoor ADA button did work. Nice pedestrian bridge outside going from the parking lot to some picnic tables. Overall very clean and tidy. Highly recommend stopping. Just don't expect to fully rinse your hands if you're using the women's facilities.

This is a nice rest stop. Lots of trees, picnic tables, and vending machines. The parking lot gets…read morecongested easily with semi parking directly behind regular vehicles. The facilities are clean with large maps and vending machines. Outdoors this is Squirrel heaven and the kids enjoyed watching their playful activities.

Quite a few picnic pavilions (9) at this rest area, lots of trees for a pleasant stop…read more The roadways and parking lots are showing some age, but if you just want a nice place to take a break from the road, stop here!!

Very small facility with clean restrooms and vending machines but very limited truck parking. This…read morerest area has plenty of picnic tables with shade roofs over each table plus walking area for the dogs.

Very pleased with the choice of this Hampton Inn. We stopped here since we were done driving for…read morethe day and it was near a charging station. Pleasantly surprised at the quality of the accommodations which aren't always modernized in smaller towns. Bed was very comfortable and room was very clean and well maintained. Will stop here again on a trek to Chicago.

There are ample restaurants around the hotels and a Starbucks right out the door you can walk to…read morewithout Crossing a road. We opted to go to a bar a couple of miles down the road (Gabby Goat) to watch a Packer game and came back to our room at half time as the game started at 7:20 and we were tired from driving all day. The lobby area was decorated beautifully for the Christmas holidays. As we came back from dinner we noticed 7 small decorated Christmas trees on a table. They were made by employees and guest were invited to vote on their favorite. There was also a cute present wrapping area. How fun. Super friendly staff. Our room was comfortable, quiet and clean. We had a standard king size rom that was roomy with a desk and side chair. The 40 inch tv to finish watching the game was awesome. My husband had some breakfast of sausage and potatoes and an orange to go. Standard breakfast fare. I was going to see if they had a grab and go bag as we checked out around 9 am but forgot. Starbucks chai tea from next door was going to have to do. We travel from WI to FL every year in December and Effingham has been a lunch stop. But we recently moved 3 hrs north so had our first overnight here and we plan on staying here each year going forward.