Yesterday I was staying at the Tahlequah Holiday in Express. My friend dropped me off and I…read morethought I had left my phone in his car. when I ran out to try to stop him I locked myself out of the room. I Alex and Cadence kept me calm put on a tv show and allowed me to use their personal phone to track down mine. Forever grateful. I would definitely stay here again and recommend this hotel . Blessings

The air was moist and smelled of mold in the room. The beds and pillows were very uncomfortable. We…read morehad a drawer that kept opening itself and wouldn't stay closed. The door to the pool was difficult to operate and the entire entry way was soaking wet. The pool was cold, but seemed relatively clean. The workout room was small but also adequate for our needs. Breakfast was good with plenty of options, but the half and half for the coffee smelled spoiled.

You will enjoy your time here. Monica, your host, is tops! Go back in time ... to a simpler life…read more.. even if it is a weekend! We will be back...

This place is awesome. I believe the house was built in 1908. Tahlequah is the home of the Cherokee…read moreNation. If you are looking to come to the Cherokee Nation, stay here and step back in time and absorb its charm. Monica is the manager, the cook, the groundskeeper, the cleaning crew, the server, she is an awesome human. I don't know how she does it all. She's just as charming as the house. The house was tidy and clean...so clean. The Blue Fern puts any hotel chain to shame, they could learn a thing or two from Monica about hospitality and professionalism. Her breakfast was yummy and the coffee cake was tasty. They are in the process of trying to sell the Blue Fern and retire, but in the meantime, they gotta keep the lights on, stay here if you're going to Tahlequah. Thank you, Monica for the great memory!

Wife and I booked a full week here for the Cherokee holiday…read more The room was large, clean and comfortable. It had all the usual amenities, and for a long stay those little things really matter. The breakfast was great- with nice choices every day. The 24 hour fresh coffee was outstanding, as my wife and I are coffee people. Coffee is our love language. The staff are very friendly and professional, making our stay excellent.

We thought our weekend experience would be enjoyable, but unfortunately while walking to our room…read moreit smelled like urine. Carpet dirty, looked like they haven't been vacuumed. Only ice maker is on the 2nd floor. Had to call and ask multiple times for towels. Found mold in the ice bucket lids. When a new one was given it was full of dust I washed it myself. The key cards never worked. They had to be reset multiple times. Air conditioning didn't work had to he moved to a different room. The lobby where breakfast is provided smelled like chlorine and was over heated. The plug ins in the night stands are loose which could cause a fire if someone used them. Which means we couldn't change our devices. Overall don't waste your money.

This is a nice addition to Tahlequah. When I lived in the area there was only a holiday inn express…read morethat was very old, a comfort inn and ne other newer hotel. None of those were very nice and really they were very basic. With the Indian casino opening here along came the Tru Hotel. This is a bit more like it! Nice looking clean and stylish. The room was a standard room but the bed was kind of like sleeping on concrete. The price was affordable and it is within walking distance of the casino and the stake house attached to it. It is like right across the street. The service was not inviting but not turn you away either... just lacked luster. However if I was to return to Tahlequah this is where I would choose to stay again.

Bugs found in the room. Stained towels and management is very rude. Don't stay here. aread more

Pool was something out of a horror movie. Desk service was nonexistent. This place was disgusting…read morein every possible way. Stay away at all costs, no matter what. Would love to post a photo of the pool, if I can figure out how.

I stayed here with my children on May 9th 2025. My nephew graduated from the college there. When I…read morechecked in, I asked the clerk if I checked out early is my money refundable and he said yes. I checked out early and he told me to give it 7 days. Ten days passed and still no refund so I called Booking.com customer service because when I called this location they kept giving me the run around. When Booking called they hung up on them just like they did me and it's August and I still don't have my money. I am now going to file a claim against this hotel because this is unethical, unprofessional, and breaks so many USC CODES. I even called corporate and still no help.

Nasty pool area. Dirty, trashy, and very unclean. House keeping is awful…read more Elevator doesn't work. People.drinking beer on steps inside hotel. Very low class, trashy place.

Maybe 2 stars is pushing it. By the looks of the outside it is a nice place. Room was decent. Pool…read morewas awful! No lights! At least 100 degrees in the room. Workers of the hotel were swimming and smoking. Hot tub was a joke! No out of order sign but the water was GREEN and barely had enough water to cover the jets and you could see foot prints. The jets worked but the workers in the pool didn't bother saying anything. Asked for a towel since we forgot one and they only had ONE clean one when asking at the desk. Exercise room was less than that! 3 pieces of equipment and the air condition was broken. Our card key would only work one time per swipe so I had to go to the desk for times to have it reset. Overall, it was cheap and if you only have to stay one night then it would work.

Absolutely disgusting... We walked into our room and automatically killed a roach by the front…read moredoor. Carpet was sticky throughout and stained up extremely bad. We will not be staying there again.

So this past weekend I went to diamondhead to celebrate my birthday, we had a very large group of…read morepeople but we have NEVER had so much trouble and disappointed as we had this year!!!! I have been coming to diamondhead for the past 8 years, never have we choose to go to any resort but after this year my WHOLE GROUP (52 ppl) will be taking our money and enjoyment elsewhere!!! Apon arrival I called the morning we were coming out which would've been on that Friday. I asked what the remaining balance of our room was. The lady gave me an estimate. OK cool well as everyone who goes to diamond head knows that if you pay for the motel rooms or the bunk houses or any of that you have to pay a deposit so we did that back when we reserve the room months ago when we get there they want to charge us $125 incidental fee that the girls working register said it was in place of the deposit as well... but we already paid that on top of the remaining balance of our room didn't give nobody a heads up that they had made these changes didn't let me know whenever I called that morning that they were doing that so that was the first incident, especially because in the office on every single computer it only said that there was a $25 incidental fee not 125, when we pointed that out to the guy that was helping us, he instantly went to all of the computers and tore them down. then we get the keys to our room we walk in our room. It smells like complete fish like disgusting unbearable. We tried to air out the room that in hell we lit some candles that didn't really help and so we went back to the office and asked them about it, and the guy that originally helped us helped us again he didn't even wanna come in our room because he knew that it didn't smell good. He even told us that the room's leak whenever it rains... but they wanna charge us $125 incidental fee?? how about you upgrade your rooms and actually do something about the mold the stains ,the smell, the dirtiness why don't they worry about that instead of trying to charge people just like they charge my mother a $400 bill whenever she already paid fully for her room, how does that make any sense? and when did the prices go from $34 for a float to $40 per person per float up charging for what? Nothing about the float changed the mileage didn't change the capacity didn't change, so why does the price need to change? And on top of that, they drove all of us up to our destination to get on the raft to start our float and what wasn't there? the rafts! So we all had to wait around for 30 minutes at the destination just to wait for some rafts that should've already been there and ready.. Its sad this place is going downhill fast, because it was my favorite

Very rude and unprofessional staff they allow their maintenance guy to work and make repairs…read moreintoxicated they sit outside making fun of and talking badley about their motel guests

This place should be shut down. This is the worst place I've ever seen! Room was gross, hair all…read moreover, blood and stains on sheets, food and pizza boxes every where. i walked out and asked for a refund! they have to have fake reviews because this place shouldn't be open.

The room stunk of mildew and the airconditioner was leaking condensate on the floor leaving it wet…read more The television remote only worked to turn it on and volume up and down. It did not work to change channels.

I don't usually write reviews of hotels, but this one I just have to. From the outside it looks…read morepretty good, I think they stuccoed over a older hotel. The inside is dated as you walk in. The rooms look pretty old and the furniture looked like they bought it at a old ladies garage sale. The drawer set was broken and I could barely open the drawer. Also the room was sold as a non smoking room, but when we would walk in after our tour bus dropped us off it smelled of smoke. The pool area is really in bad shape. The pool looked an odd color and the Jacuzzi had dirt in it. The gym is a small room with a low end stair climber and a few pieces of gym equipment with no AC. On the sign outside it says breakfast The breakfast was two choices of cereal and a toaster with cheap bread. Also the person attending the breakfast did not have coffee ready, as we all wanted a cup before we left on our bus trip. On the positive note the room was cleaned everyday and we had fresh linens. I don't expect a first class room at a Super 8 and the price was fair, but your corporation needs to look at upgrading this location!

Peyton's Place provides the best accommodations, service and prices on the Illinois River…read more Exceptionally friendly staff. Clean and comfortable lodge for groups. Beautiful campground. Highly recommend for small or large groups looking for a relaxing float experience! Thank you to all the Peytons!

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