I needed a brief overnight stay while in Lebanon a couple months ago. My primary interest was to have a place to lay my head for a few hours as I would be arriving very late and leaving very early the next morning. I decided to call the Shanico Inn because I wanted something inexpensive since I wasn't going to be spending a lot of time in my room and didn't want to pay for a fancier place I wasn't going to be in for long.
I called and made my reservation over the phone. The gentleman who answered was polite and answered my questions. I saw the pricing for this place on a couple third party sites and without asking about it, he said the room rates were the same as those sites (so skip the 3rd party sites -- you won't need them to get a better price). I anticipated arriving around 10:30pm or 11pm and was worried someone wouldn't be around to help me get my keys, but he explained the plan and it worked just fine. As it turned out, I arrived around 9pm instead, got my key, and headed to my room on the bottom floor.
There is a sign outside that talks about a Jacuzzi tub of some kind. There is a sign inside (where you check in) that states that there is only ONE room with such a tub, so be aware of that.
I got to my room and it is fairly spacious. There is a couch and coffee table and the bed is next to that. It has a bathroom that has been remodeled somewhat recently. The overall feel of the room is that it is old. It looks old, anyway, despite the flat screen TV. The colors and the light bulbs give off a very old school vibe, too. That isn't really bad per se, but it would have to be massively modernized and repainted and have new bedding/sheets if they wanted to bring it to the 21st century.
Believe other reviewers about the pillows: you only get two. So bring your own. I didn't ask for more, but that's all there is in the room when you go in.
From what I could see, the AC worked (I tried it), the fan in the bathroom was a little sketchy, but worked, and everything in the room worked just fine. The bed is really springy. I didn't flop down on it, but if I would have, I would have bounced. It is a little weird to sleep on. If I had brought more of my own pillows (I forgot), it would have been a little easier.
Checkout required me to leave my keys in my room and I left with no troubles. For $75, it wasn't too bad.
Overall, the front desk is pleasant and helpful. The rooms look old, but everything works in there just fine. The rooms are spacious and clean. My bathroom area was remodeled recently and I think they weren't quite finished with the fan/lighting in the bathroom, but it worked all right as well. The bed wasn't my favorite and I should have brought more pillows. For $75, I'm certainly not going to complain. I got my mission accomplished of a quick rest and was back on the road the next morning.
If I had something like this come up again, I would stay at the Shanico Inn again, absolutely. read more