I was i town for a memorial service & this was recommended by a local family friend. I stayed 4…read moredays & was quite pleased with the staff who were hospitable & friendly. Room was spacious, very clean & well maintained. If I ever happen to visit family friends in Shelbyville again I will most definitely stay again. I would like seeing a microwave in the room though.

This was a different experience than last visit in October 2022. Our visit over Labor this year…read morefound the commode so loose is was about to come off the floor. I reported our first day and nothing was done. Also I noticed when the sun finally came through the window the tv stand hadn't been dusted in forever, and cobwebs were going from the carpet up to the tv stand. Was sure hoping the sheets were recently changed. Not sure if we'll stay there on our next visit.

The address is wrong for this hidden Gem!!! You will find this family friendly wonderland at 1504…read moreNorth 2070 East Rd. Shelbyville, IL 62565. Super friendly, great rooms, right off the lake & the best made to order omelettes you will ever have!!!

I am very happy I chose this family run resort for my weekend fishing jaunt. Rich (a Vietnam era…read morenavy vet) and his wife Mary run this resort with help from their 4 young adult children. The rooms are a nice size, clean, and the beds are comfortable. There is plenty of space for your car and boat/trailer. There is a connivence/bait store on site with everything from fresh donuts and coffee, to fishing gear, to breakfast cereal, to feisty minnows. Rich is very knowledgable about fishing and boating on Lake Shelbyville. Rich and Mary are also quick with recommendations on local restaurants. Although I recommend the biscuits and gravy or omelettes prepared by Rich every morning. The resort is just a couple hundred yards from the lake. I had a great stay here and will definitely be back.

Stayed here for 10 days. The staff is super friendly and the cabins are well equipped. We stayed in…read morethe Cedar Cabin which accommodated our family of 4 with 2 young kids (2 and 9 months old) perfectly. The cabin is a bit dated decor-wise, but was clean and safe and had everything we needed for our stay. Includes a fire pit (wheelbarrow of wood $10), Weber BBQ grill, grilling tongs, grilling spatulas, indoor spatula, spoons, cast iron skillet, pizza pan, cookie sheet, pots, pans, dishes (for 8-10 people) and cutlery, steak knives, a few other knives, grill scraper, salt and pepper, dish soap, dish clothes/towels, garbage bags. Has a fireplace, though we didn't use it. Full size (clean) refrigerator, microwave, oven, electric range, coffee maker with filters (coffee not included). Full size kitchen table that seats at least 8 people. The TV is only in the living room and is super small, but has direct TV. Wifi included, though spotty at times. 2 couches, 1 of which is a hideaway bed. Room 1 has 2 twin beds and Room 2 has 1 small queen with 2 twin beds...we didn't use, odd room with so many beds, but would be good for a group stay perhaps. No tv's in bedrooms. Ceiling fans in both bedrooms and living room. Nice, solid picnic tables included at each cabin. The grounds are peaceful and quiet even when other campers are there. It is secluded, yet not in the woods. Which personally I liked because I'm not much of a camper :). There are deer and other wildlife and you can fish in 2 of their very small ponds. Our favorite part was sitting outside on the deck and enjoying the quiet evenings. We cooked out a lot and loved relaxing by the fire pit. Our parents (grandparents) camped out at nearby lithia springs campground and it was a short 1/4 mile walk to their campsite which was convenient! Lithia marina and beach are both closeby as well. Have to agree with the other reviewer about the blinds not blocking out the light. Need some black out curtains for sure. Maybe country people are up with the sunshine (?) I'm not! To be honest, the Lithia springs resort website doesn't do this resort justice. It appears the other cabins may have been nicer and newer. The floor plans say the other cabins are smaller, so we opted for space. Would give 5 stars cabin-wise, but for our cedar cabin was a bit dated and could use more and/or larger tv's, and blackout curtains ;)

Stayed for three weeks in 10/26 for $1550…read more + Able to help with towels, vacuum, and mail. Trails are good. HVAC in the Cabins - Outlets need replaced. Internet quality is 6/10 since it's WiFi 4 and No ethernet. Was off ~1 hr per day. Location not near shops.

Nice for the price. Nice warm and dry for several of us guys going fishing. They have a…read moresurprisingly LARGE variety of tackle in their bait shop, and good variety of live bait. Staff was friendly. HUGE parking lot, well lit with electrical hookups and security cameras on the lot. Those of you who are tough to please may need to look at spending twice the price to stay elsewhere. But if you're a reasonable individual, that likes a value and clean stay; you can't go wrong here.:-)

I apologize ahead of time for the lengthy review. Im from…read moreShelbyville so I'm very familiar with the spillway hotel. I've never really had a problem with the hotel itself; you can't beat the price for the quality of the hotel i guess you could say. I've stayed in a lot worse. About a month ago; the owners wife decided that she was going to get about an inch away from my face and scream at the top of her lungs at me. Because her niece and i got into a heated altercation at MY apartment. She came out from behind the front office counter screaming about how she fights back and blah blah blah. Telling me exactly how everything happened and how i did this and that, when in all reality the situation that she's freaking out about i was more than happy to tell her what happened and who did what and it be the gods honest truth.. i don't lie. I have no reason to. The girl that this was all over is a 20 year old girl who is so strung out on drugs and steals from everyone she knows to support her habit and lies about any and every thing she can. I have always taken the big girl road with this girl because I feel bad for her, she's not a bad person just on the wrong path. Everyone else slaps her around, I tried getting to her with words.But this woman decided it was necessary to call me every name humanly possible but my own birth given name. From a nasty "c" and beyond.. excuse my language but there's really no other good description for the names she called me. The hotel was BOOKED the day she did this. Fourth of July weekend. Everyone was outside grilling, playing games .. literally EVERYONE was outside. This woman was threatening me up one side and down another. Screaming in my face and calling me names. To paint a better picture, while she's in my face screaming at me she screams "get out of my face b*****!" I'm not one to back down from anyone, especially if I'm not in the wrong. I will most definitely stand up for what I believe in and stay true to what I say or do because I will definitely hold myself accountable for my actions. But no one is going to lie on me or about me, and someone who wasn't there when the argument happened isn't going to tell me what happened. Haha! The whole time she's doing this everyone stops what they're doing and stands there and watches her make a fool of herself. (That same night she attacked a girl the same age as her niece and beat her up while someone else held the girl down.) The whole time this woman is yelling profanities and threats at me, I'm calmly asking if she wanted to know the truth of what happened. Saying "no, you're wrong. That didn't happen. Are you done screaming yet? Get out of my face. How old are you? You're twice my age and I'm acting more mature than you are." Never once did I yell back, or curse at her. I let her make herself look like a fool. Out of respect for her husband; who i think is a great man. He helps anyone he can. Always kind. Just a good person thru and thru. Now to yesterday; my boyfriends car overheats due to a blown head gasket. When it overheats, it needs jumped to start. He parked in the back of the hotel, walked up and visited with his 19 yo son who is staying in a room there at the moment. We go to leave and the car is in the red overheating. Our only option besides to run it hot in the red and take a chance on making it blow up and ruin every new part we just fixed (literally all new cooling system) or pull up to my friends room which is two rooms down from the front office and get some water from her and a jump from her boyfriends car sitting right there as well. So we took the obvious choice. This woman sticks her head out of the side door, sees me and instantly loses her cool. Screaming at the top of her lungs. Starts calling me names; calling me a disgusting skank.. among others that are not quite publicly acceptable. I sat silently in the passenger seat, not wanting to add to her nonsense because she does a pretty good job of embarrassing herself and her business on her own. I didn't even look her direction. Once again, numerous people are outside and listening to her call me names and threaten to call the cops. Mind you... this is over a personal issue with someone else (yes, someone she's related to.. but not her) that she is bringing up and making a scene over at her place of business. I've NEVER been disrespectful or done anything wrong at this hotel. Highly unprofessional and extremely unnecessary. Maybe if the hotel were to get different owners and management, Itd be worth a stay. I hope for the future of the Spillway Hotel that this woman has an epiphany of sorts and changes her ways. Otherwise it'll be another has been, rotting building like the Lidster Hotel that people tell stories about from "back in the day".

Planning to come back. Lots of amenities for a reasonable…read moreprice. Owner, Sandy, so easy to work with in planning for a weekend reunion with friends. The cabin felt like home away from home, very clean with absolutely everything you need (& we forgot to bring ;-) My friends love to camp but no way I would so this spot was the perfect compromise for us. They loved that we were away from the city lights & could be outside with a fire pit & the stars & I loved that there were comfy beds, full kitchen and a hot shower. Recommended

Absolute beautiful location and setting. The cabins are nice, clean and the grounds are well kept…read more Has a beautiful pond with water fountain. Close to boat ramp and local restaurants.

Absolutely excellent. Hotel was sparklingly clean, service was beyond kind. My elderly father and I…read morewere visiting the area. He's on a walker, so we needed an accessible room with two beds. This was one of the only hotels left in the area (including in Effingham) that met our requirements and didn't break the bank. Hot breakfast was good. Eggs, meat, potatoes, waffles, etc. 24-hour coffee. Computer/printer available. Laundry facilities. Workout room. I didn't use the pool and hot tub, but we saw many guests enjoying it throughout our 2-night stay. Susie was particularly helpful and accommodating. Each time I went to the desk, she asked how my dad was doing. Very thoughtful! Would definitely recommend and would stay here again if/when I'm in the

Why 5 stars? (1) Everything you'd expect and hope for was there. All good. (2) I lost a mouth…read moreretainer either on the way or at the hotel. During my stay I searched up and down, and asked the staff to keep an eye out. A couple hours after I had checked out, and asked to be called if it was found, I went back and luckily got the manager David who knew of my dilemma. So he took me to the room for a 3rd or 4th pass. Then we went to my rental car where he engaged just as committedly. He politely asked if I was ok w/ his help, and then used his cell phone lite to look where I had already looked, felt, and told him the retainer was not. But he could see it under the seat and stuck into a gap in the floor paneling. Pretty incredible. Very incredible. Forever grateful. Above and beyond the call.

Worth the stay! I'm happy to see someone who put hard work into rehabbing an old building for a…read morenew purpose! Towels were soft and fluffy opposed to some hotels that cost a lot more with hard krusty towels. Rooms are beautifully done. Definitely recommend this place.

Well .. the rooms are nostalgic and charming. Elevator not working though. I'd give 5 stars for the…read morerooms and a zero or a one for the service. We walk into a virtual front desk, a kiosk. Seriously ... I was stunned. The process went smooth, but we were left with the feeling that there were no staff around. No one to Haley if there was an issue. Felt like we were all alone, I didn't like that at all. It's too bad ... nice place but we definitely won't be back.

Room was spacious, clean and well-appointed (loved the divan and jacuzzi!), and the breakfast,…read morewhile standard hotel buffet-breakfast fare, was a notch up in quality.

OK, we stay at the Holiday Inns for the cinnamon rolls at breakfast. This Inn is by a Walmart and…read morean area where a lot of truckers park. But - the stay was quiet at night. The property was clean and comfortable. We were there for a reunion where other relatives stayed at other places and were not impressed. So - stay at the Holiday Inn Express. Easy to get to places in Vandalia (especially The Blind Society for eating). If you go to Walmart - say Hi to Margaret in the Vision Dept. from the sisters from Iowa. However, the AC was noisy. What is the deal with hotels not making sure their AC/Heater isn't too noisy? I've just learned to live with it.

Have always wanted to stop here!! After many years of passing here, we finally went!! It was really…read moregood food! Specials! Ect..my wife has already went back with her mom!! Her mom says they have gone here for years!!will definitely stop by again!!

Home cooking and excellent service. We tried the beef rolls: sliced beef similar to Philly steak…read morewith onions and peppers and lots of cheese, served inside a homemade pita-type bread, with sour cream and aus jus. Breakfasts were huge portions, the ham steak was so big and very tender, great biscuits and gravy and the American fries were like homemade crispy potato chips. Don't skip this hometown diner, food and service were awesome.