RIVER LODGE

Front desk staff very friendly. Our room was clean and the bed very comfortable. After a day in the car, it's what was needed.

There's nothing I can recommend about staying here. The hallway was dirty and had a cigarette butt lying on the floor. The room was very worn. Only one nearly empty bottle of soap available to share between the sink and the shower. And, finally, the a/c was broken when we were there making for a very miserable night's sleep. At least the desk clerk didn't ask how our stay was when we checked out. I'm sure he didn't want to hear our answer.

This has become my go-to hotel for my weekly stays in Pierre. The rooms are clean enough and comfortable, and there is at least one staff member I am always glad to see. Unfortunately, however, during my most recent stay, May 18-19, I forgot a black, leather skinny belt in one of the bureau drawers of the room I was checked into. By the time I realized I had forgotten my belt, it was gone, with at least two hotel employees, one of them apparently being the manager, informing me that housekeeping staff members always thoroughly check rooms for items left behind by guests but had not found my belt, alluding that the guest or guests who had stayed in the room after I checked out might have stolen my belt. But, if the hotel's claim that housekeeping employees consistently search rooms for items left behind by guests, then it would undeniably stand to reason that a housekeeping employee stole my belt. So, I will no longer be recommending this property to anyone. Leave nothing behind, especially anything of great value, when checking out of this hotel.