Fairfield Inn & Suites Mankato

I booked 2 rooms, 4 nights via trips.com and 1 night via a credit card portal. We normally book direct with the hotel but it the 3rd party sites offered lower costs. Neither third party booking site disclosed a $3 parking fee at the time of booking. Looking at the hotel website, I also do not see a parking fee disclosure. Mankato is a relatively small town, and the location is not busy enough to justify a parking fee; charging it as a surprise/undisclosed fees (resort, parking, etc) is a dishonest practice you should abandon if you want repeat business. We were generally happy with the housekeeping, beds and room features. Issues with the TV signal and room keys were resolved by the staff in a timely manner. I chose Fairfield based on past good experience with Mariott/Residence Inn/Fairfield breakfasts in other cities. We appreciate access to a basic breakfast, and were pleased with the coffee, fruit, and bagels. However the quality of the main course (instant scrambled eggs and so-called "omelettes") was disappointing. Yogurts were exclusively fat-free (chalky taste) in a padlocked at 9am sharp. Sausage patties (frozen/warmed) were in short supply and also not appetizing. For the room rate we paid, we hoped for a better breakfast.

We had been traveling in town to visit Mankato State College with my daughter and one of her friends and decided to book this hotel as we live quite a ways out of town. It is a nice place, staff were friendly, check in was easy, room was very clean, beds were comfortable, wifi was good, hot water was good had everything you need. Is in a good location close to many gas stations or restaurants. Parking was free. Really everything was good about this hotel other than was a little bit of road noise and the pool was having some kinda maintenance thing and wasn't open at the time we traveled thru. but was a nice option especially for the price point and location. We wouldn't hesitate to stay there if traveling thru again.

The hotel was overall nice but I feel for the amount we paid there was many things not right. The ice machine was out of order - they did provide ice but not for coolers. At breakfast the fresh fruit (pineapple, etc) was out by 8am. The check in staff was not very friendly. The deadbolt on our room was also broken. There was a young man on the second day was so helpful and willing to make things better. Overall good just seemed overpriced for what we got!

Charged $3 for parking on an outside lot, nothing special. Room stunk like bleach, Wallpaper peeling off wall in bathroom, caulk on wallpaper, breakfast poor. This was Best Western, not Marriott quality.

My room was incredibly loud, ice maker goes off all night and the early risers wheeling their luggage out the front was a rude awakening.

The staff were extremely nice and helpful. The room and the lobby were clean. We loved the breakfast and the option of waffles.