La Villa Motel

Got a clean room with fridge, MW & stove, also a big boat & truck parking spot for a great price. This is our preferred motel when going fishing at Winthrop Harbor. Newest addition if being able to reserve online. Owner called to make sure we're coming & gave us a good parking spot.

This place is a dive. Room was filthy, had and old TV, old worn out furniture, uncomfortable bed, holes and dirt on the walls. Cobwebs, dust, and dead cockroaches, cracked tile in shower, plastic shower curtain rod wouldn't stay in place because of the busted up tile. Everything was dirty, long black hair on the sheet when I pulled down the bedspread. No blanket - they expect you to use the bedspread as a blanket/comforter - YUCK, looks like they hadn't been washed in a while. Frayed carpet to bathroom causing carpet tacks to stick up - but wouldn't advise going barefoot anyway - I bought brand new pink flip flops that I wore only in the motel and the bottoms of them were filthy from the disgusting sticky, stained carpet after just one day in the room (stayed two nights - was stuck for arriving late and being at a friend's memorial all day the next day). My cell phone was dead and I didn't know what to do. I was in tears, tried to leave as much luggage in the car as possible. Grocery carts up to doors on outside of building (what kind of people live there). No Ice. Had to buy a Cubs blanket at the Jewel for 30.00. Charged me 15.00 in taxes for two nights. Had to use a regular key to enter room from hot filthy hallway. I am leaving most of my luggage in the garage as I arrived home, and taking out doing laundry as I empty it. Yes, it's that bad, please don't stay here. I couldn't sleep due to the anxiety. I would give it zero stars if possible. This is by far the most disgusting room I ever stayed in.

If Freddy Kruger only comes to hurt you in your sleep, rest assured you are safe here. It's very hard to sleep in a room so filthy the roaches won't inhabit it. Plenty of holes in the walls, just no critters. There is a bonus though, if you forgot to bring dinner you could just eat the crumbs that are all over the floor. And you can use the leftover hot sauce from the previous guest. I am a bit of an optimist though... this would be great for Halloween.

This hotel leaves a lot to be desired. On the plus side, the room looked and smelled pretty clean. On the negative side, the beds (there were 3 of them for some reason) all squeaked like they were wrapped in plastic. It was very noisy. There was no lid on the toilet and the chairs had such bad stains on them that we sat on towels. You could hear everything that went on in the room above, including the people walking, talking and using their bathroom. The shower ran from warm to ice cold to scalding in a matter of a few minutes. The air conditioning unit was missing many of the buttons and looked to be quite old. We were quite surprised we got it to work.