This is not a five-star hotel, but it IS a nice place to stay if you need to be down at the U of I for a couple days. The room was clean and the people at the front desk were very friendly (my boyfriend and I got our room upgraded from a Queen bed to a King bed for no reason). All the important stuff is A-OK. And I'd like to state that the hotel definitely did NOT smell like cigarettes and joints, as the previous reviewer writes. I guess they took care of that problem.
3.5 stars!
(Curiously, there was a large, HD flatscreen in our room, but no HD cable channels. What's the point?)