Best Western Lorson Inn

We stayed while visiting family for Christmas. Everything was clean and comfortable, but the desk staff did not wear masks. At current count, more than 10% of Clay County residents have tested positive for coronavirus. Clay County is one of the 10 counties with the highest covid death rates in Illinois—which is why their frontline healthcare workers got a priority shipment of the Pfizer vaccine just three days after it was approved. There is a mask mandate active. And yet, every time we walked through the lobby (wearing our masks), the desk clerk was not wearing one. There is a partial plexiglass window, but it does not extend to the ceiling and does not run the full length of the desk, so it does about as much good protecting from coronavirus as the smoking and non-smoking sections in restaurants used to do protecting from smoke inhalation. It’s bad enough seeing customers everywhere else in town—Walmart, Casey’s, the pizza place—not wearing masks. It’s infuriating to see it from staff. If they don’t give a rat’s for their own health, that’s their problem, but for almost $100 a night per room, they can put on a mask for the safety of their guests. The reality is there’s probably no hotel anywhere closer than Mt. Vernon or Effingham where you’ll find hotel people smart or normal enough to take the virus seriously. But if you’re high-risk, it might be worth driving the extra miles to avoid the plague. less

We've stayed at this specific Best Western multiple times in the past couple of years, but this time was not up to par with the other times we've stayed. The entire second floor hallway wreaked of marijuana - thankfully our actual room did not smell bad, but the hallway consistently smelled like it. As soon as we stepped into the room, we noticed red stains on the floor (that honestly looked like blood at first, but I don't think it was.. still off putting though), dust all around the edges of the room, part of the cabinet/TV stand was missing a chunk of wood at the bottom, the bathroom had spots on the wall that looked like they had tried to "touch up" with the wrong shade of paint. The bedding appeared and smelled very clean and the breakfast was hot and delicious as usual. Thankfully they were booked up for the rest of the week, so we were only able to stay one night there. I'm not sure if we'll be staying there again, which is a shame, because it's the only hotel in Flora and we've always had positive experiences there in the past. less

The overall appearance and cleanliness of the room was accommodating. Checking in was swift and convenient. Breakfast bar was poor. Bananas were brown. Not a lot of drink options for children. Friendly staff. Need more luggage carts for guests checking in and out. Overall decent. less

I always want a place that is clean, fairly priced and friendly. Flora's Best Western is all that...and more! The rooms are always clean, their prices are great (and fair) and the staff is the best around! You won't find a friendlier place! Stay a night or two and enjoy the friendliness of this great, small town! less

This was a very neat, clean and friendly staffed hotel for our visit. We had a king room and it was furnished nicely, had a desk, microwave and small fridge. It is a smaller hotel, 2 floors and about 25 rooms. Breakfast was included and was a nice variety including biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage, waffles, yogurt, fruit and cereal. less