Duck Inn - Venturia

We stayed here for one night before going to Santa's Village nearby. I felt uncomfortable having my six year old sleep here. The motel is confusing. The beds are quite comfortable, the shower is hot and has amazing pressure, and the toiletries are high end. But then there was no heat, the wall under the window was covered in black mold, the room stinks like old cigarettes, the tv had sound but no picture, the floors under the new laminate are squishy, and the bathroom is pretty gross. It wouldn't be too hard to look a lot better quickly for example, the bathroom would have been quite easily updated by a coat of paint and a drain trap in the sink. It largely seemed surface clean but I couldn't shake the feeling that we were all breathing in decades of mold and cigarettes. This place needs a lot of work before it can be called redone.

Hi, I made the mistake staying here in August. After being out of my room for a few hours I came back to my room where my medications were missing. No apologies and they charged my credit card after that too. Shady and very dirty rooms. Had a dead moth in one of the beds. Be very careful staying here they use an old fashioned room key for the doors.

I accept it is a 1950s motel being restored in the style and I like that idea. Size of rooms not like modern US hotels and motels. The bar was good. But, the room we had was terrible I dubbed it the no touch room we didn 't shower! To be fair the place was full, somebody had been allowed in our allocated room and we ended up put in a holding room (I now know that is code for not finished) I hope this is isolated issue, as I say, I admire the idea of the owner.

Very friendly managers... Call for opening times before going during the week. Open Friday Saturday and Sunday

This is what it is, a cheap motel in a great town . Welcome was very friendly, room was basic but clean. Bedding and towels nice and clean. Shower had good pressure (unlike other places we stayed) but bathroom was otherwise dated, but clean. One of us found the bed comfy, one not so much but it was very noisy whenever one of us moved. Overall it was value for money. It’s never going to be 5 star but anything less than 3 would be unfair in my opinion. You get what you pay for.