This hotel was comfortable and clean and met our needs for one night. I think the owners live onsite and were available for our late arrival and were even gracious despite the lateness of the hour. The staff pointed me in the right direction to the Laura Ingalls Wilder sites in town, which was the reason I went to De Smet, South Dakota.

I was looking for someplace to stay enroute to Black Hills, Being near the Ingalls homestead was a big plus. The proprietors are very friendly. The room/bathroom was modern and clean

Why else come to De Smet except to visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder historical sites? We were very pleasantly surprised to find a clean and comfortable hotel here. We were given a ground floor room, non smoking, and no pets. Perfect. It was absolutely spotless. And it had two rocking comfy chairs in the room, something we had not seen before. After we enjoyed our tour in the town, we were able to do our laundry here, and enjoy great connection via Wi-Fi. We did not visit the pool, but it looked clean there as well.

Breakfast was basic, but it was all we needed. Yes, I would recommend this place. The staff were very helpful and friendly.

First, they did not honor our reservations. They changed our room without speaking with us. We reserved a non smoking bottom floor room. We got there and were put in a smoking upstairs room.

Second, we paid a pet fee to have our dogs there every night. This should have included pet hair removal. Instead we were charged a crazy amount when we left for pet hair. Not for damages, there were none, but for pet hair.

Third, they called us disrespectful names over the phone, were rude, and short.

Fourth, they never one time cleaned the room during our entire stay.

Fifth, their breakfast was insulting. Tiny bagels, not even real size and boxed STALE cereal. We ended up going out to eat and spending the extra money out of our budget instead of eating the horrible spread they provided. No yogurt. No fruit. Stale cereal that you’re not allowed to bring to your room to eat, milk you can only put in your cereal not allowed to put in your coffee or drink a glass of. This place was very much a dictatorship.
The ONLY good thing about it was: 1. The hot tub/pool were nicely maintained and 2. The Location. Because of the location they are allowed to be rude and dirty, not keep to their contracts and cheat people out of money. They have a monopoly on the business and thus can treat people however they want. Which means without respect.