Don’t let other reviews turn you away from this hotel. For the price point, location, and amenities it was perfect. The staff was friendly, the hotel was clean, and the area was nice and easy to get around. It is an older hotel that has its issues, but nothing to keep me from going back. We were looking for a dog friendly place to stay to visit family for Thanksgiving. We called a couple places last minute to book and were told Moline was not a safe place to stay. Stoney Creek in Quad Cities came up through a couple of different booking sites so we called the front desk and spoke to Ali. She was super friendly and personable. She reassured us that the area was safe (it is a block from the police department) and she was comfortable walking around by herself (she is smaller than I am). At the end of our conversation we booked at Stoney Creek. When we got to the hotel the next day Ali was working the front desk and remembered our conversation from the night before. She got us checked in and made sure we had everything we needed before her shift ended. The rest of the staff were just as friendly and helpful but Ali really went above and beyond for us. The hotel itself was super clean and smelled good (not like cleaners, food, or odor masking sprays). We stayed in a king room that also had room for us a dog and the typical king room furniture and a little kitchenette counter with microwave, coffee maker, and fridge. The bathroom is a 1 person bathroom but was big enough I was able to blow dry and curl my hair without bumping into anything or feeling so cramped I had to be in the main room. The bed was on the firmer side but comfortable. I’m a side sleeper and my arms typically go numb on firm beds but they didn’t on this one. The pillows were a little on the flat side but since they were down they fluffed up nicely. Since we had our dog it was nice that there were plenty of grassy areas for us to walk him. The hotel was also within a 5 minute walk to the river and river walk so we were able to get him out, play, and burn some energy. We didn’t eat breakfast since we spent meal times with family, but the coffee was good. The bar was a nice little area to sit and hang out for a little. Typical bar foods for a typical hotel bar price (we didn’t eat any of that either, but that was due to time spent with family). They did introduce us to our new favorite beer (Cherry Bombshell) and new favorite vodka seltzers (Carbliss) that can only be found in the Midwest (I looked for it closer to home and their distribution stops in Nebraska). We didn’t use any of the other amenities in the hotel but we did look at them. The gym was pretty standard for a small hotel. The laundry room was clean and provided enough room to actually fold laundry. The pool was a heated combination indoor/outdoor pool with a separate hot tub. The pool area closed to children at 10 PM. We could smell that the water was very heavily chlorinated but you couldn’t smell it unless you were in the pool room or right next to the door. Now for my downsides, none of them were enough to keep us up at night or to keep us from going back. The walls are thin so noises around carried in a little. Not enough to be a nuisance but on our last night there were more people on our floor and we could hear them talking in the hall. The blinds on the window didn’t keep out all the light, but I like my room dark to the point you need a nightlight to walk to the bathroom. The door also let in some light from the hall but a towel along the bottom of the door solved that. The hotel was in close proximity to train tracks and we could hear the trains when they came through but not enough that it kept us up or woke us up. Some of the wall paper the upper wall in our room and and some of the stair wells was starting to peel but it had nothing to do with anything other than humidity (Illinois is a humid state and the hotel is in close proximity to a river). Overall Stoney Creek Quad Cities is our new hotel to stay at when we go to Illinois to visit family.