Lakota Prairie Ranch Resort — Hotel in Medicine Root District

I really, really wanted to like this place. My wife is from Kyle, SD, so I've driven by it many times. Reviews online were good, so I went in with high hopes. Before I leave my criticisms, I should say that GIVEN OTHER OPTIONS in the immediate area, this place is probably the best there is. You're right in the middle of nowhere on the rez, which I love, but it's very slim pickings for places to stay.||Ok, so now the bad part. We opened the door to our room. Large room. The floor carpet was totally stained up - big stains all over. The smoke detector in the ceiling was missing the cover and wires were hanging out of the ceiling. I doubt it worked. The "kitchenette" was a small stove/oven that I'd estimate (no joke) was probably from the 60's. Half the lightbulbs in the light fixtures were old-school regular bulbs, the other half bright white LED, giving the room a really weird look. 2 of the 5 bulbs in the bathroom vanity were burned out. The comforters on each bed seemed clean, but were old and scratchy. Wifi did not work so I was unable to use my laptop. Just had to rely on using my cell phone service.||So yeah, it was not "good." Again, for the area, pretty nice. It wasn't like horrible that we couldn't stand sleeping there. But we only walked on the carpet with our shoes on. And we slept on top of the comforters on the beds and brought in our own blankets. We did eat at the cafe, which was very good and very inexpensive. Quarter pound burger and fries for $5.||I did think maybe we just had a bad room. So I walked around to some of the others. The shades were open so I could peek in other rooms by ours. They all looked like ours. Stained up carpet, sort of generally shabby looking.||So yeah, that's my review. I really enjoyed our time in Kyle. We spent 2 nights at this Lakota Prairie resort. Honestly, the next time we stay in Kyle overnight, we'll probably stay here again, just because there are no other options. But I thought people should read this recent review. When you see all these 5-star or "good" reviews, just know it might not be quite what you were...

I really, really wanted to like this place. My wife is from Kyle, SD, so I've driven by it many times. Reviews online were good, so I went in with high hopes. Before I leave my criticisms, I should say that GIVEN OTHER OPTIONS in the immediate area, this place is probably the best there is. You're right in the middle of nowhere on the rez, which I love, but it's very slim pickings for places to stay. Ok, so now the bad part. We opened the door to our room. Large room. The floor carpet was totally stained up - big stains all over. The smoke detector in the ceiling was missing the cover and wires were hanging out of the ceiling. I doubt it worked. The "kitchenette" was a small stove/oven that I'd estimate (no joke) was probably from the 60's. Half the lightbulbs in the light fixtures were old-school regular bulbs, the other half bright white LED, giving the room a really weird look. 2 of the 5 bulbs in the bathroom vanity were burned out. The comforters on each bed seemed clean, but were old and scratchy. So yeah, it was not "good." Again, for the area, pretty nice. It wasn't like horrible that we couldn't stand sleeping there. But we only walked on the carpet with our shoes on. And we slept on top of the comforters on the beds and brought in our own blankets. We did eat at the cafe, which was very good and very inexpensive. Quarter pound burger and fries for $5. I did think maybe we just had a bad room. So I walked around to some of the others. The shades were open so I could peek in other rooms by ours. They all looked like ours. Stained up carpet, sort of generally shabby looking. So yeah, that's my review. I really enjoyed our time in Kyle. We spent 2 nights at this Lakota Prairie resort. Honestly, the next time we stay in Kyle overnight, we'll probably stay here again, just because there are no other options. But I thought people should read this recent review. When you see all these 5-star or "good" reviews, just know it might not be quite what you were...

Stayed here out of pure convenience because my family and I were in the area for a function. They put us in the “bunkhouse” which is a separate building from the hotel where the laundry room is. Upon entering the building the hallway looked like it hasn’t been swept and mopped in weeks. Dead bugs and dirt everywhere. Anyone can enter if the door is unlocked. We then enter our room and it appears not to have been cleaned. Found another dead bug in the bathroom, stains on the pillow case. Just look at the pictures and see for yourself. We checked in late so they couldn’t do anything till morning. Someone did come to clean the room but it barely made a difference. Decided to stay because the next place available was over 1.5 hrs away. The food in the restaurant was really good but there were times where we waited an hour for our food. There is no deadbolts on the inside of the room door so anyone with a key just could open it and walk in. The water takes forever to get hot and once it does it’s scolding. We stayed there for 5 nights and they did not come and clean our room besides the morning after we checked in. I even asked them to the day before we checked out and they said they would but we came back to a dirty room. The coffee shop was good too. If I were to ever stay here again I would ask to be put in the hotel building because we were unaware of where our room was going to...