Motel 6 Madison, WI - East

Good luck. on a positive note they are remodeling the property.

2 females - rented a room for one night 8/29/2026 with the intention of simply sleeping and parking our uhual. Upon check-in, Nate at the front desk was quick and efficient. We got our keys and went to the room assigned to us. Withing the first 3 hours of checking in, a stranger knocked on our door and we looked thru the peep hole (dressed in all red, no shoes, with face covered). We asked who this was and he was looking for someone we said you got the wrong room. We called front desk using their useless in-room phone that had NO directory or direct dial to front desk. Called the # posted as customer service or whatever in the room, the agent said they didnt have the # to our front desk at our motel. After about 15 min, we left our room together to talk to front desk and inform them that we had a stranger knock on our door and they looked suspicious (as described above). Nate was ending his shift but he texted his manager and the same person that we reported casually walked in and out of the building and was told to leave by Nate - we returned to our rooms and watched for suspicious activity and we saw the same man in red clothes hanging out with what appears to be another person staying in the same motel (black shirt and pants). Not even 30 min later from returning from front desk, we get a knock on our door and someone is asking for another person and this time the person and this time it was the man in black shirt and pants that was ha

Holes in the walls and bathroom door. Sketchy as hell. Loud at night and the room smelled like smoke. Front desk staff was ok and the other guests were pretty nice though.

Superb

Do NOT book this motel This is, hands-down, the most disgusting, scary-feeling, and likely dangerous motel I have ever seen in my entire - including on the cross-country (West to East coasts) trip on which I had the great misfortune of booking a stay in August 2026. It should not be listed on Expedia - heck, it shouldn't even be permitted to operate unless/until it's completely renovated and under new management, particularly one that would ensure the safety of its guests and the property. The parking lot is home to a sizeable unhoused population of folks with active substance use disorders, who are prone to acting out in a violent manner. The front desk 'reception' is enclosed in a bullet-proof booth, which should tell you something about the property's environment. There is no on-site security. The hallways are filthy, with clear evidence of leaks (and active dripping of what I can only hope was just water), along with what looks like poorly made repairs to vandalism. Photos I'm providing accurately depicted its current state.

DO NOT STAY HERE. This building looks like it needs to be condemned.

We stayed there for over month and there was a phone but didn’t work. There was cockroaches all over the place. There were ants. There was also bed bugs. I don’t see why people wanna spend their money on this kind of hotel. There is a lot better cheap hotels than this!! We got banned and they wouldn’t let us have even 30 min late check out and locked us out and kept all our good and important stuff. I’m talking over thousands of dollars and all my Jorden shoes. DONT RENT FROM HERE!!!

This is the worst motel in the world I've ever had the displeasure of visiting. It's a joke, like you're in a horror movie. Expedia is currently trying to get me a refund. Wouldn't wish this place on anyone. Left several hours after miserable experience. Just awful

We were turned away by the staff. They couldn'd find our reservations.

In two words, verrrrrry sketchy. It might be going through a remodel, because there was a lot of construction stuff throughout the halls. The security latch in my room was broken, meaning I needed to put a nightstand in front of the door. Smoke detector curiously missing. My let card always stopped working. Saw someone sleeping in the stairwell at one point. I've become broken. About smell. Weedy smell. On the plus side... cheap.

Inhabitable motel. The halls are covered in debris. Old toilets were piled at the exits. Discarded mattresses and furniture littered the parking lot. The building smells like smoke. The inattentive staff never pick up the phone and sit behind a wall and plexiglass. The parking lot is full of loitering individuals throughout the night, gathering in groups and drinking alcohol out of open containers.

Never stay here

Would not stay there

The price It was the dirtiest place I have ever checked into . I have stayed in some dives but this was the worst . I checked out 10 minutes after I checked in . I wasn’t expecting much based on the price but usually Motel 6’s are at least clean

Room was relatively clean. Rest of the property was not and was a bit disturbing. Stayed here due to price hikes in the rest of the city so I got what I paid for. If you are very budget conscious this hotel will provide a bed and pillow that are adequate for sleeping.

The most recent reviews mostly cover it. I would have said previously that the table stakes you expect from a hotel are cleanliness, and while that's true, I've gone further down the hierarchy of needs. The most basic expectation is that you feel safe, and my wife and I did not feel safe. Lots of screaming and yelling, lots of doors slamming, and they continue basically all night. It's all exacerbated by the fact that the rooms are the opposite of soundproof. As others have noted, it's not clean either, especially the hallways and the parking lot. The room was not spotless, but not much worse than I expected. The other areas were much, much worse than I expected. Above safety and cleanliness you get to sleep quality. Our bed was actually not bad, and the sheets seemed clean. The pillows felt like they were made of a couple of dozen of foam balls. Tolerable. But the above mentioned noise makes sleeping very hard. ******THE NUMBER ONE PRO TIP IF YOU HAVE TO STAY HERE IS TO BRING A WHITE NOISE MACHINE.************* I have to imagine this hotel will not exist in a couple of years. I assume the hotel was acceptable at some point in the past, and it very much feels like it must be in the middle of an awful downward spiral.

I had to drive 30 miles to get a room elsewhere! Probably for the best, the hotel is in a bad part of town to begin with (registration desk is behind glass like at a check cashing place).

The motel was in bad shape, with holes, broken windows, and stains. The parking lot was the scene of active drug dealing and drinking. The bed had bed bugs. I had to move to another hotel. Other than that it was fine.

It was filthy. Smelled like weed and cigarettes. Homeless/lumpen in the lot, didn’t sleep due to the presence of bright security lights and the sound of people fighting and dumpster diving. Completely awful experience.

Awful