If you need to stay in Starke, FL, the Best Western is probably your best option for a hotel. It's a bit run down but I was working, so my goal was to sleep overnight, get my work done, and leave. The room was okay. Not great, not bad. Standard. The bed was a bit hard for me and hurt my back. It was clean. It did have a full length mirror which was nice. The wifi was fine and I didn't have any issues. The heating and cooling is one of the old units near the window. It cooled the room. I'm not sure how it would be in the severe heat of the summer, but it worked for spring weather. I really dislike these type of old units because they are incredibly loud! There is a decent size refrigerator in the room (larger than I've seen many places) and a small, regular coffee maker. The COFFEE MAKER is LOCATED in the BATHROOM which I found really odd and it wasn't appealing to me. I'd consider this unsanitary. I didn't use it. It's more of a motel with all the doors outside. If you don't request to be on the bottom floor, you walk up stairs with your luggage. Maybe there were elevators somewhere I didn't see. If you have a lot of luggage, disabilities, or don't want to walk up and down outside stairs to get to your room, you should request the bottom floor. It was slow when I was there, so it wasn't a problem getting a room on the bottom floor. I didn't have time to eat their breakfast, so I can't comment on it other than to say I saw the breakfast area. It was a small seating area in the lobby. For some reason they wouldn't honor the GSA rate for the area. They insisted on charging a bit more which I'll need to pay out of my pocket since my business travel must fall under those approvals. I'd have stayed somewhere else for that reason, but there's hardly any options in Starke, FL. Maybe that's why they can charge the higher rate and people pay the extra. If you need a decent place to stay and you have to stay in Starke (pass if you can), then the Best Western is a decent place. read more

I'm pretty sure the night desk employee was on some kind of drugs. The room was not clean. There was yellow gunk between the toilet bowl and the tank. We were there for four nights and never had our room cleaned. We had to go to the desk for fresh towels. The air conditioner was extremely loud. We stayed here as a last resort. Never again. read more

I gave it 2 stars because the front desk receptionist were friendly. This will be my first and last night staying at this hotel. On the internet this was the best looking hotel in Starke, FL. I came here for work and my room had a cockroach infestation and if my room had it then all the rooms have it. The carpet smelled like mildew, no matter how many times it was vacuumed or sprayed. You can still smell it. The carpet needs a deep cleaning. Also the price was steep, especially for a place like that. $159 a night is ridiculous and that's not including tax. They gave me a 10% discount after I told them about the roaches but it is still steep. The cockroaches also had little baby ones but I didn't take any pics of those. read more

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It's alright, but it depends on price. Dangerous flash flooding, high winds & a torrential downpour drove me off the road, so I had little choice... it was do a U-Turn & stay here or drive on another 20+ min barely being able to see the road. The bad is I landed the weekend of some sort of local competitions (Gator Games & Motorcross, or something similar), so my room was $325 with AAA discount for 1 night. I debated getting back on the road, but it had become a canal & after driving 10-hrs, I bit the bullet & stayed. Pros: * Staff is lovely. The young lady with reddish curly hair at the front desk is a joy... very pleasant & professional. * Bed is comfortable, lots of premium TV channels (what else are ya gonna do during flooding, although connectivity was out a good number of times with the storm), mini-fridge & m/w. * Coffee & hot water in the lobby 24/7. It's a nice touch & as an espresso snob, the medium brew (they don't offer bold) wasn't bad. * Morning b'kfast was standard fare for most hotels... scrambled eggs, sausage links & unfortunately, slim pickin's on carbs (cereal, bagels & English muffins were all gone)... again, with a full house of families with many kids, by 8:30am, when I arrived, I think most of it was gone. Still, it saved me $7 at McD's. For the cost, I wanted eggs benedict & a nice steak or tea delivered to my door. Good to know: * Hot water but the shower head was a bit light on power (could have been due to a full house that weekend), shampoo/cond/body wash dispensers on the wall, but they're hard to use... you have to push with all your strength towards the shower wall. To be fair, I'm recovering from a broken shoulder/arm & still in a sling, so that might have been half the issue. Cons: * Well, cost. No hotel is worth $300+/nt, imho. * 4, well used pillows didn't offer much in the way of support while sitting in bed, working on the computer. * Very dated for the room fees, but welcome to FL. 3* & that's with a +1* for the nice staff. it's too old & dated to justify more... carpeting isn't very clean. I'd only stay again if I were forced off the road, like this time. Certainly not worth anything over $130. read more

I have been staying at the Best Western in Starke, FL on Hwy 301 for many years to visit a local relative. I cannot say enough good things about this facility. The impeccable service is always appreciated, which is no surprise since it is a family owned and operated BW. This family totally committed three generations of management, going back 46 years, to provide consistent service. My reason for writing this review now is that this BW is completing an impressive renovation of the entire facility. This weekend I stayed in one of the newly renovated rooms and was blown away by the quality, style, and updates. I've stayed in Best Westerns for years all over the country and cannot remember any other BW being any better than the BW in Starke. read more

They should make their rooms look as modern and clean and refreshing as their lobby! I walked in the room and it smelled like dirty carpet it was so hot I turned on the air for the room to get cold and it never got cold. My family and I could not even enjoy it and take a nap because it was so dang hot. I called the front office made them aware of the problem and the guy just said give it a few if not I'll be up to check it out. 3 hours later I notified them again about the issue and he then said he was doing the best he could and did absolutely nothing. I could not sleep all night due to that damn piece of crap air unit they have there. I would never stay here again! The restroom was also hot as hell! It had a mini fridge,that didn't work either. read more

Didn't see how bad it was til we were inside and settled in. That's when we looked at the door and saw the most obvious damage. Then went into the bathroom are and saw that damage. You cannot see any of it from the doorway. The a/c was loud and smelled musty. The peeling wall may have had mold, especially in the bathroom. read more

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