Little Shamrock Motel

We didn’t have high expectations and you probably shouldn’t either.
This is the middle of nowhere, Arkansas, people. Don’t get your panties in a twist expecting the Ritz, because upscale and classy, the Little Shamrock is not. It’s a side of the road mom and pop shop, the room smells a bit musty, the building is old. Deal with it. You came here to dig in the dirt at Crater of Diamonds park anyway, so get used to the grit.
They let you check-​in late — really late. My husband and I arrived around 1am, and we rang the night bell. We even locked our key in our room when we went to the convenience store next door and had to wake up the manager again. I felt really bad, but he was super nice anyway, and gave us a set of extra keys to keep for our stay. I understand the Queen of Diamonds down the street doesn’t allow check-​ins after 10pm.
I felt safe here too. Which is more than I can say for some other rinky-​dink motels I’ve been to in the past. There’s nothing more important than that.
Heck, who knows, perhaps staying at the Little Shamrock will bless you with the luck of the Irish. We left town with quartz, jasper and calcite. Maybe you’ll be one of the chosen few who unearths a coveted diamond.

I made a reservation to stay here bc they advertised there was a frig and coffee maker in room. Upon arrival I was told I was actually staying at the Ireland a few blocks down. It was just a room, no frig or coffee maker, but they did have those items in the main lobby. There is no front desk person. There is no water or sink in the lobby to make your coffee and the lobby is not air conditioned. There is no ice machine either.
The room did not have a garbage can, one lamp was missing a bulb, and the floors were dirty. Sheets were rough, but it was also just $ 49. There is no one working past 10pm or before 8am.

No, just NO! PLEASE for the love of Pete DON’T GO! In my life I have never been to a place so skeevy. We obviously chose it based on the water slide for our girls but it wasn’t a good choice. The clean nice exterior is deceiving.
I was a little surprised that the older front office lady met me in her bikini with a see through cover as first impression. The place was a cluster of weird decorations but to each their own.
We went onto our room. Upon first impression it was huge with 3 beds which for 6 people was great. It smelled like a weird cleaning solution but not a clean smell necessarily. The bathroom reeked of mold and the wooden towel bars were black with mold as we’re the floor grout, the tub tops, and ceiling cracks. We shrugged it off and went to dinner.
Upon returning we’d promised the girls they could swim. The pool room reeked of chlorine and mold and wasn’t ventilated very well. A ¹⁄₃ of the building had soggy carpet in it that just yelled foot fungus. The pool itself was ok as was the slide but the safety of the soggy plywood platform freaked out this lifeguard Mama. Also the fact that it dumped them into the 3ft end vs the 5ft was so dangerous.
When we got back to our room I pulled back the comforter so the girls would sit on the ‘clean’ (said loosely) sheets. What I found were blood stained (hope it was stained and washed but honestly doubt that) and crumb filled sheets on all 3 of the beds (seriously, blood stains on 3 different sets of sheets?!). I have NEVER been so nauseated by a place. Even my hubby was grossed out and he can fare anything. We powered through the night only because it was late and we didn’t want to hassle with finding somewhere to accomodate our large family. The maid tip envelope is a joke. I was sooooo tempted to leave her a few non-​monetary tips but refrained.

If you are a veteran and have a service dog stay away. They refuse service do service dogs unless they can photograph any and all id cards for their own records. They are not up to date to ada rules and they will refuse service to veterans with service animals.

Nice quiet little motel. They are open late night for night owls to check in. They have an indoor pool and playground for the kids. Nice breakfast, but you have to make it yourself. Is it the Ritz? No. But the room was clean, the staff friendly enough and our room had a queen and a king sized bed. You’d be hard pressed to did that just about anywhere else.

No No No! I recommend another place… Any other place! We stopped here for the night after visiting the diamond mine. We had booked in advance and we’re not able to cancel otherwise we would have. We even contemplated driving the 45 minutes to the next town to spend more money on a different room. The only nice thing I can say about it is that it was large and the a/​c worked well. The room itself was filthy. The floors water stained. Very little light, a tube tv w/​fuzzy cable. Our wifi didn’t work inside the room. The pool was a built in pool with a metal building placed around it. Smelled terribly of chlorine. We didn’t let the kids swim. The houses around the motel itself were run down with trash everywhere. Don’t stay here.

Horrible! Worst motel I have ever been in. When we got into our room… the first thing we noticed was the fridge had leaked on the counter it was on, a huge puddle of water we had to clean up before placing our bags and things on the table. Still this was not the worst part of our experience. There was a HUGE Cockroach that was crawling on the wall by the Tv (which is not the 50 inches as advertised btw-​more like a 19 inch). The cockroach looked like the big ones that could fly, we had to kill it with a shoe ourselves. EW EW EW. Disgusting and terrifying for someone looking for a good nights sleep and a decent place to stay.
We paid for two nights, but left after the first day. Yes I lost the money but I’d rather waste the 69 $ for that second day versus sleep there another night.
We did state this to the owner/​manager lady in the office, she did not refund us the money we had already paid for that second day, but she did give us a ½ day off coupon for our next stay– which really is worthless since we will most definitely NOT be going back to this terrible motel.
Also, 69 $ is pretty pricey for this dump, we drove a bit further about 45 minutes and got a MUCH nicer hotel for 74 $ for the last night we were in town.

Clean, affordable rooms and they rent after 10 pm unlike the queen of diamonds!