Springfield is an interesting town with many historical sights to see. This hotel is within walking distance of most of them.

My room (#609) was clean and in good working order. I was generally satisfied with this property and have no complaints.

When I checked in I asked the front desk clerk for a restaurant recommendation for dinner. She recommended Maldaners, a family-owned restaurant on 6th street. I had dinner there and it was just okay—don’t order the onion soup.

The next night I had dinner in the hotel’s restaurant, Lindsay’s and it was surprisingly good. I preferred Lindsay’s over Maldaners.

Priceline Room Rate: $49
Self-Parking in hotel garage: $6/day

My children and I stayed at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel Aug. 18-22. I was a little nervous after reading some of the reviews....but decided to go ahead with the reservation.
The public areas of the hotel are updated and clean. We had a room on the Presidential floor. The rooms are supposed to be larger there and the rate included the breakfast buffet. The room was clean, but dated...only double beds, not queen size as in most hotels.
The pool area and exercise room were always clean, and we never found them to be crowded.
The location is excellent for all of the downtown sites. Easy walking distance..
We came in on the Amtrak, and the hotel provided shuttle service for pick up and drop off, which was handy.
All staff that we encountered were most helpful and friendly.
All in all we had a great time and would stay again at the President Abraham Lincoln hotel.

My early June stay at the hotel turned into a billing nightmare. After confirming the room rate over the phone with a reservations agent, I was later charged a different, higher rate for several other days during my stay. Repeated effrots at the hotel reception desk, written letters to the general manager, a formal complaint filed with the Illinois Attorney General and formal complaints contesting the charge with my credit card company all resulted from my stay.

My strongest advice is to avoid the hotel or, at a minimum, be extremely vigilant with your quoted room rates and charges. GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING for each day of your stay BEFORE you check-in. The management and billing practices are questionable, at best.

We were in town for a family wedding and got an excellent price to stay at the (supposedly) 3 star hotel through Priceline.com. I guess I shouldn't be too harsh considering the rock-bottom price we paid, but it wasn't the greatest. Next time I'll spend more and stay at the Hilton across the street.

We stayed at this hotel 20 years ago when it was called the Renaissance Hotel, and a few times since then. It has hardly been updated at all in that time span. Just the contrary - some of the beautiful period furnishings from the rooms have been replaced with standard cheap looking furnishings.

My biggest complaint is that the beds were HARD and the sheets paper thin (and too small for the beds).

On the plus side the room was very clean (I wore white socks on the carpet all weekend and they were very clean) and the neighborhood - Downtown Springfield - is clean and safe. And there's a Cold Stone Creamery just around the corner!