Gateway Inn

The Gateway Inn is a bit south and west of all the action in Chicago, but if you need to get to MDW (Midway Airport) early in the a.m. or want a place to crash in the p.m. that is close by MDW, this place is great. Not in any way sleazy. Excellent location on corner (–ish) of 95^th and Cicero. Quiet even though near busy streets. Nice neighborhood behind it to take walk/​run. Safe. Clean. Cute. Modern. Fridge, flat screen t.v. and microwave in each room. Really nice waffle breakfast (free) and loads of hot coffee in morning. Reasonable rates. Super nice people that work there. Lots of normal restaurants within walking distance. I would definitely stay there again.

Great place to stay, great prices. The staff was SUPER friendly. I was always excited to get up and go eat breakfast and chat with them about things to do in Oak Lawn and downtown Chicago. The only thing that keeps me from giving it five stars were the stains on our comforter and the sticky carpet we had the first night. The comforter looked and smelled clean, but it had a stain in the middle that kind of grossed me out. The carpet was sticky in front of the mini fridge. Probably a spilled soda or something the cleaning staff didn’t notice since they clean with shoes on. But other than that, absolutely amazing stay. Staff was very responsive and they had THE CUTEST DOG that hangs out up front. Totally will stay here again.

So good for a motel. Clean, updated, no odor, comfortable. Highly recommended.

Sparkling clean old school motor hotel. Motel. She has a little age on her, but appears well maintained, Recent updates in all the right places, Super convenient location near Advocate Christ Hospital and good local dining, Friendly helpful staff. Owner/​manager handled a little problem with a lot of class. Recommended for a good value.

Wrote wrong location

Reply to Owner:
Yes this is the motel I stayed at in Oak Lawn. Also, where was that nice attitude when I stayed there? It’s funny how people pretend to be nice to keep their money coming in after a negative review because all I received during my stay was attitude and a dirty motel. Oops I forgot to mention the bite marks on my back. Luckily, my shots were up to date. My doctor did give me a tetanus booster shot.
My review
11/​22/​2014 Bed bugs! I just left this bed bug city of a motel with bite marks allover my back. I hope that large spider that was on the wall didn’t bite me while I slept. Either way, I will see my doctor on Monday. Warning to all, this motel is nasty!!! Do not fall for their fake reviews coming from workers, family, and friends. This motel needs to be shut down right away!

I am very impressed with rhe Gateway Motel I wasn’t for sure where I was going to stay when I came up from the st louis area to visit a friend so I googled places to stay in the oak lawn area and this was the first on the list so I looked at the Unilocal reviews and that help make my decision I was glad I did…
The staff was very polite and courteous and I was pleasantly surprised by how clean the room was it looked like they remodeled and it showed in the good way and for the price you cant beat it at all it was close by everything I needed for my trip
I will be definitely be staying here again when I come back up here

My husband, three year old, and I needed a hotel for the week for a family emergency at the children’s hospital–
Monday/​Tuesday we stayed at the Hilton ($ 150.00/night).
Broke and Broken I saw the Unilocal reviews for The Gateway Motel.
We’ve never stayed at a motel before, so we only requested one night, thinking «for only $ 70/​night, we can put up with this until we have a new plan»
The staff had just finished kicking a women out for screaming all night. That pretty much got my guard up.
I was REALLY SURPRISED at how clean and nice the room was! We had a fridge, microwave, Disney channel, comp breakfast and 75¢ soda … NONE of which were at the Hilton. The beds were clean and as good home. There was a broken lock on a bathroom window that made me nervous but my husband was able to wedge it closed.
For what we needed, it was great. We extended until Friday and finished the week there.
I give it 5 out of 5 stars for being so nice, comfortable, and $ 70/​night in OAKLAWN. unbeatable!

It’s a motel. Very clean room, nice people. It felt like this place was too good to be true — only $ 69 a night plus tax, which came out to $ 79. Then the surprising big screen TV and nice bright bed linens. Window AC kept the room nice and cool, shower head had decent pressure and everything seemed clean. Flowers hanging out front, parking lot swept clean. Old building but it seems well kept. I would give it 5 stars but our TV was very fuzzy and the front office smelled like cigarette smoke. Other than that, it was great.

Five star for it’s category.
I’m not comparing this place to the Ritz, but for its «motel» category.
Needed a place to stay (three nights) for a memorial service. After countless hours of searching for the right place with a good fit for our needs, we chose Gateway.
I was skeptical. It’s right on 95^th street and has outside entrance doors. Additionally, I get creeped out by hotels very easily. It doesn’t take much for me; a stray hair, icky remote, questionable bedspread, hourly patrons in stilettos. Anyway, you get the idea.
We were pleasantly surprised. Nice motel guests in for a reunion or something. Business folks. No drama.
Rooms are slightly dated but they get an «A» for effort. The window A/​C keeps the room very cool. Towels were not see-​through, mattress was comfortable and I was OK with the place. It’s owned by an English speaking family who truly care about their business.
Staff was very pleasant and helpful. Offerings of coffee, tea, donuts are made available to guests. I didn’t partake as I was on carb overload from eating at all my favorite hometown haunts.
Reasonable rates. Close to hospitals, shopping, pizza, hotdogs. Give it a try.

I needed a place to stay for 6 weeks while doing some temporary work in Oak Lawn. I stayed in this motel for the entire time. The staff is very courteous and nice. They went far out of their way to accomodate me and make me comfortable. Setting and structure is very convenient and nice. I highly recommend this place.
Family owned and operated — very nice people.
Thanks again rita and bob

Over the Christmas holiday, with an overloaded house and one too many family members workin’ my last nerve my elderly father announced that he would be spending Christmas eve with us. He is 85 and has some «issues» including not driving and living several hours away as well as not being too steady on his feet and waking up at all hours of the night to wander around the house and knock shit over or unknowingly stepping on housepets.
Bottom line, I knew he couldn’t stay at my house so I needed to put him up somewhere close, decent, safe and small — I had nightmares of him roaming around a Hilton type place getting loaded at the bar, ogling younger (60-​ish) women, barging into the wrong room etc… I knew I had to do something and quick.
Called over to the Gateway, they were super pleasant on the phone, they had room and the price was right, problem solved, right?
Come Christmas Eve while he was waiting for the designated pickup, I guess he had a dizzy spell and then of course his cell phone ran out of minutes and he could not figure out how to use the room phone (anyone with octogenarian parents knows what I’m talkin’ ’bout .) So he wandered over to the office for some help with making a call. «Tina» was working the office and helped him call me and treated him so nicely, I can’t say thanks enough, what a sweetheart. It is a pleasure to deal with a family run business that actually cares.
After all was said and done, with all the family drama, I wanted to stay in the room at the Gateway — the room was spotless, odorless, had a super nice bed, good TV, clean fridge and was surprisingly large with a nice layout and spacious bathroom with sink on the outside (a feature I always appreciate when traveling.) I was also very impressed that the building was so soundproof — even though it sits on a busy part of 95^th street, you really couldn’t hear traffic noise.
For anyone that needs a place to stay or put relatives in the Oak Lawn-​Evergreen area I highly recommend the Gateway, friendly, clean and you can’t beat the price!!!