My wife and I have stayed at Rodeway three or four times now and the location is great. It's what we love. We stay in Hunstville at night and travel into Algonquin for day hikes. The hotel is perfectly located on the main road in Huntsville making exits to the park nice and easy. When we return late in the day, it's a quick walk to where the restaurants are.
As a Motor Hotel, all of the rooms have a door to the road. On the second level, you can sit on a chair and relax with a pint before heading downtown, with a view reminiscent of sitting on a nice porch. I like this a lot.
Our room appeared to be recently updated with new furniture, which was good and bad. It was large and looked nice!
There were 2 main drawbacks this time:
1. Since the Olympics were on, checking in on Team Canada was a must...and at first the TV didn't work. I eventually figured out the IR repeater for the one remote wasn't in the spot it needed to be. A little bandage tape and it was ok. Could be easier, but that's minor.
2. The bed and pillows in the updated room are terrible. I'd highly suggest the hotel at least replace the pillows. They were about as good as sacks of dirty laundry would be. Good pillows would make the firm bed tolerable. As is, there were campers in a tent with a bedroll that got better sleep than I did.
I'll likely still return. The location is good, and Rodeway is better than two other hotels within a stone's throw. I might bring a pillow though.