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Grandpa Joes Place

2.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Basic Single Room
Exterior
Exterior
Basic Single Room
Family Room

Reviews

8.2 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
SD-248, Kadoka, SD, 57543
  • Badlands Petrified Gardens
    3 min drive
  • Kadoka Lake
    8 min drive
  • Badlands Wall
    34 min drive

Room options

Basic Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Family Room

  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Comfort Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Kadoka

With a stay at Grandpa Joes Place in Kadoka, you'll be 23.6 mi (38 km) from Badlands National Park and 28.4 mi (45.7 km) from Ben Reifel Visitor Center. .This motel is 28.9 mi (46.5 km) from Badlands Wall.
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What's nearby

  • Badlands Petrified Gardens - 3 min drive - 2.7 km
  • Kadoka Lake - 8 min drive - 5.7 km
  • Chamberlain Pass - 13 min drive - 17.2 km
  • Northeast Entrance Badlands - 23 min drive - 38.4 km
  • Badlands Wall - 34 min drive - 46.6 km

Getting around

  • Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) - 93 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Subway - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Happy Chef Restaurant - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Sunset Grill - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Badlands Distillery - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Club 27 - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Grandpa Joes Place

Motel in Kadoka with free parking
Grandpa Joes Place offers 17 accommodations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)). Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 17 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.
This motel features hiking/biking trails nearby.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free uncovered self-parking on site

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 3:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Grandpa Joes Place Motel
Grandpa Joes Place Kadoka
Grandpa Joes Place Motel Kadoka

Grandpa Joes Place Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 39 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 39 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Marshall

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quiet area, large room, comfortable bed, lots of big fluffy towels. Hot shower. No heat except for portable radiator heater for cool night which kept room very comfortable. Close parking. No ice machine. No breakfast. Kadoka is small town with only 1 small cafe for meals but good food and service there. Would stay here again. Nice accommodation for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

BERTHA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very clean room, no one bothered us, quiet..
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Greg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
Nice place. Very friendly. Has been updated. Older but worth the price. Very clean.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Recently renovated rooms, family operated which I like, nice place in an area with not too many affordable convenient options
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was nice and a break from driving between the Black Hills and home.😊
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Andrew, Redmond

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Grandpa Joe's is an old-school motel and you can feel it. It's convenient if you're driving through on I-90 and it's inexpensive. That's the good. The less good is the limited front desk hours, a surly staff,and marginal cleanliness. After checking in and seeing all this, the half-filled swimming pool made me laugh.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Anderson, Frankfort

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a classic motel property being rejuvenated. It is being done with care and good ideas by the new owners. It is convenient to the Badlands National Park entrance, and other attractions. Although, Kadoka is a small town, it offers many choices for shopping and restaurants. Easy in and out. Safe. Convenient to I-90.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert Lincoln

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Grampa Joe's new friend
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Ranjana, Forrest

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We ended up in the last room in a long building, without hot water, managed a lukewarm shower...The next morning, left the tap running for 10 minutes, still no hot water...so no showers, just a wet towel wipe.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ashlee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Grandpa Joe was delightful. Stayed up to wait for me because I got it late. Will stay again in the future!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Jennifer

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room did not have hot water. Was unable to take a shower due to lack of hot water in room the entire stay. Very disappointing. Also, staff seemed unfriendly. No ice available. No breakfast bars or any simple breakfast offering whatsoever other than perhaps coffee. There was an abandoned pool on the property that was full of murky water and unsecured. There were some rooms with young children so that seemed very unsafe. Room was quiet. Appreciated the table and two chairs. Nice rural setting. Who IS Grandpa Joe?
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Todd

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
clean comfortable reasonably priced
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lindsay

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice motel for the night
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The staff made this a poorly built building into a very nice stay. The coffee in the room was superb. Very good microwave & frig. Nice old style playground for kids. Only bad thing that we had to turn off A/C to use the microwave, but they were working to fix that. The A/C unit was undersized, but it managed to keep the room just cool enough. The room construction was amateurish with plumbing, wallpaper, electrical, and door issues; but everything worked. We would stay here again for sure.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Decent place to stop over for an evening. Room was clean and everything was in working order. Beds were a little stiff, but I got the feeling they were newer mattresses, so probably just need to be broken in.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Geralyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Needed a place to stay overnight on our way to the Badlands. This motel was convenient, clean and comfortable. Our room had two sinks so I could make coffee while my daughter put on make up. Our room had a very efficient layout and we didn't need to unpack much because we could back up to the door of our room.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice owner and great accomodation
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Donnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay.Super clean and the price is v
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Sara

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nancy, East Boston

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is the old addage don't judge a book by it's cover. The place may not look greaton the outside but it was very clean, had everything we needed for a good nights sleep. We would diffiently stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022