This hotel is embarassing. Nothing has been updated in over 25 years. The linens, carpet, bathroom, beds, pillows, etc etc..all TERRIBLE. The owners should be ashamed of themselves for selling this place as a "quaint historic inn." Far from it! The wife owner is very unfriendly and VERY unprofessional. She is quite rude to patrons as if we were bothering her.

The staff were absolutely CLUELESS (and/or drunk/hungover college kids-couldn't tell the difference. If the sever at brunch told us one more time to be sure to check out the "awesome" deserts I was going to leave. The brunch was another element of pure embarassment. The eggs? I've never eaten yellow rubber until the far overpriced (at $12!??!) "brunch" service. I could have gone over to the 7-11 across the street for a better value.

Stay away. Stay FAR, FAR away from this place.

A nice, comfortable small hotel on the main street in Sycamore. The building is old, but the owners have done a very good, tasteful, thorough job of redecorating and refurbishing, and have created a warm, country-charming property. The rooms are large, the linens were new, the plumbing fixtures up-to-date, the entire place is clean, the service was quite satisfactory and the hotel seems well-run. There is a small but comfortable bar and a restaurant that serves lunch and dinner. A continental breakfast is included, except on Sunday when they offer a breakfast buffet. We can't speak to the buffet, as we opted for coffee and a sweet roll at the neat and very popular little bakery across the street. Downtown Sycamore doesn't have much to offer, although there is a theater, a very nice tavern, an Italian restaurant and a Mexican restaurant. We would definitely stay at the Stratford again, particularly after reading the TripAdvisor comments about some of the other places in Sycamore and DeKalb.