Happy to have found this B&B!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 5/27/09
Beautiful place, great stay, nice people, delicious and abundant breakfast...Before making reservation at this B&B, my U of I daughter managed to put me in contact with some parents of her friends who had stayed in Akademika more than once. I've never been in any B&B in US before and I did not know what to expect. After sending a message to these parents who have stayed at Akademika I was overwhelmed by all their comments. They were all very positive. I have traveled all over Europe, and all bed and breakfast owners expect for their guests to comply with some rules. Nevertheless, everybody commented about the hospitality of Gloria, the owner of this B&B. Everybody said that she would go the extra mile to do something for each one of her guests. One guest even told me that last year, when her son got an allergic reaction to an antibiotic, it was Gloria the person who took him to the hospital and stayed with him all night until he got better. She did not even charged him for the gas to the hospital. That comment did it for me, nothing else could outweigh that.
After reading the positive comments, we made reservation during a busy weekend at UC. We were really impressed by the hospitality at Akademika, and everything that came along with it. The place was spotless and the breakfast was really, really good. My bed was comfortable and had a memory foam mattress. I have visited Urbana/Champaign at least twice a month since my daughter moved into her dorm (Fall 2008). I know a lot about lodging in Urbana/Champaign; it is really bad. You may find lower prices but you end up spending the money that you have saved in lodging in the clinic. I got bed bugs in an U-C hotel. Nothing can be comparable with this B&B, it is fantastic. Highly reccommended.