5 stars back in the day...
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 11/29/06
I haven't been there in a long time, but about 20-25 years ago, this place RULED.
The Easter buffet packed 'em in, the arcade games and pool tables were all new, the outdoor pool was hoppin' during the summer, the indoor pool during the winter, the lounge was a happening singles scene. But above all else, the place was busy. You had to book well in advance for the rodeo or Christmas. It really was one of Sikeston's two main "motor inns" of its time (the other was the old Holiday Inn at U.S. 62 & 61, but that's another fall-from-grace story). But by the late 80s/early 90s things went down hill. New management, lack of corporate leadership or oversight... I don't know, something happened. The food got terrible, the service became non-existent. One cool thing from this downfall period (in my eyes, at least) was that the video games were the same classics from the early 80s that I remember playing there as a small child.
Now it's no longer the Ramada, but Raudmont. They don't even have a website! Um... ok... that says quite a bit.
