Guest User
January 31, 2023
I was looking for a place to sleep overnight to attend a nearby meeting in the morning. I wasn’t looking for anything fancy, just something with breakfast and close to my meeting place. NOTHING about this stay was ok. 1. Check-in: arrived at 6:30 pm to find a note on the front door to call a number because the front desk staff were not there. Walked away to get my phone to call the number when a lady - presumably the owner? - opened the door and invited me in. She was pleasant, but a bit odd and quirky in ways that made me uncomfortable. But, no big deal, everyone has their own style. 2. The room: clean, sort of. There were dust bunnies on the floor, cobwebs on the bedside light, and a mixture of cobwebs & dust that adhered to my sock as I walked around. -overall it is a dated room but that’s ok, no qualms about that -the TV is tiny and high up on the wall so not the easiest to watch from bed or from the available chairs/sitting area. And it was analog only, no guide. -it was quiet and the bed was nice to sleep in 3. Bathroom/sink area: the towel bar fell down when I went to take a hand towel off of it to use, depositing ALL of the available towels on the questionably clean floor. -NO hair dryer available (even basic hotels/motels usually have this) - I have long hair so I wasn’t able to dry it before heading out to start my day -shower/tub dated but, again, that’s ok - I prefer baths but the tub was too shallow (again, that’s not why I’ve rated this property so low) 4. Breakfast: a continental breakfast was included in the price. I headed over at 8:30 a.m. to get something not expecting a spread like some of the more modern chain hotels offer. -when I walked into the dining area from the courtyard door, the floor was LITTERED with debris and dog toys, and a border collie puppy was running around THROUGH the dining room, free range of the entire area. I love dogs, but not when I’m trying to eat & get off to a meeting! The dog was all over me and I had trouble getting him off me to preserve my clean clothes for my meeting. -the actual breakfast: there were ?hard-boiled eggs out, not on anything to keep them cool. In fact, I saw the same eggs out there when I checked in (!!!). No way was I going to attempt one of those. There were basic breakfast cereals and donuts/sweets, some apples, some mixed yogurts, all ok-ish. I asked for decaf coffee and they had none and the lady who checked me in was going to send someone down the road to get some from the store. At that point, I explained that I didn’t have that much time and decided against any breakfast given the questionable cleanliness and food sitting out that should be on ice or refrigerated. Overall, if it was just that the motel was dated I’d have given it very high ratings. But the cleanliness, the towel bar collapsing, the dog in the dining room, and the strange front desk person together left me very, very underwhelmed and eager to leave asap.