In a word: Yuck.
Imagine staying in an off-highway motel from the 80's that has NEVER been renovated or updated. And when I say "never been renovated or updated" I mean that the sheets, pillows, blankets, carpet, blinds, etc. aren't just ugly but have clearly never been changed or replaced. The blinds in the bathroom were caked with stubborn grime. I had to wash my hands after pulling the filthy cord to lower them. To be fair, everything else seemed as clean as possible but it's high-time everything in the room be replaced. I mean HIGH-TIME. Would you use the same tiny (oddly tiny) bath towel for 10+ years in your own home much less at a hotel? Everything is rough, scratchy, over-bleached and well over-used. Imagine laying down on a thin, worn, lumpy mattress and laying your head on a flat, rough pillow that has seen decades of hair products and head sweat. Mmmm, sounds awesome, right? Yeah, not so much.
So, my first tip: *bring your own linens*. Seriously. You'll thank me. Oh, bring toiletries too. All they offer is weird, brittle, tiny (oddly tiny) hand soap and ketchup-packet sized shampoo.
Second tip: bring ear plugs. Most of the rooms face the parking lot and that seems to be the late-night hangout spot of choice. The walls are comically thin and the configuration of the motel (standard L shaped) means every sound echos. You can hear every key jingle, every car door slam, every footstep, every exhale of smoke (you get whiffs of it too if you're lucky!), and every drunken word, laugh & exclamation of the vast assortment of characters that roam the parking lot all hours of the night. You'll swear that it seems like they've chosen YOUR door to congregate in front of. It's loud, annoying, and seemingly unending.
Third tip: Bring a sweater, slippers, and extra warm socks. I don't know where this mysterious draft was coming from but there was a glacial wind circling our feet during our entire stay.
Fourth tip: Just don't bother, spend the extra $30 and stay somewhere else. I wish I had. This place desperately NEEDS to be updated. And FYI, The pictures are misleading, behind that adorable southern colonial schoolhouse exterior is a big parking lot and a gross off-highway, two-floor motel that really warrants an even cheaper rate than the one LPI charges.
- Lamp Post Hotel
- Lamp Post Ann Arbor
