We had booked a group of rooms at this site, and stayed for 2 nights. This is a tired and worn sort of place, and the price reflected it. This is an open air hotel, with masonry walkways and stairways to get to the roooms. The wallkways and stairways need good pressure washing, or at least a broom cleaning. The rooms appeared clean, but the rest of the facility takes away the confidence that things really ARE clean. That being said, the bathroom was fine, and seemed clean. Goodness knows about the rugs and bedspreads, etc. I'm not picky about that sort of stuff, but even I was a bit put off by the overall presentaiton.
The front lobby is nice and up-to-date but belies the appearance of the rest of the place. If you pull in and get an impression from the lobby, it will be the wrong impression.
One of the lamps was burnt out, I could not get the TV remote to work, and in the shower the water would sometimes go cold (not lukewarm, I'm talking cold for a couple of seconds.) The towels were thin and few.
Breakfast was bagels, cereal, juice, etc. No eggs sausage or the stuff you'd find at a more upscale location. Very basic stuff. Again, you get what you pay for.
There was noise during the night with various "guests" yelling back and forth, and general commotion. We also heard that there was some sort of police action on the premises the night we were there, but we were not aware of it.
In short, if price is what you're after, for a night or two,or just passing through, this is probably OK. Otherwise, there are about 6 other name brand chain hotels litterally next door and across the street.
I would have payed an extra $25/night for a newer and better situation. This Days Inn is margina at best. I only rated it better than poor because of the tradeoff with price. On a more objective scale, "poor" is warranted.
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