I stayed in this hotel for over a week last year and gave it a very good review at that time. Then it was clean and had an obvious manager-type 'patrolling' and had just finished installing new carpet.
This stay was less enjoyable in many respects:
- Not near as clean as a year ago. This time we had a centrally located room on the second floor (very convenient not to wait for the extremely slow elevator). Unfortunately taking the stairs allowed me to see the grime on each wooden and carpeted stair tread. Not just grime by also graced with various crapola like muddy bits, leaf bits, dirt, etc.
- More not clean: the floor and rug of the check-in area. I know that horse-people (like my daughter) often come in to a hotel with dirty muddy boots so I didn't think too much of the filthy 'welcome' rug and mat at the entry when we checked in. But when I checked out three days later they were even dirtier - and the floor was graced by a cigarette butt that had been smished on the floor the previous day.
If staff/management will not assure the entry into the hotel is clean, I will not trust them to provide a clean room either.
In my case the room was overall OK - although the bathroom definitely needed closer attention to cleaning details and drapes were wrinkled and messy looking. Bedding just average and pillows past their prime.
I'll look at the La Quinta next door next time.
- Country Inn Ocala
- Ocala Country Inn
