We went here to visit Koreatown in Atlanta, which is in Duluth, GA. The rooms are nice and quite clean. All the basic things are included. Free internet password. Refrigerator, microwave, hair dryer, in-room coffee (but not that great tasting), ironing board, and cable TV (standard).

They were really accommodating to our request to be away from the elevator on a higher floor.

The breakfast was a little disappointing. Maybe because it was Christmas day, but they didn't have much staff on hand. The receptionist was also the one who took care of the breakfast, so he was pretty slow. The hot food items were all gone, and none came out again until we had finished our breakfast with all the dried goods instead. Not bad, but not great service here. That's our only complaint.

The staff was friendly and efficient. The room was clean and added bonus of refrigerator and microwave!! Thick towels also a plus. We were surprised to have such a nice breakfast available the next morning. Will stay here again if we ever get this way!!!

No problem with staff, service, breakfast, or room. So what's the problem?

BRING EARPLUGS!

Unfortunately, we had no idea that they allowed dogs in the hotel - bad on us and the rest of the guests. When we arrived and went upstairs we could hear a dog barking it's head off through the walls, into the elevator. I went down to the desk to inquire about this. I was told by the nice girl that yes, they do allow dogs and they had tried to contact the owners, but were unsuccessful. This didn't help matters; only made things miserable for the rest of the guests. To top it off, later that evening, we discovered another couple with TWO little yapping terriers were moved up to our floor. !!!! What's wrong here---??? Could it be that the dog is receiving more consideration than other paying guests?? This should not be so - anywhere. Don't get me wrong--- I like dogs. But I also like Giraffes and Elephants, but don't bring them with me when I travel.

We have stayed in this hotel for years to attend various functions in the Atlanta, GA area. We have always had decent experiences and never thought I would be sharing a story like this.
I went to sleep around 11pm, woke up at 12am with an itch on my neck, didnt think anything of it, so i drifted back to sleep. At 1am I woke up with a slight stinging sensation in my each and went to itch it, I pulled out a bed bug!!!! At first I didnt know what it was, but then did some research on my laptop as I was disgusted and petrified at this point that I found a bug in my ear! The bad part is, I am in the habit of checking the bed and moving the linens to check the seams of the mattress prior to settling into a room.
I took the little nasty creatures down to the front desk where staff were not helpful, there was no manager available because it was, by this time, 1:45am. The staff working stated that they have never had this situation before and offered no solution but a refund of my money for the night. I checked out of the hotel.
The hotel shou;ld regularly being conducting pest control spraying to help aleviate this problem as when there is an infestation of bed bugs, it is really hard to get rid of them and beds usually need to be completely replaced instead of treated. Anyhow...be very careful with this hotel as it is confirmed that they have bed bugs and are not proactive on taking care of the problem. La Quinta should be embarrassed by both the problem and the professionalism of the staff handling problems encountered by guests.
I have also contacted the Gwinnett County Health Department as well.