We arrived late on a Thursday evening and the front desk girl was nice. Her boyfriend (who said he worked there), just loitered around a bit drunk. I expected the hotel to be new because the advertisement said "Now open". That was my misunderstanding. The lobby, halls and meeting room were filled with what we later found out were residents at the hotel. Most of the people lived there!
When we got to our room, the door appeared to have been once opened with a pry bar! The frame was all out of wack and the door cracked. Luckily it locked. The towels were stained and there were burn wholes in the bedspreads. There was only the sheet and the spread, no blanket. The telephone was completely stripped of all it's numbers, letters, and instructions. The curtains were half unhooked from the rod. The decor was from the 80's. There was no fridge or microwave in the room as the advertisement stated, but we found out that there was one microwave and fridge in the breakfast area (which we did not even enter because all the residents hung out in there.)
No one was rude or unfriendly, but we felt as if we were "intruding".
It wasn't real loud, but there is constant movement in the halls, lobby, and meeting room at all hours. It also appeared that they might rent the rooms by the hour, but the sign behind the desk didn't approve of that. (See picture.)
We coudn't tell who was staff or who lived there. Definately not a place for women traveling alone.
For $50 bucks a night, we sure got our "no frills" stay. No complaints, just would not stay there ever again. We'd like a real hotel.
On a possitive note and the reason we picked this hotel; they allow pets at no extra charge.
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