A good standard motel with net access, small pool.
Clean, nice rooms, a bit far from the french quarter but right off I-10. Paid about $80 a night. The Extended Stay is nearby and has a kitchen (I've stayed there too).
Across the interstate (north) is Morning Call (great coffee & beignets), Lakeside mall, drive through daiquiri places, eataries. South is Sam's Club (gas, beads, alcohol).
Had problem with TV at check in but maintenance showed up quickly and replaced the unit.

This is an older, tired La Quinta which they superficially tried to brighten up with renovations. The front desk clerk was indifferent, did not make eye contact and did not smile. The property was full of work crews, mostly cable repair men who were repairing damage from hurricane Ivan. It was a sight to see... men walking around on cell phones in their boxers. Lovely.
The walls were thin and you could hear everything. Sometimes, when you get a cheap room, you pay for it anyway by not sleeping.

RECOUNT OF MY NIGHT AT "THE PROJECTS"!

I was forced to evacuate my home due to Hurricane Ike and looked for a hotel somewhere in the Metairie/Kenner area. We had a friend traveling with us who had small pets who needed a hotel which would accept them. This hotel was one of few which accepted pets in that area. We paid 85/nt plus tax. Upon arriving very late at night, we were shocked by the "gentlemen's club" which is directly next door to the hotel, and the patrons of that establishment which were gathered in the parking lot. Upon arrival at hotel lobby, if you could term it that, we were told by the lady working to "have a seat" whilst she slowly checked in the family ahead of us. I guess she didn't realize that their "lobby" only had a couple of folding chairs and they were being occupied by some of the members of the family which was ahead of us being checked in. We continued to stand for about 20 mins to wait for our turn to be processed.

Next, on to the rooms. Upon entering the room, we noticed a STRONG musty odor. I am not sure if they have had water damage from prior hurricanes which was not repaired or if the hotel is just so old that things are beginning to smell. In addition, I feared when we turned out the lights, something was going to crawl out and eat us. The bathroom was a total disgrace, there was a rotten hole in the wall near the toilet, the tiles in the bathroom were dirty as well as the vanity area. My daughter asked if we could go to another hotel because it was dirty and smelled really bad. That was pretty sad and humiliating for me that my five year old noticed the disgusting conditions we were put in and wanted to leave, while I had no way at that time of changing our circumstances. The friends who were with us had another room and said that it was basically in the same condition as ours.

Another thing to note was that one of our friends said he noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room next to ours the night that we arrived, and our other friend said she noticed it again the next morning. Wow, what a place! There were people hanging out in the parking lot and outside their rooms. The hotel reminded me of a place where transient type people might rent rooms by the month to live. This was definitely not a place that I felt comfortable or safe staying in. Needless to say we got up early the next morning and found a hotel in the Kenner area and checked out immediately from the LaQuinta. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone!!!!!

We stayed at this hotel because it was very close to where my husband's father lives. We have had previous good experiences with the La Quinta chain, and my husband's father even said that he had stayed in this hotel and found it acceptable. When we got to our room, the first thing that both our son and I noticed was the foul odor which permeated the room. The air conditioner only cooled about four inches directly in front of it, which meant the rest of the room was smelly and uncomfortably hot. In addition, there was a group of party-goers who whooped it up all night long just down the way from our room. Their constant noise made it next to impossible to sleep. I would have expected noise if the hotel was close to Bourbon Street, but it is miles away. The water pressure in the shower was very low, making it difficult to wash the shampoo out of my hair. If the room had been$40-$50, I probably would not have been nearly as unhappy, but the charge was $90. We have stayed in $35 hotels which were much nicer.