If you don't like or need sleep, this is the place for you. All night long your room will be bombarded by hospital helicopters lifting-off and landing at the visible hospital helo port with engines whirling and bright red/white lights flashing.
If that isn't enough, all night long, every hour on the hour, a nearby clanging, tinny sounding clock bangs off the hour....all night long.... But don't worry, you won't be left in the dark as you lay exhausted and frustrated on the cheap quality mattress, because outside your room is a huge street lamp at eye level, beaming bright light into your room that has no black out shade for this light or the hospital helicopters.....just old curtains that don't close tightly.
But wait, you say, at least I can work through the night and get something done if I cannot get any sleep or rest? Strike three! The promised and advertised WIFI does NOT work. (We were there for a week). The motel staff's response: "we're working on it" After a week they were still 'working on it", But they do care. Afterall, "Someone will be coming next week to fix it." (After we leave). So much for getting work done and communications completed.
All this sleeplessness and exhaustion, especially in hot August, has made me thirsty. I think I'll get a cool class of water. But wait, I can't . There is NO ice machine on this floor and nothing convenient on the next floor without walking back and forth, up /down the length of the motel. The tap water is tepid at best.
But be careful, don't leave in a rush, because the only shaded parking spaces from the hot summer sun are tucked between sharply square cement columns with narrow rows. Good luck if you have a large vehicle, SUV or truck. Good thing we had a compact car and that was tight !.
The piece de resistence? (sorry, don't know how to type in the French accents) We were OVERCHARGED for all this no-sleep, non-comfort, no-wifi misery. I was Promised on the phone when making reservation $75 plus tax. I confirmed that on check in. What I was actually charged was $79 plus tax for every awful night.
But, wait, you say? What about those promised hot Belgian waffles? When was the last time you made your own waffle from a dispenser, to put on a paper plate, to try to eat with a plastic fork and drizzle with fake flavored sugar syrup, and said that was worth $79? TIP: Around the corner and 2 blocks over is a locally owned waffle shop where you can not only have variety, but be served !
So, would I pay $75, or $79 ,or even $34 (rates of other motels in quieter areas of town) for this place? Would you?
