I stayed at this hotel for one night without prior booking and I hadn't looked up the ratings here. I'm glad I didn't because I would have been even more bummed out.
The hotel itself is tucked away, easily accessible, but not in the usual hotel location. It sits directly across the street from the fire station! Fortunately, no sirens went off during the evening.
I thought it looked kind of cute from the street, painted a sky blue color. The staff at the
desk always seemed very friendly and helpful, so no complaints there. Although
you heard highway noise from the outside, it disappeared indoors.
The only rooms they had available were the handicapped rooms which I assumed
meant the room would be on the first floor and have only a shower. I was wrong
about the latter. How does a room get called handicap accessible with a tub? Yeah, there were handles, but that just doesn't cut it for a lot of folks in
wheelchairs.
The hotel is showing a lot of age. The carpets in the hall downstairs were bumpy and needed to be stretched out, or replaced entirely. These are the same carpets that led to the handicapped rooms. I can just see someone tripping on the old carpeting on the way to one of the rooms! If that was not enough, my first room's lock malfunctioned (they needed a
master key to get me back in) so I was moved to another room. There, the tub
(another handicap room) wouldn't drain. If you ignore the water drainage problem (hard to do) the rest of the rooms I had were very tidy and the beds were comfy enough.
Breakfast hours started at 6AM and they must have opened it up early. There
was a good variety of foods and hot coffee was always available in the lobby.
If I needed a handicap accessible room I would avoid this place like the plague. There are a lot safer rooms that I've seen in my travels. There are at least five hotels at this one interchange, so I'd look for one that took better care of its facility and wasn't so oddly located.