My wife and I are not picky when it comes to hotels. That's how we ended up here (it was an one of those online deals where the hotel name was hidden). We look for good deals, because I don't think we've ever had a truly bad experience at a hotel, despite mostly staying in economy hotels, until this one. My wife and I were on a quick getaway for our anniversary. We had a nice dinner and show in Hot Springs and were looking forward to a nice evening alone together before a day in Little Rock. The office was closed for night audit when we got there (at 10:10 p.m.) and they refused to check us in and told us to come back in half an hour. When we got back and went to our room, the hall reeked of smoke, and the non-smoking room didn't smell much better (there were cigarette holes in the couch). The room was dirty, lacking basic amenities (no shampoo, no Kleenex, no extra pillows, and there was only ONE towel in the bathroom), and a couple of different lights didn't work. We found hair on the bed and the night stand. My wife just wanted to close her eyes and pretend we were somewhere else.

So i stayed at the studio plus for about 5 months. At first seemed ok. nice space and large kitchen with dishwasher. There were multiple times where i would walk out into the hallway and smell a mixture of cat poo and trash. People would always leave their trash in the halls and when i would complain about the Trash can across from my room being overfilled and smelly the people at the front desk would say that it is not their problem and i will have to wait until the next day for the maids to take out the trash. On one occasion i was walking down the hall and right outside of someones door there was a pile of kitty litter with poo in it, since when is it ok to make the hallway a litter box??
On another occasion, i had just came from the office paying for my room and mentioning what room i was located in. i went back to my room and was getting ready to take a shower and the lady from the front desk walked right in with some man while i was standing naked in the bathroom!! *SIGH* i was just talking to her in the office about what room im in so i could pay for another month and 5 minutes later she walks in my room with a man and didnt even knock!
twas a bad experence
not to mention how many times the place caught fire from the staff smoking in the office in the 5 months i was there
one more thing....look out for the dead kittens in the hot tub :(

The place is "extended stay", and it looked like it was still full of Katrina refugees who lived there. At 1AM, the parking lot was hopping with activity.

When we arrived, we had to "call" someone on the phone on the wall to open the door. She was dressed like she was going to a Snoop Dog concert - due rag, gold chains, baggy pants, etc,... and the place reeked of pot. After she checked us in, we walked into the hallway to see a huge white cloud of smoke as we discovered the meaning of the Snoop Dog attire and smell - someone was having a pot party! No kidding, there were several people in a big cloud of smoke in the middle of the hall.

The hall was also full of trash bags full of trash as I assume the people "living" there has trash pickup the next morning and placed their trash right outside their door.

After we quickly found the elevator, the carpet in the elevator looked as if it had never been vacuumed or cleaned- dirt and trash blended in well with the stains.

We found our room and entered to the stench of bacon. I guess someone had cooked a big breakfast that morning. The carpet was so stained and nasty, we would not walk on it barefoot. There may have been a clean patch of carpet in there somewhere, but we couldn't find it. The 3 foot red stain in front of the sofa was a nice touch. I couldn't tell if it was fruit punch or someone gutted a deer in there.

The bed was "turned down" of sorts, as the pillows had no pillow cases and were thrown about the bed. I had to take one of my shirts to put over the pillow as a makeshift pillowcase.

The bathroom was fun as well - no towels, but they did leave us a shower mat. The wallpaper was slapped on the wall as if someone guessed the size of the wall, cut it and slapped it on. The bottom edge was so crooked, it was all over the place - 6 inch gaps all over.

We opened one of the draws to discover a "used" porn magazine. A very nice touch indeed.

I have stayed in local hotels and motels in very small towns across this country, and have to say this was one of the filthiest motels I have ever stayed. The management of the hotel chain needs to inspect this place and either find new local management of tear it down.

The hotel staff was rude to beging with at the check inn and check out and not willing to see fault. The rooms were clearly NON-smoking, since there where non smoking signs every where. The rooms where filled with smoke along with a urine filled stench. The floors where disgusting various stains. One room appeared to have blood stains, cigarette burns and had not been vaccummed. The beds where a balancing act and a safety hazard. Could not sit on bed in fear that the bed would collapse. The stench of smoke and urine quickly penetrates into your clothing. Thankfully there was a Hampton Inn 2 minutes on shackelford that was AMAZING. The staff at this hotel went above and beyond to accomodate given our situation and provided a complimentary breakfast. I would give the Hampton Inn 4 stars and the extended stay studio plus zero stars this hotel does not deserve it.