Affordable and pet-friendly - This Best Western is located in Clint, TX which is on the outskirts…read moreof East El Paso, TX. It is conveniently on the south side of I-10 for travelers moving across the country, but not directly on the highway so that you don't hear the road noise all night.
I was on the third floor. There is an elevator inside the building. I booked a King-sized bed. The room had a long hallway inside of the room, which I found unusual, but it did provide an additional buffer from noise in the hallway, especially since my room was right next to the elevator.
The bathroom seemed smaller than normal, but it had all of the necessary items - soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, makeup remover, hairdryer, and an allotment of various towel sizes.
My new favorite thing was the blackout curtain installed in the bedroom. It is actually a shade that is rolled up and down with the use of a chain. The shade is in a frame track so there is no light able to peak through sides or corners. It is not pretty, but it does completely block out the light, so I appreciated it.
Things I didn't like included the location of the closet in the farthest corner of the room away from the door. I personally prefer to have the closet by the door where I can kick off or put on shoes as I enter/exit the room so that I am not dragging in dirt to the room. A closet by the door and near the bathroom is also helpful for dressing or hanging coats, putting away luggage, etc. Unfortunately, the closet was hard to get to. You have to cruise across the entire room, squeeze between the lounge chair and the bed, and gingerly open the closet door to avoid bumping yourself as you do so. It is so inconveniently located, that I didn't even use it. It was pointless to have it. It had an iron and ironing board inside, but it would have been difficult to het either of these items out of the closet because how the furniture was wedged around the door.
There were four pillows on the bed, but they were not king sized. They weren't even queen sized. BW has started using mini pillows. These were also very flat. I was highly disappointed with these. I love having lots of big pillows to wrap around both sides of me and under my head, but this wasn't really possible with these deflated minis.
The yellow lounge chair had stains. It looked old and haggard. Since it was a cloth, I'm guessing it is isn't something that is easy to clean. The orange pleather ottoman was mismatched with it. These items were probably salvaged from other sets and thrown together for a second life in this room. Cleanliness is important. When stained furniture shows up, it leaves a bad impression. Furthermore, I refuse to use, so BW might as well not have the furniture in the room at all. Either clean or reupholster it so that the stains don't show.
The room had a fridge and microwave. The TV had a Google package. The fridge was slightly noisy during the night, but I'm guessing it comes in handy, especially during the hit summer months, which is most of the year.
I was able to use my points to get the hotel room for free for the night. Because I am a member of the rewards program, I was also offered a bottle of water at checkin.
The breakfast room is small, but it offered the standard combo of hot and cold food including biscuits and gravy, egg, sausage patties, uncut fruit, yogurt, cereal and milk, bread, bagels, and a waffle machine. I loved that there was NO TV in the breakfast room. It was quiet and relaxing. The hours during the week are 6am to 9am. I would have preferred later hours, but since checkout is 11am, I can see why they cut people off so early.
Not my favorite BW, but it was decent for a good night's stay while traveling across the country.
