We were heading across the country and due to an aversion to travelling on Interstates plus some issues with the roads near Houston due to flooding, so we were taking a slightly more Northern route through Louisiana to avoid all of that mess. When it came time to stop for the night, the Quality Inn in Opelousas appeared to meet our requirements as a valid place to stay, so we went for it.
The hotel is setup as an inner corridor style hotel, which is the modern way. In some cases this is great, but in others, not so much. You can't just pull up outside the door to your room and unload your stuff into the room for the night... instead you have to cart it all in through the main foyer to get it to your room. Ah well. At least they had a bell cart available to move items back and forth.
We got settled into our room, then headed out for some dinner in town, but instead grabbed some food from a local take-out place and brought it back to the room to eat.
The night went well, and we slept decently. The room was clean and the beds were comfortably firm. The only issue we saw was that the toilet had not been used in a long time, and flushing it was not easy. The plunger in it was sticking very badly, to the point where when we hit the handle we were afraid we were about to break the internal mechanism.
Breakfast in the morning is about what you would expect for a hotel that provides a full breakfast. Eggs, sausage, and biscuits & gravy were available along with hot and cold cereals, fruit, and pastries. The eggs and sausage were all microwaved, and this became very evident when the staff used the microwave in the eating area to heat more eggs.
Overall, not a bad place to stay, so long as you know what you are going to get. It is all about expectations. read more