A lovely, affordable hotel that, while not the most amazing experience I've ever had at a hotel - is extremely amazing for the price point. It's clean, in a decent neighborhood, has good staff, and the room itself is spacious, comfy, and calming. The free breakfast wasn't very good, and it can be a bit confusing to navigate at first, but easily a 5-star experience for what I paid.
NOTES:
-Free breakfast here. It leaves a lot to be desired.
-Rooms are in individual buildings (12 buildings, total, I think?). You'll go straight from the outdoors into your room. There's cover on the doorways themselves in case of rain. You can park very close to the door of your room.
-Located pretty close to lots of chain restaurants/food/shopping.
-Rooms include fully-equipped kitchen.
-Seems recently updated?
-I did not use the housekeeping services, pool, free internet, or gym.
PROS:
-Room is absolutely gorgeous. Ab-so-freaking-lutely gorgeous. Bright and clean with blue highlights. Judging by the photos here on Yelp, it looks like they've recently updated all of the rooms. The exterior building appearance leaves a bit to be desired, but it's not terrible. Inside the rooms, though, it's gorgeous. It was entirely clean upon check-in.
-Price here is definitely affordable. I think I paid $90 a night for weekend nights. Seriously. For this price, the room is magical.
-Staff was fantastic. I was hoping to receive a cancellation on one of my nights with no fee, but they weren't able to process it. Regardless of that, they were super friendly about the entire thing, and the employee I worked with was willing to throw it all the way up to the management chain to try to make it happen.
-In-room fireplace is beautiful. It appears to be electronic, and it runs on a timer. Set the timer for as long as you want, and poof!
-In-room kitchen should have a good chunk of what you need. It has two place-settings worth of dishes (for the King bed room) (two cups, two plates, etc.). There's a coffee pot (coffee provided), dishwasher, full-sized oven and stove, and fridge/freezer. A fully-equipped kitchen. It had basic prep supplies like a measuring cup and bowl too.
Worth noting: no to-go cardboard cups provided in the room. You can't make your coffee and take it to go wherever you're going. They have them in the free breakfast area, though, in the lobby.
-Room is pretty well, roomy. Lots of space to lay out and be comfortable. You won't feel claustrophobic here. You get a lot of space and seating area too - especially for the price. You'll have an entire fully-equipped kitchen (including dishwasher!), a small kitchen island (with no chairs), a three-person couch, the bed itself, a one-person chair. No tripping/falling over items either. Very nicely spaced along with lots of easily-accessible outlets for charging devices.
-Water pressure and water temperature in the shower was fantastic. They also provide a ton of shampoo/conditioner/body wash in those neat in-shower dispensers. Taking a shower was enjoyable here.
-Hotel is located near lots of things including a major road. Easily walkable to Max & Ermas restaurant. A bit further, and you'll hit Starbucks, McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, Taco Bell, and more. Lots of large chains are located within a 5 minute drive. I think there's a mall nearby too.
CONS:
-Rooms only seem equipped for two people for a single day (in the King bedroom rooms). Only two clean cups, two clean plates, two clean towels, two clean bowls, etc. You'll either need to run the in-room dishwasher to get more clean silverware and such or head to the front desk to get more clean towels. Adding settings for four would be a minor addition on the hotel's part, but it'd ensure you wouldn't run low on needed essentials.
-Room could use more natural sunlight. There's only two small windows. Windows do have black-out curtains, though, if you need to sleep in.
-Morning breakfast left a lot to be desired. When I came to breakfast, it was out entirely of bread products (no bagels, bread, donuts, etc.) despite the fact that there was all sorts of knives and jams right next to the area. There was no milk. Food looked like it'd been sitting for awhile. I didn't see any staff around replenishing the supply, but when I walked by the kitchen, I saw three employees sitting on the kitchen floor texting/playing on cell phones. It's possible they were on their first break, all at the same time, at 8:30 in the morning, but I'm not thinking it's likely.
-Initially figuring out the building you're in can be difficult. While some of the 12 (I think?) buildings are clearly marked with the building number, some of the other buildings aren't clearly marked and/or there are trees in the way of viewing the number. This might mean a bit of trial and error or walking around the property to figure out what building you're in. However, ample parking around all of the buildings, so you'll likely be able to park right outside your room. read more