I felt it necessary to help out fellow travelers & provide a recent update because the hotel has…read moregreatly improved since the last review 2-yrs ago.
Pros:
* Very decent nightly cost... with a AAA discount, it was $92 with all taxes included. I've been traveling for 2-wks & have spent $159-179/nt on far too many hotels in worse condition that many Motel 6's nowadays, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that the condition of the rooms made the price not sting.
* Really lovely, professional front desk agent when I checked in tonight at 4pm.
* Hot morning breakfast, 7-days/wk. A nice touch is they offered fried eggs (kind of like the egg you find on an egg McMuffin), scrambled egg patty & fried sausage patties & links, not boiled as a lot of hotels seem to be doing these days. No potatoes or fruit, which would have been nice, but they did have bagels, white bread to toast & some sort of packaged sugary pastry.
* Good location with wide parking spaces. Truth be told, I pulled off for the Comfort Inn next door, but the wonky parking spaces & look of the hotel made me bypass it when I saw the BW behind it. I also knew the nightly cost was $160. I'm glad I did (although CI might be fine, too... I just went with my gut feeling).
* Nice feel to this hotel... there's an old western, Victorian feel to some of the decor. I have the feeling, due to some of the old fixtures in hallways, doors, side offices, the front desk, etc., that this might have been a very old establishment.
* Room is nice & clean, had plenty of towels, m/w, mini-fridge, coffee pot, plenty of coffee/plastic cups, 2 soaps, plenty of lamps around the room & I like that the tub is ceramic.
* Quiet inside & out. Nice feature is the doors don't slam as loudly as many hotel doors do... if you turn the handle & close it softly & then push on it to engage the lock, it doesn't wake the bldg like many others do.
* Good, strong WiFi. Easy to get out without bells & whistles some other chains have.
* TV is great. You have every single news, weather & cable movie channel. I wish I had time to stay & chill out another day.
* Nice, small pool out front but on March 9th, it was far too windy & chilly to be in an outdoor pool. They also have a small fitness center near the elevator.
* Big bonus is the wall a/c-heat doesn't rattle like a jet engine. I needed constant heat on this 50-degree night & it can be adjusted Lo-Med-Hi, which is a welcome touch.
Cons:
* Nothing really. On this night at 5pm, the 24/7 lobby coffee & hot water were all cold. I could have asked the front desk to make more but I didn't want it enough to bother & I heated my tea water in the m/w in my room.
* My shampoo/conditioner samples were empty but I have my own & am sure I could have asked the front desk for replacements... I just didn't want to go back downstairs. Water pressure wasn't very strong & being on the 3rd fl, it took a few min to heat up, but all in all, it was fine.
* Not a big deal to me but someone below said that in '22 the ice maker on the 2nd & 3rd floors didn't work. They still don't, but the ice maker on the 1st floor is operational.
4* out of 5. Give them a stay if in the area.