We made our reservation for our one night stay back on July 14 for September 8. We arrived at the hotel, finding it is in a less desirable area of town. The area is the type that I wouldn't recommend walking to anything, especially after dark. We arrived at the front door and found it to be chained shut. The lights were all off and a security alarm was going off. Looking in from the outside it appeared that nobody had been inside in a very long time. We were very disappointed to have not been notified that the hotel was no longer open. We had to scramble and find a last minute room and were fortunate enought to find one but for a lot more money. Noteworthy details: The front door was chained shut, a security alarm was going off, and it looked like nobody had been there in a long time. It has been closed down.
I do not recommend staying here. 1-the place is rundown, needs significant upgrades and repairs. The pool is drained and looks disgusting. The whole place smelled like an ash tray. The room had a wall heater from the 70’s, carpet was stained and stiff, the place needed cleaned. 2- the beds are not great. Very uncomfortable, hard, etc. 3 - the room and exterior doors close very loudly and shake the walls. We were kept up until 2am with banging doors and loud voices. 4 - most importantly - we did not feel overly safe in the room. The inside door lock was broke and didn’t work. Also could not lock the deadbolt from the inside. Additionally there was a significant gap around the door that showed light from the hallway into the room. Not secure.
So first impression was pretty off-putting. Maybe it's just me, but I found the contactless check-in to be a little creepy. You walk in, it's dead silent, you can see into the pool area which looks like it hasn't been maintained for quite awhile. Then you have to call a number and someone in a different location watches you on the cameras and guides you step by step. The guy on the phone was pleasant. I guess it just put the thought of being watched into my head and that's the last thing you want to feel in a Hotel room. However once I got to my room I was pleasantly surprised, room smelled nice, bed is comfortable enough, I like the wood floor/wall paneling and mostly everything worked. Only complaint about the room itself is there's no coffee maker, there's no coffee in the lobby either so if you want coffee you'll have to go get it from the convenience store which is admittedly very close. I will recommend this hotel to other drivers and I will most likely return here next time I come through. Hopefully they'll have coffee by then I almost forgot to mention that the price was right as well. 4 out of 5 stars.
