Quality Was Somewhere Between Poor and Average
I booked this hotel for $59 online for a Friday night knowing that it was not in the best area, although there were some very nice hotels in the same area at a much higher price. I'm white, and I was among a very low minority of the hotel guests. I did, however, feel quite safe. I could tell that hotel was trying to improve its appearance. Some areas were much better than others. For example, the hall carpeting on the second floor looked new; on the first floor it looked dirty and worn. In the elevators, it was downright despicable. There was no apparent AC in the hallways and a sign on the ice machine on the second floor referred me to the third floor. The one on the third floor didn't work and didn't have a sign. The first impression of the room was good, although all the lamp shades were askew and there were only three pillows on the king-size bed. The carpeting in the room looked new but was in need of being shampooed. Neither of the bedsize table lights seemed to work. A staff person brought up bulbs, but that didn't help. Finally, he brought another lamp and plugged it into the lamp on the desk. With some effort, I pulled the bed away from the wall and discovered the two non-working lamps had cords that were dangling from the outlet behind the bed. I reseated the plugs, and one of the two lamps began to work. As the switch on the non-working lamp was broken, I really couldn't be sure it I had turned it on. I did not reposition the bed as it would have knocked the plugs free of the outlet once again.