Nice Staff, but Awful Rooms!
I almost NEVER COMPLAIN when traveling. I almost NEVER BOTH THE FRONT DESK for anything. I've worked in hotels for over 10yrs and am very flexible and low-maintenance. This experience, however, is unique from all of my o ther travels.
Our first room was large and bright, but the freeway sat rightoutside of the window - so close I could see inside the cars driving bar - and you could hear all of the freeway noise very clearly. We tried it out for an hour and realized this was going to ruin our sleep, so we asked for another room.
We got off the elevator on the 7th floor and it smelled like mold, like muggy nasty bacteria and funk. We shrugged and continued down the long corridor to our room at the very end of the hall.
The room smelled even worse, the windows don't open, and it was so dark and old looking. The sink was separate from the toilet and shower. The bathroom was so small I almost couldn't close the door (I'm 5ft tall). I opened the door, turned the air on full blast and turned on the vent in the bathroom. It only helped for that moment. The smell of sewage was emerging from somewhere in the bathroom. The room was right next to the freeway and it sounded like we were standing in front of traffic. No double pane windows to block the noise? Again, we called down and asked for another room.
The next room had a larger bathroom, but the ventilation still sucked. It was an adjoining room and I could hear the people next door very clearly. I travel pretty frequently and have never had a problem with hearing people through adjoining doors.
I found a dirty hair tie sitting in the middle of the floor.
Housekeeping starts early and they don't care if you're still sleeping. They yell to each other from room to room and bang their vacuums up against your door. Every morning I could hear them talking, yelling, moving around. This is also something I haven't experienced before in my travels.
The front desk was very nice, but unfortunately that doesn't carry through my experience here.
The hotel is near some garbage restaurants, but other than that you'll definitely need a car to get around. A couple of miles to anything decent and about 6mi to downtown. I overheard several different groups of people waiting for a taxi between 30-50mins.
Parking and wifi are complimentary.