Couldn't get out fast enough
Although the staff was nice and efficient, the room we were given was not great. We were traveling with our dog, and this was the only place on our 2 week trip where I felt like we were given a "dog room" that was not cleaned in the same way as a regular room. This was probably not the case, but it was not a good room. It smelled funny the minute we walked in, sort of moist and mildewed. The beds were comfortable, and the room had modern furnishings that were nice, but I found a large dead bug of some sort (cockroach?) lying next to the tub. That kind of freaked me out, but I reassured myself that at least it wasn't alive, right? Well, an hour later, I found a live one in the same place. Squish. My son found one in his bed later on that night, also alive. Thankfully, he didn't tell me until after we'd checked out the next morning or I'd have been out of there before nightfall. 
Our room looked out at the pool, which is on the back side of the property facing the freeway. As a result, we had to keep our sheer curtains closed or we'd be staring at the pool patrons and vice-versa. We noticed after it was dark that one of the lights that lit up the building was directly outside our window too, so as a result of that, the light seeped in around the blackout curtains and the room was never completely dark. It wasn't a big deal to us, but if it's important to you, take a look outside before you unpack. It wasn't like a giant blinking neon sign or anything, but it was very very bright.
As I sat at the desk, I noticed a smell sort of like a flea collar. I thought maybe it was bug spray or something like that. It's not a great feeling when you have to decide which is the lesser evil, having a bunch of live bugs in the room, or the room smelling like pesticide. We decided not to check out the breakfast in the morning and tried to pack the car quickly. Not sure what was going on, but it seems like there was a sewage issue in a room near the exit door, or else there was a human feces accident of some sort. We ran into a guy with a steam cleaner in that area, so at least they were cleaning up whatever it was, but the smell was so bad, I almost gagged several times.
It's close to food, gas, and close to the freeway, so it's in a decent enough location, but we did not enjoy our stay. If the girl at the front desk had asked how our stay was, I would have told her, but she didn't ask. We had another reservation at a La Quinta later in our trip, and based on this stay I was nervous about what that location might bring. Fortunately, it seems this one is the outlier. Not sure why this is rated so high unless I got the worst room in the place. I guess that's possible. Would never stay here again nor would I recommend it to others.